Shape (magazine)
| Shape
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| description | Fitness and lifestyle magazine |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Ocean Global ( Germany ) |
| Headquarters | Kiel |
| First edition | October 29, 1998 |
| Frequency of publication | ten times a year |
| Sold edition | 105,867 copies |
| ( IVW 2/2020) | |
| Widespread edition | 105,986 copies |
| ( IVW 2/2020) | |
| Range | 0.26 million readers |
| ( MA 2020 I ) | |
| ISSN (print) | 1422-9188 |
Shape (of English to keep in shape , keep fit ' ) is a US-based fitness - and lifestyle - magazine for women with licensed editions in over twenty countries. The thematic focus of the national editions in different languages is on physical activity and a healthy diet.
The first edition of Shape was published by Weider Publications in 1981 , which was acquired by American Media in 2002 . In January 2015 the magazine was resold to the Meredith Corporation .
The German edition was published monthly by the Marquard Media Group from October 29, 1998 and taken over by the Bauer Media Group in May 2012 . From September 2019 Shape was produced together with Closer , InTouch and Joy by a joint editorial team in Hamburg led by Angela Meier-Jakobsen . Previously, the editorial office was in Munich . Since January 2020, the German edition has been published ten times a year by the Kiel publishing house Ocean Global, which has acquired a license for it from the Bauer Media Group. The sold circulation is 105,867 copies, a decrease of 29.9 percent since 1999.
In January 2019 Shape launched together with Sophia Thiel , the Sophia Thiel magazine . The second edition of the magazine, planned for May 2019, was not published after Thiel had temporarily withdrawn from social media for personal reasons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meredith's magazine plans take Shape politico.com, January 29, 2015
- ↑ Bauer takes over the German Marquard publishing group spiegel.de, May 11, 2012
- ↑ Bauer relocates Joy and Shape to Hamburg wuv.de, July 12, 2019
- ↑ Bauer outsources Shape to Ocean Global - and lets Maxi resurrect there horizont.net, January 14, 2020
- ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )
- ↑ Bauer launches Personality magazine with Sophia Thiel horizont.net, January 9, 2019
- ↑ Risk factor personality magazine: Bauer pulls the plug for the time being at “Sophia Thiel Magazin” meedia.de, May 27, 2019