Freizeit Revue (German: Free Time Review) is a German language weekly entertainment and women's magazine published in Offenburg, Germany. It has been in circulation since 1970.

Freizeit Revue
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherBurda Senator Verlag GMBH
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
CompanyHubert Burda Media
CountryGermany
Based inOffenburg
LanguageGerman
WebsiteFreizeit Revue
ISSN0941-410X
OCLC224618549

History and profile

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Freizeit Revue was established in 1970.[1][2] The magazine is part of Hubert Burda Media.[3] Burda Senator Verlag GMBH, a subsidiary of the company, publishes the magazine on a weekly basis on Thursdays.[2][4]

The headquarters of Freizeit Revue is in Offenburg.[4] Although men also read the magazine, its major reader group is women over 40.[4] The magazine offers interviews with celebrities and articles about health, travel and fashion, among the others.[3] In the early 1990s Freizeit Revue along with Bunte and Neue Post published the photographs of Princess Caroline, spouse of Prince Ernst August von Hannover, which were taken in Paris leading to an unsuccessful legal action by Princess Caroline.[5]

During the fourth quarter of 2000 Freizeit Revue had a circulation of 1,060,297 copies, making it the third best-selling German women's magazine.[6] In 2001 it was the sixteenth best-selling women's magazine worldwide with a circulation of 1,060,000 copies.[7] Its average circulation was 1,028,000 copies in 2003.[8] In the fourth quarter of 2006 its circulation was 1,009,800 copies.[8] The total circulation of the magazine was 1,046,000 copies for 2006.[9] The weekly had a circulation of 1,011,197 copies in 2010, making it the second best-selling weekly women magazine after Bild der Frau in Europe.[10]

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References

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  1. ^ "Burda Holding GmbH". Reference for Business. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b Tristam Carrington-Windo; Katrin Kohl (2013). Dictionary of Contemporary Germany. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-136-59537-0.
  3. ^ a b "Freizeit Revue". Burda Community Network. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Freizeit Revue. Factsheet". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ^ Nicolas Nohlen (January 2006). "Von Hannover v. Germany. App. no. 59320/00.2004-VI Eur. Ct. H.R.". American Journal of International Law. 100 (1): 196–201. doi:10.2307/3518838. JSTOR 3518838. S2CID 147308444.
  6. ^ Fiona Jebb (13 April 2001). "Campaign report on Germany". Campaign. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Top 50 Women's magazines worldwide (by circulation) 2001" (PDF). Magazines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b "European Publishing Monitor" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Archived from the original (Report) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  9. ^ Helmut K Anheier; Yudhishthir Raj Isar, eds. (2008). Cultures and Globalization: The Cultural Economy. London: SAGE Publications. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-4462-0261-6.
  10. ^ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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