Caras (magazine)

Caras (meaning Faces in English) is a Portuguese language 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.

Caras
CategoriesWomen's magazine
Celebrity magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation60,979 (September–October 2013)
PublisherEditorial Perfil (Argentina)
Edimpresa-Editora Lda (Portugal)
Editora Caras (Brazil)
Year founded1992 (1992) (Argentina)
1993 (1993) (Brazil)
1995 (1995) (Portugal)
CompanyEditorial Perfil (Argentina)
Editora Caras (Brazil)
Trust in News (TIN) (Portugal)
CountryArgentina
Brazil
Portugal
Uruguay
Based inBuenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Lisbon
Montevideo
LanguageSpanish
Portuguese
WebsiteCaras Argentina
Caras Brasil
Caras Portugal
Caras Uruguay

History and profile

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 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]

Circulation

In 2007 Caras had a circulation of 91,000 copies.[11] 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]

See also

References
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  2. 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.
  3. "Caras". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media" (PDF). Equity Research. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. "The Portuguese publishing group Trust in News manages their advertisements from now with ADonLINE by Protecmedia". protectmedia. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. "Company History and Profile. Edipresse S.A." Reference for Business. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  10. "Caras Media Kit" (PDF). Publicitas. June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  11. 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.
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