Gioia (magazine)

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| editor = Maria Elena Viola

| editor_title = Editor in Chief

| previous_editor = Marina Fausti

| frequency = Weekly

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| category = {{ubl|Women's magazine | Fashion magazine}}

| company = Hearst Magazines

| publisher = Hearst Magazines Italia

| founded = 1937

| firstdate = 7 March 1937

| finaldate = 2018

| country = Italy

| based = Milan

| language = Italian

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Gioia ({{langx|it|Joy}}) was a weekly fashion and women's magazine published in Milan, Italy, between 1937 and 2018.

History and profile

Gioia was first published on 7 March 1937.{{cite web|title=1940s/1950s/Early 1960s Italian Women's Magazines|access-date=26 April 2015|url=http://www.listal.com/list/1940s1950searly-1960s-italian-womens-magazines|work=Listal|date=28 January 2014|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525013005/https://www.listal.com/list/1940s1950searly-1960s-italian-womens-magazines|url-status=dead}}{{cite book

|editor1=Paolo Puppa|editor2=Luca Somigli|title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies|year=2006|page=979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csVcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA979|publisher=Routledge|location=New York; London|isbn=978-1-135-45529-3}} Its owner and publisher was Rusconi Editore S.p.A.{{cite web|title=Administrative panel decision|work=WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center|date=5 October 2001

|url=http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0886.html|access-date=26 April 2015}} The owner of the company was Edilio Rusconi, an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer.{{cite web|title=Edilio Rusconi|access-date=26 April 2015|url=http://www.brandmilano.org/en/edilio-rusconi-2/|work=Brand Milano|archive-date=19 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219163149/http://www.brandmilano.org/en/edilio-rusconi-2/}} The company acquired the magazine in 1954 and first published it under the name Rusconi A Polazzi Editore in December 1956. The company was the founder and owner of news magazine Gente.

In February 1999 Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA, bought majority stake (90%) of Rusconi Group, the owner of Rusconi Editore S.p.A.{{cite news|title=Hachette Filipacchi Médias acquiert la majorité du Groupe Rusconi|work=Lagardère Group

|url=http://www.lagardere.com/centre-presse/communiques-de-presse/communiques-de-presse-122.html&idpress=2413|access-date=26 April 2015

|date=3 February 1999|language=fr|location=Paris|format=Press release}} Then Gioia began to be published by Hachette Rusconi.{{cite news|title=Hearst completa l'acquisizione di Hachette Rusconi|url=http://www.francoabruzzo.it/document.asp?DID=6750

|access-date=26 April 2015|work=Franco Abruzzo|date=1 June 2011|location=Milan|language=it}}{{cite book|editor=Maria Lombardo

|title=Giornali d'Europa|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYwsOs37ZwC&pg=PA33|year=2009|publisher=editpress|isbn=978-88-89726-30-3|page=33|location=Catania|author=Maria Lombardo|chapter=Italia: i pericoli dell'omologazione|language=it}} In 2011 Hearst Magazines acquired it from Hachette Rusconi.{{cite news|author=Daniele Lepido|title=Il gruppo Hearst fa shopping nei periodici italiani|language=it|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/economia/2011-07-05/gruppo-hearst-shopping-periodici-212735.shtml?uuid=Aa8pIalD|access-date=26 April 2015|work=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=6 July 2011}} Following the acquisition Hachette Rusconi changed its name to Hearst Magazines Italia.

Gioia was published weekly by Hearst Magazines Italia.{{cite web|work=Hearst Magazines Italia|access-date=26 April 2015

|title=Pubblicita|url=http://www.hearst.it/pubblicita.html}}{{cite web|title=The Best Italian Fashion, Beauty and Style Magazines|url=http://www.made-in-italy.com/italian-fashion/magazines|work=Made in Italy|access-date=26 April 2015}} The headquarters of the weekly was in Milan.{{cite web|title=Factsheet|work=Adnative|url=http://www.adnative.net/switzerland/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/gioia/?PARAM1=RM4GM8#.VTza7mTtmko|access-date=26 April 2015}} The magazine covered articles about beauty, fashion and health. Its target audience was middle-class women over 30.

From 2002 to 2006 Marina Fausti served as the co-editor-in-chief of Gioia.{{cite web|title=Marina Faustina|work=Who's Who in Italy

|url=http://195.75.145.68/whoiswho/ricerca.php?code=WBWWWLJAWW|access-date=26 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022459/http://195.75.145.68/whoiswho/ricerca.php?code=WBWWWLJAWW}} Maria Elena Viola also served in the post.

The weekly was redesigned in June 2013.{{cite news|title=New format for Gioia|work=Adnative|date=30 May 2013|url=http://www.adnative.net/switzerland/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=102446&title=italy-new-format-for-gioia|access-date=26 April 2015}} The website was relaunched in July 2015.{{cite news|title=Hearst Magazines Italia presenta "Gioia, l'evoluzione di un femminile autentico" e lancia il nuovo Gioia.it|date=15 July 2015|language=it|url=http://www.mediakey.tv/index.php?id=leggi-news&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=54425&cHash=fa82f4f90894e49213349845f394d9ce|work=mediakey.tv|access-date=16 February 2017}} In 2018 Gioia ceased publication.{{cite news|author=Caterina Varpi|title=Hearst chiude Gioia! e trasforma Elle in settimanale|access-date=30 April 2020|url=https://www.engage.it/media/hearst-trasforma-elle-in-settimanale-e-chiude-gioia/157765|work=Engage|date=3 September 2018|language=it|archive-date=17 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013319/https://www.engage.it/media/hearst-trasforma-elle-in-settimanale-e-chiude-gioia/157765|url-status=dead}}

Circulation

Gioia sold 403,246 copies in 1984.{{cite web|author=Maria Teresa Crisci|title=Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines|url=http://www.pdrf.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/196.pdf|work=Print and Digital Research Forum|access-date=26 April 2015}} Its circulation was 197,000 copies in 2007.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=etal|title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact|work=Zenith Optimedia|access-date=26 April 2015|date=2008|url-status=dead

|url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015|df=dmy}}