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| Area of Expertise | Children's magazine |
| publishing company | Blue Ocean ( Germany ) |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart |
| First edition | 1966 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Sold edition | 26,647 copies |
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| Widespread edition | 26,666 copies |
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| editor | Hubert Burda Media |
| Web link | bussibaer.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0940-1997 |
Bussi Bär is a magazine for preschool children that was first published in 1966. The main character is an upright, orange bear, who has both a symbolic and a drawn "golden heart" (which hangs around his neck). Bussi-Bär's constant companion is the dog Bello Blue , whose fur is completely blue.
The magazine
There used to be stories of a kind of gnome family, called Die Wummels , in which every character wears a pointed hat ; female wummels wear pink, male red hats. Illustrated retellings of fairy tales as well as cooking and baking recipes and pictures of plants were printed regularly.
Nowadays every booklet is shrink-wrapped in foil and contains a small toy. In every issue there is a story with Bussi-Bär and Bello as main characters, which is written in prose and illustrated. Another regular part of the magazine is the Strubbelpeter and Schnatterliese series , which is written entirely in verse and also illustrated. Occasionally, the two main characters appear in the stories of Bussi-Bär and Bello, and vice versa. In addition, many suggestions for handicrafts are given.
In addition to the stories, the magazine also features puzzles and pictures as well as small knowledge articles, for example about animals.
The magazine was published under license by Pabel-Moewig Verlag, which belongs to the Bauer Media Group , until 2017 . The rights to the magazine were transferred to the publishing house Blue Ocean Entertainment AG, a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media , with effect from June 5, 2017 . The character Bussi-Bär still belongs to the comic universe of Rolf Kauka .
Bussi Bär appears in ten languages.
Circulation statistics
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the average circulation according to IVW was 42,384 copies. That is 15,874 copies per issue less (–27.25%) than in the same quarter of the previous year. The number of subscribers fell within one year by 1,446 subscribers to an average of 7,071 per issue (–16.98%); thus around 16.68% of readers subscribed to the magazine.
Average number of issues distributed in the quarter
Average number of copies sold in the quarter through subscriptions
Further products
- Audio book on CD or music cassette
- Bussi Bär , PC game from Atari
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current Bussi-Bär-Heft
- ↑ Pabel-Moewig sells children's magazines to Blue Ocean In: dnv-online.net , March 13, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2017.