Bo Bedre (Danish: Live Better) is a monthly lifestyle and interior design magazine published in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the first interior design magazine in the country. The magazine has Norwegian and Finnish editions.
| Editor-in-chief | Erik Rimmer |
|---|---|
| Categories | Interior design magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Benjamin Media |
| Founder | Palle Fogtdal |
| First issue | 1 March 1961 |
| Company | Bonnier Group |
| Country | Denmark |
| Based in | Frederiksberg, Copenhagen |
| Language | Danish |
| Website | Bo Bedre |
| ISSN | 0006-5285 |
| OCLC | 464585407 |
History and profile
editBo Bedre was first published in March 1961, being the first magazine in its category in the region.[1][2] Its founder is Palle Fogtdal.[1][3] The magazine has been part of the Bonnier Group since 1983, and as of 2015 its editor-in-chief was Erik Rimmer who was appointed to the post in 2000.[1][4] The publisher of the magazine is Benjamin Media.[5][6]
The headquarters of Bo Bedre is in Frederiksberg, and the magazine is published monthly.[7][8] From its start in 1961 to the end of the 1970s Bo Bedre targeted families.[3] Then it began to target high-income groups.[3] The magazine covers news on home interiors, foods, apparel, cars, jewellery, watches and personal care.[9] In 2010 its readers were mainly women aged between 30 and 64.[10]
Editions
editBo Bedre has a Norwegian edition and a Finnish edition.[1] The former was started in 2003[2] which offers content from the magazine.[1] The Finnish edition, namely Divaani, also features content from Bo Bedre.[1][11] It was launched in 2008.[2] In March 2015 it was reported that the Danish-language edition of Bo Bedre would also be distributed in Japan.[4]
Circulation
editBo Bedre had a circulation of 78,000 copies in 2001.[12] Between July and December 2003 its circulation was 80,000 copies.[8] The magazine sold 87,600 copies in 2006.[13] During the last six months of 2007 its circulation was 89,200 copies.[14] It was 84,000 copies both in 2007 and in 2008.[15]
During the first half of 2010 the monthly sold 78,072 copies.[10] The circulation of the magazine was 75,002 copies in 2010 and 76,556 copies in 2011.[16] It was 73,663 copies in 2012.[16] Its circulation was 71,122 copies between July and December 2013.[17] It was 72,000 copies for 2013 as a whole.[18] Bo Bedre sold nearly 78,000 copies in 2014.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Bo Bedre: A Young 50". Bonnier. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Company history". Bonnier Publications. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d Birgitte Boesen (April 2015). "Bo Bedre". Den Store Danske (in Danish).
- ^ a b Niels Buhl (13 March 2015). "Danish lifestyle magazine to be published in Japan". Danish Furniture. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Media Kit 2013". Amazon News. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Reading the right minds". M&M Global. 21 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Bonnier Magazine Group Buys 18 Magazines from Time Inc". Time Warner. New York, NY. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b Mike Friedrichsen; Astrid Kurad (23 May 2007). "The Magazine Market in Denmark and Germany". All Academic. Archived from the original (Conference Paper) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Bo Bedre". Bonnier Group. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Advertisement 2011" (PDF). Bonnier Group. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Divaani". Aikakaus Media. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Statistical Yearbook 2002". Denmarks Statistik. p. 157. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Top ten titles by circulation/issue 2006". Nordicom. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ Eva Harrie (2009). "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. Göteborg. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Statistical Yearbook 2009" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. June 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Consumer magazines: Top ten titles by circulation 2013". Nordicom. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Consumer-paid magazines by circulation". StatBank Denmark. Retrieved 28 February 2015.