Caras (magazine)

Caras
Categories Women's magazine
Celebrity magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 60,979 (September-October 2013)
Publisher Edimpresa-Editora Lda
Year founded 1995 (1995)
Company Impresa Group
Country Portugal
Based in Lisbon
Language Portuguese
Website Caras

Caras (meaning Faces in English) is a Portuguese language weekly celebrity and women's magazine published in Lisbon, Portugal. The magazine is also distributed in Angola.

History and profile

Caras was established in 1995.[1][2][3] The magazine is part of the Impresa Group,[4][5] which also controls the weekly newspaper Expresso and news magazine Visão.[6][7] The publisher of the magazine, based in Lisbon, is Edimpresa-Editora Lda, a subsidiary of the Swiss publishing company Edipresse.[3][8]

Caras provides weekly news on the private lives of the public figures both from Portugal and from other countries[9] and news about fashion, beauty, health, cuisine and decoration.[4] The magazine has been distributed weekly in Angola since September 2005.[9]

In 2014 Caras was the recipient of the Meios and Publicidade award in the category of society publication.[4]

Circulation

In 2007 Caras had a circulation of 91,000 copies.[10] The circulation of the weekly was 88,691 copies from February 2008 to February 2009.[9] Its circulation was 60,979 copies between September and October 2013.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of the Sector". GMCS. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Rui Alexandre Novais; Hugo Ferro (2013). "Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario" (PDF). II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Caras". Publicitas. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Expresso, Caras and SIC News were awarded at the 12th edition of the Meios & Publicidade Awards". Eurotux. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "ONI and IMPRESA sign a Partnership deal for UMTS" (PDF). EDP. Lisbon. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media" (PDF). Equity Research. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Company History and Profile. Edipresse S.A.". Reference for Business. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Caras Media Kit" (PDF). Publicitas. June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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