Bild der Frau
Logo
Editor-in-chiefSandra Immoor
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issue1 March 1983 (1983-03-01)
CompanyFunke Mediengruppe
CountryGermany
Based inHamburg
LanguageGerman
WebsiteBild der Frau
ISSN0949-6874

Bild der Frau (German: Picture of Woman) is a weekly women's magazine published in Hamburg, Germany, that has been in circulation since 1983.

History and profile

Bild der Frau was established in March 1983.[1][2] The headquarters of the weekly is in Hamburg.[3][4] The magazine was part of the Axel Springer Group[5] and was published by Axel Springer SE on a weekly basis.[3] In July 2013 the Axel Springer Group sold it and many other publications to Funke Mediengruppe.[6][7]

Bild der Frau is a full-color tabloid magazine which features articles related to women.[3] As of 2015 Sandra Immoor was the editor-in-chief of the magazine[8] of which the website was started in 2001.[9]

Circulation

In 1987 Bild der Frau sold 2.5 million copies.[1] During the third quarter of 1992 the magazine had a circulation of 2,094,000 copies.[10] The circulation of the weekly was up to 2,108,309 copies between October and December 1994.[11] In 1999 its circulation was down to 1,977,300 copies.[12]

During the fourth quarter of 2000 the circulation of the weekly was down to 1,662,502 copies.[13] In 2001 it was the eleventh best-selling women's magazine worldwide with a circulation of 1,663,000 copies.[14] The magazine had an average circulation of 1,186,000 copies in 2003.[15] In the fourth quarter of 2006 its circulation was 1,083,300 copies.[15] It rose to 1,478,000 copies for 2006 as a whole.[16]

Bild der Frau sold 1,085,258 copies during the second quarter of 2007.[17] The magazine had a circulation of 1,021,098 copies in 2009, making it the best-selling weekly women magazine in Europe.[18] In 2012 the circulation of the magazine was down to 897,600 copies.[19] During the second quarter of 2016 the magazine had a circulation of 777,050 copies, making it the best-selling women's magazine in the country.[20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Karl Koch, ed. (2014). "The West German Media". West Germany Today (RLE: German Politics). Vol. 9. London; New York: Routledge. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-317-53648-2.
  2. ↑ Rudolf Urbschat (1997). "Tendencies in the German Newspaper and Magazine Press Since 1945". Communications. The European Journal of Communication Research. 22 (3): 351. doi:10.1515/comm.1997.22.3.343. S2CID 145590766.
  3. 1 2 3 "Factsheet". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Western Europe 2003 (5th ed.). London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  5. ↑ Anthony Weymouth; Bernard Lamizet (2014). Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media. London; New York: Routledge. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-317-88969-4.
  6. ↑ Stefan Schultz; Vanessa Steinmetz; Christian Teevs (26 July 2013). "Sell-Off: Newspaper Giant Turns Back on Journalism". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Establishment of joint ventures for advertising marketing and distribution" (Press Release). Axel Springer. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Affirmative Action: SPD Women Want Gender Quota from Merkel". Der Spiegel. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Ulrich Kaiser (2002). "Optimal Cover Prices and the Effects of Website Provision on Advertising and Magazine Demand". ZEW Discussion Paper (2–54). doi:10.2139/ssrn.339140. S2CID 167310.
  10. ↑ Georg Hellack (1992). "Press, Radio and Television in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Report). Inter Nationes. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Top paid-circulation consumer magazines". Ad Age. 17 April 1995. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Ingomar Kloss (2001). "Advertising in Germany". In Ingomar Kloss (ed.). Advertising Worldwide: Advertising Conditions in Selected Countries. Berlin: Springer. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-540-67713-0.
  13. ↑ Fiona Jebb (13 April 2001). "Campaign report on Germany". Campaign. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Top 50 Women's magazines worldwide (by circulation) 2001" (PDF). Magazines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  15. 1 2 "European Publishing Monitor" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Archived from the original (Report) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  16. ↑ Helmut K Anheier; Yudhishthir Raj Isar, eds. (2008). "Cultural Industries and Fields". Cultures and Globalization: The Cultural Economy. Los Angeles; London: SAGE Publishing. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-4462-0261-6.
  17. ↑ Jochen Beckmann; Stephan Zech (17 September 2007). "TV listings – How to grow in mature markets" (PDF). Axel Springer. Berlin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Axel Springer AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Advertising rates Magazines 2016". Media Impact. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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