Categories | Current affairs magazine Gossip magazine |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Circulation | 332,340 (2010) |
Founder | Edilio Rusconi |
Founded | 1957 |
Company | Hearst Magazines |
Country | Italy |
Based in | Milan |
Language | Italian |
Website | Gente |
Gente ( Italian: People) [1] is a popular and long-running Italian weekly current affairs [2] and celebrity gossip magazine.
Gente was launched in Milan in 1957. [1] Its founder and publisher was Edilio Rusconi, [3] an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer. [4] The magazine was the flagship of Rusconi Group. [5] The magazine was part of Rusconi Group until 1999 when the Group was acquired by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA. [6]
The magazine was published by Hachette Rusconi under the Hachette Filipacchi Médias ownership. [7] [8] It was owned by Hachette Filipacchi Médias [9] until 2011 when it was acquired by Hearst Magazines. [10] [11] It is published on a weekly basis. [7] [12]
In 1964 the circulation of Gente was 331,000 copies which rose to 390,000 copies in 1968. [13]
Gente had a circulation of 667,553 copies in 1984. [14] It rose to 769,185 copies between September 1993 and August 1994. [15] In 2000 the magazine had a circulation of 690,000 copies. [16] The 2004 circulation of the magazine was 573,000 copies. [17] It was 411,425 copies in 2007. [18] [19] Its circulation was 332,340 copies in 2010. [7]