Pronto (magazine)

Pronto was established in 1972.{{cite book|author=Mauro F. Guillén|title=The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=soC1jJsJuvoC&pg=PA117|date=2010|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-2420-5|page=117|location=Princeton, NJ; London}}{{cite book|editor1=Anthony Weymouth

|editor2=Bernard Lamizet|title=Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8O3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-88970-0|page=178|author=Lorenzo Vilches|chapter=The Media in Spain

|location=London; New York}} The magazine which offers news about celebrities{{cite web|title=Pronto magazine

|url=http://yourspanishcorner.com/en/press-point/557-revista-pronto.html|work=Your Spanish Corner|access-date=7 November 2014}} is part of Grupo Heres.{{cite book|editor=Alan Albarran|title=The Handbook of Spanish Language Media|isbn=978-1-135-85430-0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uOPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|date=2009|location=London; New York|page=26|publisher=Routledge|author=Angel Arrese

|chapter=Spanish Language Media in Spain}} The headquarters of the magazine, which is published weekly on Mondays, is in Barcelona.{{cite book|title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe|location=London; New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3908|year=2004|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8|page=3906

|volume=2|edition=45}}

Pronto has a high circulation like the other Spanish celebrity weekly, ¡Hola!.{{cite news|author=Jack Gaioni|title=Kiosk literature and La Casita de Papel|url=https://euroweeklynews.com/e-papers/item/112510-kiosk-literature-and-la-casita-de-papel|access-date=29 November 2014|work=EuroWeeklyNews|date=19 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Magazines in Spain|access-date=7 November 2014

|url=http://www.spain-newspaper.com/magazines.htm|work=Spain}} In 1993, Pronto had a circulation of 695,585 copies, making it the best-selling magazine in Spain.{{cite web|title=Top paid-circulation consumer magazines|date=17 April 1995|work=Ad Age|access-date=15 March 2015

|url=http://adage.com/article/news/top-paid-circulation-consumer-magazines-chart/82843/}} It was the second best selling magazine in the country with a circulation of 807,232 copies in 1997.{{cite book|author=Edward F. Stanton|title=Culture and Customs of Spain|year=2002

|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, CT|page=97|isbn=978-0-3133-1463-6}}

In 2001, it was one of top 50 women's magazine worldwide with a circulation of 878,000 copies.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Women's magazines worldwide (by circulation)|work=Magazines|access-date=30 March 2015|url=http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/Top50Womens.pdf}} The average circulation of Pronto was 921,855 copies in 2003 and 1,013,016 copies in 2004, making it the best selling magazine in Spain.{{cite book|editor=Tim Holmes|title=Mapping the Magazine: Comparative Studies in Magazine Journalism|location=London

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRrcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102|date=2013|page=102|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99588-3|chapter=The Rise of The Gossip Press in Spain|author=Manuela Bueno|display-authors=et. al.}} During the period between 2003 and May 2005, Pronto was the second most read magazine in Spain.{{cite journal|author1=Manuela Bueno|author2=María Luisa Cárdenas

|author3=Lola Esquivias|title=The Rise of the Gossip Press in Spain|journal=Journalism Studies|year=2007|volume=8|doi=10.1080/14616700701412100

|issue=4|pages=621–633|s2cid=146514743}}

Pronto was the best-selling Spanish magazine in 2005 with a circulation of 1,000,580 copies.{{cite book|author=Ramón Salaverría

|year=2007|title=The Spanish Media Landscape|publisher=Intellect Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-84150-192-5|page=279|format=Book chapter

|url=http://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/36289/1/Spanish_media_landscape__Salaverria.pdf}} Its circulation fell to 962,000 copies in 2006.{{cite book|editor1=Helmut K Anheier|editor2=Yudhishthir Raj Isar|title=Cultures and Globalization: The Cultural Economy|page=460

|location=London|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0WV1yvMboEC&pg=PA460|year=2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4462-0261-6

|author=Helmut K Anheier|chapter=Cultural Indicator Suites}} In 2008 Pronto was the best selling magazine in Spain with a circulation of 974,254 copies.

Pronto sold 971,248 copies in 2009, making it the largest magazine in Spain and the third best-selling weekly European women's magazine.{{cite web|title=World magazine trends 2010/2011. Spain|work=FIPP|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-date=21 June 2012

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621140534/http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Spain.pdf|url-status=dead

|url=http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Spain.pdf}} Its circulation was 958,374 copies in 2010 and 931,419 copies in 2011.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Magazines|url=http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx|work=IFABC|access-date=22 March 2015|date=30 April 2014}} The circulation of the magazine was 910,055 copies in 2012. The weekly was again best selling magazine in Spain in 2013.

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