Notre Temps Explained
Notre Temps (French: Our Time) is a French language monthly lifestyle magazine for seniors published in Paris, France. Founded in 1968 the magazine targets seniors.
History and profile
Notre Temps was established in 1968.[1] [2] The first issue appeared in May 1968.[3] The magazine is part of the Bayard Group[4] [5] and is published by Bayard Presse S.A. on a monthly basis.[1] [6] The headquarters of the magazine is in Paris.[6]
Notre Temps is one of the Catholic publications in France together with La Croix, a daily newspaper and Le Pélerin, a news magazine.[7] All publications are owned and published by the Bayard Group.[2] [7]
The target audience of Notre Temps is people aged between 50 and 64 years.[6] The magazine avoids using such common words as "golden age" and "aged" when referring to its readers.[8] Instead, it refers them using the phrase "people of leisure".[8]
In 1988 the Belgian edition of Notre Temps was started jointly by Bayard Group and Roularta.[9] [10] The magazine was renamed Plus Magazine in Belgium in 2001.[10]
Circulation
The circulation of Notre Temps was 1,040,000 copies in 1999.[4] In 2001 its circulation was 912,000 copies.[11] The magazine sold 1,029,927 copies during the 2003-2004 period.[12] In 2005 it was the eighth best-selling magazine in France with a circulation of 986,000 copies.[13] Its circulation rose to 1,029,000 copies in 2006.[14]
In 2009 Notre Temps was the best-selling French general interest magazine with a circulation of 890,000 copies.[15] The magazine sold 744,582 copies in 2014.[16] The magazine had a circulation of 707,703 copies in 2020.[17]
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- News: Anne Vanderdonckt. Plus Magazine a 25 ans! Encore merci à vous!. 30 December 2015. Plus Magazine. 1 March 2013. fr.
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- Web site: Top 50 General Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation). https://web.archive.org/web/20150117215649/http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/top50general.pdf. Magazine.com. 10 April 2015. dead. 17 January 2015.
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- Web site: European Publishing Monitor. France. Turku School of Economics (Media Group). 20 April 2015. March 2007. 27 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143030/http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-du/gda/07/med-ind-france_en.pdf. dead.
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- Web site: Notre Temps. OJD. 10 April 2015.
- Web site: Notre Temps - ACPM. 11 May 2021. www.acpm.fr.