Me Naiset (Finnish: We the Women) is a women's magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. It is one of the largest weekly women's magazines in the country[1] and has been in circulation since 1952.
| Editor-in-chief | Iina Artima-Kyrki |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Sanoma Magazines |
| Founder | Kaarlo Mantere |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Company | Sanoma |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
| Website | Me Naiset |
| ISSN | 0025-6277 |
| OCLC | 6318366 |
History and profile
editMe Naiset was established in 1952.[2][3][4] Its founder was Kaarlo Mantere, a Finnish publisher.[3] Later it was sold to Viikkosanomat Oy.[3] The owner of the magazine is Sanoma, and it is published by Sanoma Magazines on a weekly basis on Thursdays.[1][5] The company acquired the magazine in 1957.[6] In 1958 the magazine began to employ its own fashion models.[3] Me Naiset was the only weekly women's magazine in Finland until 1963 when another weekly entitled Anna was started.[7]
The headquarters of Me Naiset is in Helsinki.[8][9] Target audience of the magazine is women living in big cities and in Southern Finland.[5] Its sister magazine is Me Naiset SPORT.[10]
Me Naiset focuses on fashion, beauty and shopping.[5] However, until the end of the 1990s the weekly mostly published articles on social and political topics.[11] From the early 2000s it began to feature articles about motherhood.[12]
Replacing Riitta Pollari,[13] Marjo Vuorinen served as the editor-in-chief of Me Naiset between 2010 and 2012.[1] On 23 July 2012 Johanna Lahti became its editor-in-chief.[1]
Circulation and popularity
editDuring the early years Me Naiset sold 25,000 copies.[3] Its circulation rose to 36,000 copies in 1958.[3] The average circulation of the magazine was 70,000 copies in 1961.[3] It rose to over 120,000 copies in 1962 and to 180,000 copies in 1973.[3] In the period between 1965 and 1975 the magazine was one of the most popular magazines in the country.[14] Its circulation was 133,000 copies in 1978.[3]
The weekly had a circulation of 124,485 copies in 2004.[3] Its circulation was 134,000 copies in 2007.[15][16] The circulation of the magazine was 147,354 copies in 2010[17] and 146,248 copies in 2011.[1][18] Its circulation was 138,594 copies in 2012[19] and 119,631 copies in 2013.[20] As of 2014 Me Naiset was the most popular women’s general magazine in Finland.[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Johanna Lahti appointed Editor-in-Chief of Me Naiset". Publicitas. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Women's Magazine as a Place of Publicity and Journalism". University of Tampere. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Me Naiset". Super Brands. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Laura Saarenmaa (2011). "Politicians as Cover Girls" (PDF). Cardiff University. Archived from the original (Conference Paper (Mapping the Magazine 3)) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Me Naiset". Sanoma Magazines. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "SanomaWSOY Corporation - Company Profile". Reference for Business. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Heidi Kurvinen (2015). "Global ideas in local media: Negotiating the Ideas of Gender Equality in a Finnish Women's Magazine—The Case of Anna, 1965–1970". In Yulia Gradskova; Sara Sanders (eds.). Institutionalizing Gender Equality: Historical and Global Perspectives. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4985-1674-7.
- ^ "Me Naiset. Factsheet". Adnative. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ The Europa World Year Book 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2003. p. 1615. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ^ "The new Me Naiset SPORT inspires wider audiences". Publicitas. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Laura Saarenmaa; Iiris Ruoho (2014). "Women's magazines in the Nordic style: Politics, politicians and the welfare state". European Journal of Communication. 29 (3): 289–303. doi:10.1177/0267323114523887. S2CID 144485316.
- ^ Emmy Kurjenpuu (2001). "Women's Magazines Meet Feminist Philosophy". In Anu Koivunen; Susanna Paasonen (eds.). Conference Proceedings for Affective Encounters: Rethinking Embodiment in Feminist Media Studies. Turku: University of Turku. p. 118. ISBN 9789512922376.
- ^ Tiina Huokuna (2009). "What's New?" (PDF). Hansa Press. No. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ Laura Saarenmaa (2015). "Between Sovietism and Americanization. Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland". Feminist Media Studies. 15 (1): 134. doi:10.1080/14680777.2015.988396. S2CID 143417108.
- ^ Eva Harrie (2009). "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. Göteborg. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Magazine Facts 2011" (PDF). Aikakaus Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Magazine Facts 2013" (PDF). Aikakaus Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Reeta Pöyhtäri (2014). Immigration and ethnic diversity in Finnish and Dutch magazines. Articulations of subject positions and symbolic communities (Ph.D. thesis). University of Tampere. p. 41. ISBN 978-951-44-9366-9.