Máxima (magazine)

Máxima
Editor-in-chief Sofia Lucas
Categories Women's fashion magazine
Women's magazine
Frequency Monthly
Circulation 45,787 (2012)
Publisher Cofina Media
Year founded 1988 (1988)
Company Cofina
Country Portugal
Based in Lisbon
Language Portuguese
Website Maxima

Máxima is a Portuguese language monthly women's fashion magazine published in Lisbon, Portugal. The magazine is the Portuguese version of the French women's magazine Madame Figaro.

History and profile

Máxima was started in 1988 as a Portuguese version of Madame Figaro, being the first international edition of the magazine.[1][2] Máxima was first published by Edirevistas Sociedade Editorial S.A.[1][3] The magazine is owned by Cofina[4][5] and is published by Cofina Media on a monthly basis.[6] Its headquarters is in Lisbon.[6][7]

Sofia Lucas is the editor-in-chief of Máxima.[8] The magazine publishes a list of Women of the Year.[3] The major topics for the monthly are fashion and beauty, but it also covers all women-related news.[4] In March 2015 the magazine organized an exhibition, 100 Homens Sem Prenceitos: Um Passo Pela Igualidade (meaning 100 Men without Prejudices: A Step for Equality in English), to mark International Women's Day.[8] In the event leading Portuguese men from different fields including Simão Morgado, Ruben Alves and Tomás Barroso were photographed wearing women's shoes to increase awareness about women's rights and to financially support for breast cancer research.[8] The photos were exhibited at Lisbon's Centro Cultural de Belém.[8]

Circulation

In 1995 Máxima was the fifth best-selling women's magazine in Portugal with a circulation of 49,000 copies.[2] Its circulation rose to 59,000 copies in 2007.[9] The monthly had a circulation of 57,397 copies in 2010 and 52,618 copies in 2011.[10] It was 45,787 copies in 2012.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Madame Figaro International: 3 centuries of brand history" (PDF). Figaro Medias. February 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kristin Hohenadel (17 April 1995). "'Figaro' Fashions Own Global Niche". Ad Age (Paris). Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Maxima (Portugal)". Publicitas. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Magazines". Cofina. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Battle for Media Assets Heats Up As BPI-Cofina Raises Bid for Investec". The Wall Street Journal (Lisbon). 2 September 1999. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Maxima". Magazine Express. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Maxima Portugal". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Misha Pinkhasov (9 March 2015). "In Her Shoes: Portuguese Men Heel for Women's Rights". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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