Annabelle (magazine)

Annabelle
Annabelle (4 February 2015 issue)
Categories Women's magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 51,255 (2016)
Founder Mabel Zuppinger
Year founded 1938 (1938)
First issue 1 March 1938
Company Tamedia AG
Country Switzerland
Based in Zurich
Language German
Website Annabelle

Annabelle is a German language women's fashion magazine. However, it also covers feminist issues and initiated several campaigns about improving women's social status. The magazine is called the Marie Claire of Switzerland.[1] Its headquarters is in Zurich.[2]

History and profile

Annabelle was established in 1938[3] and the first issue was published on 1 March 1938.[1][4] The idea to launch Annabelle was developed by the publishers Karl von Schumacher and Manuel Gasser.[5] The founder and the launching editor was Mabel Zuppinger,[3][4] an Austrian woman living in Zurich.[6]

The magazine is part of, and published by, Tamedia.[7][8] It was published monthly,[2] later increasing its frequency to weekly.[9] The target audience of the magazine is women in German-speaking Switzerland.[7]

Although Annabelle is a women's fashion magazine, it also has a long history of covering political and social issues, including feminism.[10] Initially, the magazine was a regular publication for housewives.[5] During the 1940s and 1960s it covered articles on the growing consumer industry and at the same time it supported the education of girls.[5] In the next decade it extensively featured articles related to the problems of working women as well as divorce and sex-related problems.[5] In the 1980s the magazine specifically targeted young, active, and energetic women who were emancipated, but feminine.[5]

Annabelle also deals with the status of women living in other regions, featuring articles concerning the sexuality of women in the Arab world and honour killing in Albania.[4] In 2006 the magazine launched a petition, "No weapons at home", to support for a ban on shotguns at home.[11] The magazine campaigned for a 30 percent increase in the number of women in the boardrooms of Swiss companies in 2013.[3] The same year Tamedia, the parent company of the magazine, banned it from reporting political events, such as the emancipation of women, that might cause social unrest.[10] The magazine also publishes interviews with significant figures, including Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga.[12]

From 2004 to 2013 Lisa Feldmann was the editor-in-chief of Annabelle.[4] She was replaced by Silvia Binggeli.[13]

Annabelle has a travel supplement, ReiseNews, which is published five times a year.[14]

Circulation

Annabelle had a circulation of 71,292 copies in 2010, 71,445 copies in 2011 and 70,178 copies in 2012.[15] In 2015 the magazine sold 66,121 copies.[7] The 2016 circulation of the magazine decreased to 51,255 copies.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 ""Annabelle" – Frauenzeitschrift wird 75". SRF. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Annabelle. Factsheet". Adnative. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Malcolm Curtis (9 October 2012). "Swiss boardrooms need more women: campaign". The Local. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Jan Strobel (2 April 2013). "Die Lotsin der Frauen geht von Bord". Tagblatt Zurich (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Sabine Bitter (28 February 2013). "Grand old Lady: Frauenzeitschrift "Annabelle" wird 75". SRF (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Daniele Muscionico (2011). "Vergessene Grande Dame". Die Weltwoche (1). Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "Annabelle (print)". International Media Sales. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tamedia with a solid result in a difficult market environment". WAN IFRA. Zurich. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Pietro Supino Tamedia AG" (PDF). Ernst & Young Global Limited. 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 Edda Humprecht (16 March 2016). Shaping Online News Performance. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-137-56668-3. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Women's magazine hands in gun ban petition". Swiss Info. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Clare O'Dea (31 October 2016). The Naked Swiss: The Nation Behind 10 Myths. Schwabe AG. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-905252-91-0. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Important dates in 2013". Tamedia. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Publications". Tourismus Lifestyle Verlag GmbH. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Annabelle". Tamedia. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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