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20 Ans

20 Ans ("20 Years old"), was a French monthly women's magazine. It was published from Paris between 1961 and 2007, then from 2009 until 2010, targeting middle-class adolescents.

Background

20 Ans ("20 Years old"), is a French monthly women's magazine. It has been published from Paris, since 1961 and is mainly read by middle-class adolescents.[1][2] 20 Ans absorbed 'Jacinte' in 1986 and was briefly published as 20 Ans Jacinte.

The magazine was published by Excelsior Publications from 1987,[3][4] until its 2003 acquisition by Emap France.[5][6] Emap was acquired by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore in 2006.[7]

The publications circulation reached 250,000 monthly copies in July 2006.[8] However, in 2007 the magazine ceased publication.[9] Then returned in 2009 under the ownership of FT Médias.[9] It ceased publication in 2010 following an exposé on the working conditions at the publication (notably the editor-in-chief being a 19 year old intern) by 20 Minutes.[10]

Editors

References

  1. Mass Media: The Image, Role, and Social Conditions of Women UNESCO, 1979, retrieved 30 May 2015^
  2. Philip Thody. Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American: Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France: A Study in A&C Black, 2000^
  3. Nicholas Hewitt. The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture Cambridge University Press, 2003^
  4. Le groupe Express cède « Biba » à Excelsior Les Echos, 24 December 1992^
  5. Lachlan Johnston. Emap spends £62m at French kiosks The Daily Telegraph, 2 April 2003, retrieved 21 February 2008^
  6. Patrick Barrett. Emap makes French connection The Guardian, 14 April 2004, retrieved 22 April 2015^
  7. A new Mondadori Borsa Italiana, 21 June 2006, retrieved 26 June 2016^
  8. Un bel été pour Closer, 20 ans et Biba Tarif Media, retrieved 21 February 2008^
  9. FashionNetwork com FR. 20 ans : le retour d'un féminin historique FashionNetwork.com, 2009-03-03, retrieved 2025-09-19^
  10. «20 ans»: 7 astuces pour faire un magazine sans argent 20 Minutes, 2009-04-11, retrieved 2025-09-19^
  11. Marie Ottavi. Agathe Godard, nuit, gravement Libération, retrieved 2025-09-19^
  12. Mame Editore. ALT EMMANUELLE MAM-e, 2022-03-30, retrieved 2025-09-19^
  13. Relance du magazine 20 ans: «On a fait ce qu'on pouvait pour le premier numéro» 20 Minutes, 2009-04-14, retrieved 2025-09-19^