IO Donna (Italian: Me Woman) is a weekly women's magazine and Saturday supplement of the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. The magazine is the first supplement of a daily which focuses on women readers. It has been in circulation since 1996 and is based in Milan, Italy.

IO Donna
Editor-in-chiefDiamante D'Alessio
Categories
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
CountryItaly
Based inMilan
LanguageItalian
Websiteiodonna.it
OCLC805657774

History and profile edit

IO Donna was started in March 1996,[1][2] being the first women's magazine as a supplement of an Italian daily newspaper.[3] The magazine is sold as the Saturday supplement of Corriere della Sera.[4] It is part of RCS MediaGroup SPA,[5] and is published in Milan by RCS Pubblicià, the magazine division of the company.[6][7] As of 2015, Diamante D'Alessio was the editor-in-chief of the weekly which features articles on art, culture, fashion, cosmetics, entertainment, decor, and cuisine.[6] D'Alessio was appointed to the post in January 2010.[8]

Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo's women's supplement Yo Donna, started in 2005, was modeled on IO Donna.[9]

The website of IO Donna was launched in 2012.[10]

The circulation of IO Donna was 514,946 copies from December 2002 to November 2003.[11] It was 502,057 copies in 2007.[12] Its average circulation was 435,000 copies in 2009.[8] In 2010 the magazine sold 439,023 copies.[13]

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References edit

  1. ^ Elena Argentesi (February 2004). "Demand Estimation for Italian Newspapers: the Impact of Weekly Supplements". Workshop on Media Economics. hdl:1814/2808.
  2. ^ Carlo Nardella (2012). "Religious Symbols in Italian Advertising". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 27 (2): 217–240. doi:10.1080/13537903.2012.675689. S2CID 144500719.
  3. ^ "Io Donna". RCS Communication Solutions. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ Charlotte Ross (2013). "Sexualities". In Daniele Albertazzi; Paul Cobley (eds.). The Media: An Introduction (3rd ed.). Abingdon; New York: Routledge. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-317-86522-3.
  5. ^ "Overview". RCS MediaGroup. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b "IO Donna". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ^ "The Best Italian Fashion, Beauty and Style Magazines". Made in Italy. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Corriere's Io Donna unveils fresh look under new editor". Mags 360. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. ^ "El Mundo - new readership record". OSP. 25 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. ^ "RCS MediaGroup Board of Directors: Results at 31 December 2013 approved" (Press release). RCS MediaGroup. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Rcs Mediagroup" (PDF). Borsa Italiana. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)". Fotografi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  13. ^ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

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