Joy (magazine)

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Joy

description Women's magazine
language German
publishing company Ocean Global ( Germany )
Headquarters Kiel
First edition 1995
Frequency of publication ten times a year
Sold edition 83,578 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Widespread edition 84,004 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Range 0.63 million readers
( MA 2020 I )
ISSN (print)

Joy (English for joy) is a German women's magazine .

The magazine was published monthly from 1995 by the Marquard Media Group , which wanted to appeal to a younger target group than the magazine Cosmopolitan . In the following years license editions were published in other countries. In May 2012, the magazine was sold to the Bauer Media Group , which has since been the licensor of the international editions. From September 2019, Joy was produced together with Closer , InTouch and Shape by a joint editorial team led by Angela Meier-Jakobsen in Hamburg . Previously, the editorial office was in Munich . Since August 2020, the German edition has been published ten times a year by the Kiel publisher Ocean Global, which acquired a license for it from the Bauer Media Group. The sold edition is 83,578 copies, a decrease of 42.7 percent since 1998. In addition to the German edition, seven international licensed editions are published.

The magazine was created from the spin-off launched in 2003 Joy Celebrity 2004 Celebrity , which was rehired of 2008.

The magazine has been presenting the Joy Trend Award since 2007. For one month, readers have the opportunity to vote on the website for trend products in the categories beauty, fashion and lifestyle. The winners are chosen by readers and an expert jury. Several prizes can be awarded in each category.

Individual evidence

  1. Jürg Marquard: The second face handelszeitung.ch, April 17, 2012
  2. Bauer takes over the German Marquard publishing group spiegel.de, May 11, 2012
  3. Bauer relocates Joy and Shape to Hamburg wuv.de, July 12, 2019
  4. Ocean Global makes "Joy" as a licensed title clap-club.de, August 28, 2020
  5. according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
  6. licenses bauermedia.com
  7. Joy Celebrity will be available monthly from spring 2004 horizont.net, September 22, 2003
  8. ^ "Joy" readers choose trend product horizont.net, February 2, 2007
  9. trendaward.de