TV Sorrisi e Canzoni(TV Smiles and Songs) is an Italian weeklylistings magazinepublished in Segrate, Italy.
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| Editor | Aldo Vitali |
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| Categories | Television magazine Listings magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Company | Arnoldo Mondadori Editore |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Segrate |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | Official site |
History and profile
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The magazine was established in 1952 inFolignoby Casa Editrice Campi, with the nameSorrisi e Canzoniand Agostino Campi as editor-in-chief.[1][2]After three issues with irregular releases, in June 1953 it adopted the nameSorrisi e Canzoniand became weekly.[1]Starting from 1955, it began publishing in exclusive the lyrics of theSanremo Music Festivalthe week before the competition.[1]
In 1960, under the new editor-in-chief Tarquinio Maiorino, it adopted its current nameTV Sorrisi e Canzoni.[1]In 1967, it started providing a music chart of national best selling recordings, known as "Superclassifica".[1]In 1971, it established theTelegattoaward.[1]Initially covering only radio and television programs and music, under the direction ofGigi Vesignathe magazine broadened its contents, covering other entertainment fields as well as current affairs and lifestyle news.[1]In the mid-1970s the magazine was acquired byRizzoli,that moved the moved the editorial office toSegrate,Milan.[2]In 1982 it was purchased bySilvio Berlusconi,who sold it toMondadoriin 1997.[2][3]
Circulation
editTV Sorrisi e Canzonihad a circulation of 1,836,355 copies in 1984.[4]The circulation of magazine rose to 1,997,809 copies from September 1993 to August 1994.[5]Founded in 1952 by Agostino Campi forEditoriale Campi,[6]it was one of top 50 best-selling television magazines worldwide with a circulation of 1,622,000 copies in 2001.[7]Its circulation was 1,381,000 copies in 2004, making it the best-selling magazine in Italy.[8]It was the best-selling television magazine in Italy in 2007[9]with a circulation of 1,086,414 copies.[10]The magazine had a circulation of 883,220 copies in 2010.[11]
See also
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edit- ^abcdefgGiannelli, Enzo (1990). "Sorrisi e Canzoni". Castaldo, Gino (edited by).Dizionario della canzone italiana.Curcio Editore. pp.1604-7.
- ^abcBono, Gianni (2003). "Sorrisi e Canzoni".Guida al fumetto italiano.Epierre. p. 1772.
- ^"TV Sorrisi e Canzoni".Mondadori.Retrieved26 October2014.
- ^Maria Teresa Crisci."Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines"(PDF).The Print and Digital Research Forum.Retrieved14 April2015.
- ^"Top paid-circulation consumer magazines".Ad Age.17 April 1995.Retrieved15 March2015.
- ^Massimo Emanuelli,50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale,Greco&Greco, 2004, p. 20.
- ^"Top 50 TV Guides worldwide (by circulation)"(PDF).Magazines.Retrieved28 March2015.
- ^"European Publishing Monitor. Italy"(PDF).Turku School of Economics and KEA.Retrieved5 April2015.
- ^Anne Austin; et al. (2008)."Western Europe Market and Media Fact"(PDF).Zenith Optimedia.Retrieved10 April2015.
- ^"Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)".Fotografi(in Italian). Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2015.Retrieved26 April2015.
- ^"World Magazine Trends 2010/2011"(PDF).FIPP.Retrieved4 April2015.
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