Joepie
{{Short description|Belgian youth magazine (1973–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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| frequency = {{ubl|Weekly (1973–April 2015)|Monthly (from April 2015)}}
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| category = {{ubl|Youth magazine | Music magazine}}
| company = De Persgroep
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| founded = 1973
| firstdate = 28 February 1973
| finaldate = 2015
| country = Belgium
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Joepie ({{langx|nl|Yippie}}) was a weekly youth and music magazine published in Belgium. The magazine appeared between 1973 and 2015.
History and profile
Joepie was first published on 28 February 1973. The founding company was N.V. Sparta which was later renamed as Magnet Magazines. It was the precursor of De Persgroep.{{cite book|author=Clarissa Colangelo|title=The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985: An Introduction|year=2023|publisher=Leuven University Press|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv34wmmc0
|location=Leuven|isbn=978-94-6166-511-9|pages=87–89}} Guido Van Liefferinge was the founding editor-in-chief of the magazine which was published in Dutch.
Joepie published photonovels which featured the Belgian singers such as Willy Sommers, Micha Mara, Paul Severs, Jimmy Frey and John Terra. The magazine was redesigned in 1985 to improve its sales and became a publication with a focus on pop music celebrities. It began to target 12-17 years old girls after its redesign.{{cite web|title=Joepie Magazine, Bob Dylan front cover|website=bobdylan-comewritersandcritics.com|date=14 October 2016|access-date=27 September 2023|url=https://www.bobdylan-comewritersandcritics.com/pages/mags_fichiers/joepie.htm}} The publications of photonovels ended in February 2014. The magazine sold 31,133 copies in February 2015. Joepie folded in the late 2015 due to lower circulation levels. Shortly before its closure the frequency of the magazine was redesigned as monthly in April 2015.{{cite news
|title=Joepie vanaf eind april maandblad|work=Het Nieuwsblad|date=1 April 2015|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150401_01609936
|language=nl|access-date=22 October 2023}}
Two special issues of Joepie were published in 2019 and in 2023 for charity purposes.{{cite news|title=Jongerenmagazine ‘Joepie’ komt eenmalig terug|work=De Standaard|date=3 March 2023|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230303_93976352|language=nl|access-date=27 September 2023}}
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Category:1973 establishments in Belgium
Category:2015 disestablishments in Belgium
Category:Defunct magazines published in Belgium
Category:Defunct Dutch-language magazines
Category:Magazines established in 1973
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2015
Category:Magazines published in Flanders
Category:Music magazines published in Belgium
Category:Defunct youth magazines
Category:Weekly magazines published in Belgium