Caras (magazine)
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 Cover for the issue dated January 2022, featuring Ricky Martin | |
| Categories | Women's magazine Celebrity magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 60,979 (September–October 2013) |
| Publisher | Editorial Perfil (Argentina and Uruguay) Edimpresa-Editora Lda (Portugal) Editora Perfil do Brasil (Brazil) |
| Founded | 1992 (Argentina) 1993 (Brazil) 1995 (Portugal) |
| Company | Editorial Perfil (Argentina) Editora Caras (Brazil) Trust in News (TIN) (Portugal) |
| Country | Argentina Brazil Portugal Uruguay |
| Based in | Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Lisbon Montevideo |
| Language | Spanish Portuguese |
| Website | Caras Argentina Caras Brasil Caras Portugal Caras Uruguay |
Caras (Spanish and Portuguese: Faces) is a weekly celebrity and women's magazine published in Lisbon, Portugal. The magazine is also distributed in Brazil and Angola and published in Spanish language in Argentina and Uruguay.
History and profile
[edit]Caras was established in Argentina on 24 November 1992 by Editorial Perfil and launched in Portugal in 1995.[1][2][3] The magazine was part of the Portuguese conglomerate Impresa Group,[4][5] which also controlled the weekly newspaper Expresso and news magazine Visão.[6][7] In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazine.[8] The publisher of the magazine, based in Lisbon, was Edimpresa-Editora Lda, a subsidiary of the Swiss publishing company Edipresse.[3][9]
Caras provides weekly news on the private lives of the public figures both from Portugal and from other countries[10] and news about fashion, beauty, health, cuisine and decoration.[4] The magazine has been distributed weekly in Angola since September 2005.[10]
In 2014 Caras was the recipient of the Meios and Publicidade award in the category of society publication.[4]
From 1988 to 2019 an edition of Caras was published in Chile.[11]
Circulation
[edit]In 2007 Caras had a circulation of 91,000 copies.[12] The circulation of the weekly was 88,691 copies from February 2008 to February 2009.[10] Its circulation was 60,979 copies between September and October 2013.[6]
Channel TV
[edit]On March 4, 2024, the Argentine magazine was launched as Caras TV on channel 21.1 of digital terrestrial television in Argentina.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Overview of the Sector". GMCS. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Rui Alexandre Novais; Hugo Ferro (2013). "Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario" (PDF). II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Caras". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Expresso, Caras and SIC News were awarded at the 12th edition of the Meios & Publicidade Awards". Eurotux. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "ONI and IMPRESA sign a Partnership deal for UMTS" (PDF). EDP. Lisbon. 21 September 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media" (PDF). Equity Research. 1 September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "The Portuguese publishing group Trust in News manages their advertisements from now with ADonLINE by Protecmedia". protectmedia. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Company History and Profile. Edipresse S.A." Reference for Business. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Caras Media Kit" (PDF). Publicitas. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "El sentido adiós de la revista Caras: "El periodismo no muere"". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Caras Argentina (in Spanish)
- Caras Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Caras Portugal (in Portuguese)
- Caras Uruguay (in Spanish)
- 1992 establishments in Argentina
- 1995 establishments in Portugal
- Celebrity magazines
- Impresa
- Magazines established in 1992
- Magazines established in 1995
- Magazines published in Buenos Aires
- Magazines published in Lisbon
- Mass media in Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Portuguese-language magazines
- Spanish-language magazines
- Women's magazines published in Portugal
- Weekly magazines published in Portugal