Telva is a Spanish language monthly women's magazine published in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest and earliest women's magazines in the country.[1]

Telva
CategoriesWomen's magazine
Lifestyle magazines
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation113,745 (2019)
PublisherUnidad Editorial Socieda de Revistas SL
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
CompanyRCS Media Group
CountrySpain
Based inMadrid
LanguageSpanish
WebsiteTelva

History and profile

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Telva was started in October 1963.[2][3] During its initial phase, the magazine was controlled by Opus Dei.[4] More specifically, the publisher of the magazine was owned by Opus Dei[5] and had a conservative political stance.[5]

Pilar Salcedo held the position of director of Telva from its founding in October 1963 to 1970.[6] Covadonga O'Shea became the editor in 1970 who had worked as deputy director after leaving education with a degree.[7] Following the death of Franco in 1975 the Spanish institutions began to take part in democratic transition, but Telva did not change its ultra conservative stance.[5] For instance, it continued to oppose the legalization of abortion which was criticised by a feminist magazine, Vindicación Feminista.[8]

The magazine was part of Recoletos group until February 2007 when the company was acquired by RCS Media Group.[9][10][11] It is published by Unidad Editorial Socieda de Revistas SL on a monthly basis and features articles on fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.[2][10] Its headquarters is in Madrid.[2] The monthly has several annual supplements.[10]

The price of the magazine was 35 Pesetas in the mid-1970s.[12] In 2006 Telva sold 174,436 copies.[13] The circulation of the magazine was 174,750 copies in 2009, making it the second best-selling women's monthly magazine in Spain.[14] It was 181,434 copies in 2010, and it grew to 188,524 copies in 2011.[15] The magazine sold 183,336 copies in 2012.[15] Between July 2012 and June 2013, ita circulation was 162,101 copies.[10] In 2019 Telva sold 113,745 copies.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ana Almansa-Martínez; Ruth Gómez de Travesedo-Rojas (2017). "Stereotypes about women in Spanish high-end women's magazines during the economic crisis". Revista Latina de Comunicación Social. 72: 608–628. doi:10.4185/RLCS-2017-1182.
  2. ^ a b c "Telva". Publicitas. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Spanish Dress". Fashion History. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ Agata Ignaciuk; et al. (2014). "Doctors, women and the circulation of knowledge of oral contraceptives in Spain, 1960s-1970s". In Teresa Ortiz-Gómez; María Jesús Santesmases (eds.). Gendered Drugs and Medicine: Historical and Socio-Cultural Perspectives. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-4094-5404-5.
  5. ^ a b c Agata Ignaciuk (2018). "Paradox of the pill: Oral contraceptives in Spain and Poland (1960s-1970s)". In Ann-Katrin Gembries; Theresia Theuke; Isabel Heinemann (eds.). Children by Choice?: Changing Values, Reproduction, and Family Planning in the 20th Century. Berlin; Boston, MA: De Gruyter. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-11-052449-9.
  6. ^ Cesar Suarez (29 June 2015). "Fallece Pilar Salcedo, primera directora de TELVA". Telva.
  7. ^ Iker Seisdedos (19 February 2006). "Empezar desde cero". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ^ Uwe Kjær Nissen (2001). "Gender in Spanish: Tradition and innovation". In Marlis Hellinger; Hadumod Bußmann (eds.). Gender Across Languages: The Linguistic Representation of Women and Men. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. p. 254. ISBN 978-90-272-1843-8.
  9. ^ "Italy's RCS MediaGroup acquires Spain's Recoletos". IFRA. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d "Telva Overview". RCS Media Group. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Rcs Mediagroup Spa (RCS:BrsaItaliana)". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  12. ^ Kathryn L. Mahaney (2018). Feminism Under and After Franco: Success and Failure in the Democratic Transition (PhD thesis). City University of New York. p. 100. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Telva and telva.com". OSP. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  14. ^ "World magazine trends 2010/2011. Spain" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Telva (print)". International Media Sales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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