Editor in Chief Maria Elena Viola Year founded 1937 | Frequency Weekly | |
Categories Women's magazine
Fashion magazine Publisher Hearst Magazines Italia First issue 7 March 1937; 79 years ago (1937-03-07) | ||
Gioia (meaning Joy in English) is an Italian language weekly fashion and women's magazine published in Milan, Italy.
History and profile
Gioia was first published on 7 March 1937. Its owner and publisher was Rusconi Editore S.p.A. The owner of the company was Edilio Rusconi, an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer. The company acquired the magazine in 1954 and first published it under the name Rusconi A Polazzi Editore in December 1956. The company was the founder and owner of news magazine Gente.
In February 1999 Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA, bought majority stake (90%) of Rusconi Group, the owner of Rusconi Editore S.p.A. Then Gioia began to be published by Hachette Rusconi. In 2011 Hearst Magazines acquired it from Hachette Rusconi. Following the acquisition Hachette Rusconi changed its name to Hearst Magazines Italia.
Gioia is published weekly by Hearst Magazines Italia. The headquarters of the weekly is in Milan. The magazine covers articles about beauty, fashion and health. Its target audience is middle-class women over 30.
From 2002 to 2006 Marina Fausti served as the co-editor-in-chief of Gioia. Maria Elena Viola is the editor-in-chief of the magazine,
The weekly was redesigned in June 2013. The website was relaunched in July 2015.
Gioia had a circulation of 403,246 copies in 1984. Its circulation was 197,000 copies in 2007.