Journal für die Frau

Journal für die Frau was a German biweekly women's magazine that existed between 1978 and 2005.

Journal für die Frau
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
Year founded1978
Final issueJanuary 2005
CountryGermany
Based inHamburg
LanguageGerman

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1978 with the name Journal für Haushalt und Familie.[1][2] In October 1980 it was renamed Journal für die Frau.[1] The magazine was published on a biweekly basis.[2] The headquarters was in Hamburg.[3][4] The market share of Journal für die Frau was 15,5% in 2000 in terms of subscription.[5] In 2001 the website of the magazine was launched.[6] Target audience of Journal für die Frau was women aged 40-49.[5]

Its owner was Axel Springer Verlag[7][4] until first quarter of 2005 when Burda Verlag, a media company based in Munich, acquire it.[8] The last issue of Journal für die Frau was published in January 2005.[9] The new owner of the magazine, Burda, merged it with another women's magazine Freundin.[9]

References
  1. "Company/History/Chronicle". Axel Springer. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "Springer verkauft "Journal für die Frau" an Burda". Der Spiegel (in German). 9 December 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 1859. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  4. Tristam Carrington-Windo; Katrin Kohl (11 April 2013). Dictionary of Contemporary Germany. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-136-59530-1. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. Ulrich Kaiser (February 2002). "The Effects of Website Provision on the Demand for German Women's Magazines" (PDF). NBER Working Paper No. 8806. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. "Magazines and their Companion Websites: Competing Outlet Channels?". SDU. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  7. R. M. Whiteside (6 December 2012). Major Companies of Europe 1991-1992 Vol. 1: Major Companies of the Continental European Community. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 589. ISBN 978-94-011-3016-5. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. "Interim Report 2005" (PDF). Axel Springer. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  9. "Burda legt "Journal für die Frau" mit "Freundin" zusammen". Horizont (in German). 9 December 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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