Cosmopolitan Russia
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| Categories | Women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Fashion Press |
| Founded | 1994 |
| First issue | May 1994 |
| Final issue | March 2022 |
| Company | Sanoma Independent Media |
| Country | Russia |
| Based in | Moscow |
| Language | Russian |
Cosmopolitan Russia was the Russian edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. It was the first international women's magazine published in the post-Soviet period in Russia. It changed its title to The Voice Mag and ended its affiliation with Cosmopolitan magazine in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
History and profile
Cosmopolitan Russia was established in 1994.[2][3][4] The first issue was published in May 1994[5] and featured Cindy Crawford on the cover.[6] The founding editors were Ellen Verbeek, a Dutch journalist, and Elena Myasnikova, a Russian journalist.[7] Its headquarters was in Moscow.[4]
The magazine was part of Sanoma Independent Media, a subsidiary of Sanoma company.[8] The Independent Media was founded by Derk Sauer and was acquired by the Finnish media company SanomaWSOY in 2005.[9] Cosmopolitan Russia was published by Fashion Press[8] on a monthly basis.[3] The owners of Fashion Press were Sanoma and Hearst Shkulev Media, a subsidiary of the Hearst.[7][10] As of 2015 the editor-in-chief of the magazine which targets women was Polina Sokhranova.[11] Maya Akisheva served as its Kazakhstan editor.[7]
In June 2015 Sanoma Independent Media planned to sell the publisher of Cosmopolitan Russia, Fashion Press, to its partner Hearst Shkulev Media.[8] However, the proposal was rejected by the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service.[8] In May 2022 Russian company Independent Media announced that the title would be replaced by local brands.[12]
Circulation
The first issue of the magazine sold 50,000 copies.[5] In 2005 Cosmopolitan Russia sold 1,000,000 copies and was acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records as the magazine with the largest number of copies.[3][7] The circulation of the monthly was 1,050,000 copies in 2009.[13] Between May and October 2014 the magazine had a circulation of 800,000 copies.[14]
References
- ^ Pjotr Sauer (20 May 2022). "Cosmopolitan no more: Russians feel sting of cultural and economic rift". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Barbara Mueller (2011). Dynamics of International Advertising: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives (2nd ed.). New York: Peter Lang. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-4331-0384-1.
- ^ a b c "Cosmopolitan Print version". Independent Media. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Cosmopolitan (Russia)". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b George Green (28 April 2009). "Can you say 'Cosmo' in Russian". Yale Insights. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Sonni Efron (29 April 1994). "Russian Women Who Want It All Get . . . Cosmo". Los Angeles Times. Moscow. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d Wendy Sloane (2019). "Selling sex to the Russians". British Journalism Review. 30 (4): 61, 65. doi:10.1177/0956474819891936. S2CID 214226568.
- ^ a b c d "Russia blocks sale of Russian Cosmopolitan, Esquire". The Moscow Times. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Simon Kuper (10 October 2005). "Russian remodelling of a cosmopolitan theme". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Sanoma sells its stake in Russia Fashion Press". Reuters. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Tess Koman (15 December 2015). "What It's Like to Edit Cosmo Russia". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Russian editions of Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping to assume new names". TASS. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Saara Ratilainen (2010). "Family – That's an Opera: Creativity and Family Representations in the Russian Women's Magazine Krest'ianka". In Arja Rosenholm; Kaarle Nordenstreng; Elena Trubina (eds.). Russian Mass Media and Changing Values. London; New York: Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-136-93573-2.
- ^ "Cosmopolitan" (PDF). GCA International. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
External links
Media related to Cosmopolitan Russia at Wikimedia Commons
