List of magazines in Latvia explained

Uchilische Blagochestija was an Orthodox magazine that was started in Latvia in 1850.[1] The first Latvian literary magazine was Pagalms which was published from 1880/81 to 1884.[2] One of the early mass circulation magazines in Latvia was an illustrated weekly entitled Atpūta which existed between 1924 and 1940.[3] After the end of the Communist rule in the country in 1991 the first magazines dominated the market were entertainment, celebrity and consumer titles.[4] In addition, the first music magazines were started during this period.[5]

Magazines in Latvia increased between 2001 and 2007. The European Journalism Observatory reported in 2017 that magazines in Latvia were more read than national and daily newspapers.[6] There are various magazines covering history, science and lifestyle.[6] The number of magazine decreased in 2015. There were 322 magazines in the country in 2015, and their total circulation was 29.3 million copies per year.[6] Some of the magazines in the country are printed in Russian and in English.[7] International magazine titles such as FHM and National Geographic were published in Latvia until 2016.[7]

The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Latvia.

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Notes and References

  1. Liva Fokrote. MA. Christianity in Latvia in the Twentieth Century. 2000. George Fox University. 36.
  2. Andrejs Veisbergs. Latvian Translation Scene at the Beginning of the 20th Century. Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture. 11. 2021. 10.22364/BJELLC.11.2021.09. 144. free.
  3. Signe Raudive. 2023. Women in the Book Publishing Industry of Latvia during the Interwar Period. 49. Letonica. 258895239. 241–242. 10.35539/LTNC.2023.0049.10.
  4. Anda Rožukalne. 6. 93,101. Journalism quality in Latvia: looking for new values in the middle of chaos. 2012. Media Transformations. 10.7220/2029-865X.06.04.
  5. Marina Mikhailets. The publishing situation in Latvia. Fontes Artis Musicae. 51. 3–4. 2004. 291. 23510392.
  6. Web site: Ainars Dimants. Latvians Trust Magazines More Than Newspapers. European Journalism Observatory. 4 April 2017. 11 January 2024.
  7. Web site: Latvia. Media Landscapes. 11 January 2024.
  8. Stella Pelše. Reflection of the proletarian art in the left-wing preiodicals of the interwar period in Latvia. Culture Crossroads. 8. 2022. 10.55877/cc.vol8.175. 169–178. free.
  9. Book: Ineta Lipša. Lazar Fleishman. Amir Weiner. War, Revolution, and Governance. The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century. 2018. Academic Studies Press. Boston, MA. 9781618116215. 10.1515/9781618116215-004. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618116215-004. Nation Building and Gender Issues in Interwar Latvia: Representations and Reality. 30–55. 214430017.
  10. Anete Karlsone. Topicality of Traditional Skills in Contemporary Cultural Environment. 2019. Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies. 2. 10.7592/YBBS2.06. 94.

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