Grazia

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Grazia
Grazia (magazine) January 2009 cover.jpg
Editor Chantelle Horton
Categories Women's magazine
Frequency Weekly
First issue 1 October 1938; 85 years ago (1938-10-01)
Company Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Country Italy
Language Italian
Website Grazia

Grazia (Italian for Grace) is an Italian weekly women's magazine with international editions printed in Albania, Bahrain, Bulgaria,[1] China, Croatia, France, Germany.[2] Greece, Indonesia, India, Japan, Macedonia,[3] Mexico, the Netherlands,[4] Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, and United Kingdom.

History and profile

The Italian edition of Grazia was first published Mondadori in November 1938.[5][6] The magazine was modelled on the American magazine Harper's Bazaar.[7] The start of Grazia was a return in Italy to traditionalist values such as cooking and child-rearing.[8] During the fascist rule in the country the magazine followed the Fascist policies and propaganda.[8] Following World War II the magazine was renewed, but its conservative stance remained.[8]

From its start in 1938 to September 1943 Bruno Munari served as the art director for the magazine and for another Mondadori title, Tempo.[9]

In Italy, it is owned by the Mondadori[5][10] which later became one of Silvio Berlusconi's companies,[11]

In July 2015 Grazia published an article promoting using family pets to make extra cash to buy better furniture by breeding from them. This brought international condemnation from animal lovers due to the number of unwanted pets be killed in overcrowded shelters weekly. The outrage was repeated in a press statement from the RSPCA.[12]

International editions

Grazia has international editions in several countries.[13] Its first international edition was first published in Bulgaria in March 2004.[14] The British edition of the magazine was started in February 2005[13] and is owned in the UK under licence by Bauer Consumer Media.[citation needed] The Greek version was launched in April 2005.[13] In November of the same year its edition in the United Arab Emirates was started.[13]

The magazine had an edition in Croatia from February 2006 and in Serbia from June 2006.[13] The Russian edition began to be published in March 2007.[13] Dutch edition was started in the Netherlands in August 2007.[13] Grazia India was launched in May 2008.[13] Its Australian edition began publication in July 2008.[13] In February 2009 the Chinese version of Grazia was started, being its twelfth international edition.[15] The French version of the magazine was first published in August 2009.[16]

The inaugural issue of Grazia Korea was launched on 20 February 2013. It features a photospread of actors Lee Byung-hun, Bae Soo-bin and Kim Do-hyun for the play based on the 2012 film Masquerade.[17] The Australian edition was discontinued in February 2013.[18]

In July 2015 the United Kingdom issue of the magazine was widely condemned for publishing an article advocating the breeding of animals as way to supplement one's income.

Circulation

Grazia had a circulation of 374,213 copies in 1984.[19] The Italian version of the magazine had a circulation of 240,000 copies from January to August 2003.[20] The 2007 circulation of the Italian edition was 218,083 copies.[21][22] In Italy, the circulation of the magazine rose to 382,000 copies in the first half of 2011.[23] During the same period the British edition of the magazine had a circulation of 219,741 copies.[24] The circulation in the UK for the second half of 2013 was 160,019 copies.[25]

See also

References

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External links

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