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What kind of people does the new Gulliver address?

In the second half of 1998 the publishing firm De Agostini Rizzoli opted for a restyling of the magazine Gulliver envisaging not only changes in graphics but also contents. The study carried out - after the publishing firm prepared the trial issue -...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/FIPP Conference 1999: Strategic Publishing

Authors: Fabio Franzoni, llaria Presotto

Company: SWG Spa

June 15, 1999

Using market research in early stages of product development

In April 1999 V1NU Tijdsclirirten (The Netherlands) launched a young women's magazine named One. This launch was preceded by intensive market research. This paper tells the story of the new' magazine and describes the elements of the market research....

Catalogue: ESOMAR/FIPP Conference 1999: Strategic Publishing

Authors: Marielle Luif, Winnie Moltmaker

June 15, 1999

Interaction and intensity

A core function of magazines is their ability to provide an interactive forum for readers to communicate with like-minded people. A study was commissioned by Pacific Publications to look at how magazine readers use their magazines and which areas of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/FIPP Conference 1999: Strategic Publishing

Author: Angela Brooks

June 15, 1999

The value of women's magazines for advertisers

This study aims at analysing some of the most important Italian magazines for women. The survey investigates ten publications through a semiotic methodology and presents their positioning and features that makes each magazine absolutely unique -...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/FIPP Conference 1999: Strategic Publishing

Authors: Paola Furlanetto, Giulia Ceriani

Company: Ipsos MRBI

June 15, 1999

Where does the magazine finish and the reader start?

This paper will focus on the results of an ethnographic study, including a sample of women’s magazine readers. Ethnographic studies are a qualitative and in-depth approach, in which research analysts go through a period of close contact with the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Jaime Troiano, Lidice Salgot

June 15, 1997

Subscribers and their magazines (Spanish)

The media research information about the magazine market-oriented medium has evolved in the sense of scaling up the public-lexicon of its socio-economic characteristics. The information we have today revolves around "who" and "how many" read. And...

Catalogue: Latin America 1997: The Dynamics Of Change In Latin America

Authors: Maria Luiza Antunes, Marcello Augusto Alvarenga, Katsura Nakamura Eguti

June 15, 1997

Research in magazines

This paper concerns the creation and use of a readers’ panel for Gruner + Jahr’s three monthly women’s magazines in Spain: Dunia, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire.

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Elena Sanchez-Fabres, Teresa Osma

June 15, 1997

The success story of Amelia

This essay is about the strategic thinking, intuitive feelings and analytical work behind the launch of one of Sweden’s most successful weekly magazines. It describes in steps the combination of factors which led to Amelia’s success. In...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Author: Naomi Seid

June 15, 1997

Advertising in magazines

The paper presents research findings of Sesame, a survey including hundreds of advertising campaigns in the various media, designed to compare average media effectiveness - and the methodology used for this survey. The results show the specific...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Marc Vincent, Annick Vincent

June 15, 1997