Avenue was a defunct Dutch glossy monthly magazine. In its original form it was established in 1965 and shut down in 1994.[1] In 2001, publisher VNU restarted the magazine, surviving only four issues.[2][3]

Avenue
November 1988 cover of Avenue
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1965
Final issue1994 (1994) (print)
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Its core public were women between 25 and 55 years of age. Its secondary public were men of that age range.[4]

History

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In its early years, the magazine was influential.[5] Joop Swart served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine,[6] the culinary journalist Wina Born, photographer Ed van der Elsken and the authors Jan Cremer, W.F. Hermans and Cees Nooteboom contributed. At its height the magazine sold 125,000 copies a month.[7]

References

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  1. ^ David Machin; Theo Van Leeuwen (17 May 2007). Global Media Discourse: A Critical Introduction. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-134-24090-6. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Avenue van A tot Zero Archived 24 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug
  5. ^ (in Dutch) Canon van de Tijdschriften - 1967 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "1967 Contest in context". World Press Photo. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ^ (in Dutch) Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug