TV Sorrisi e Canzoni

TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (TV Smiles and Songs) is an Italian weekly listings magazine published in Segrate, Italy.

TV Sorrisi e Canzoni

Editor	Aldo Vitali
Categories	Television magazine Listings magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Founded	1952; 73 years ago (1952)
Company	Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Country	Italy
Based in	Segrate
Language	Italian
Website	Official site

History and profile

Cover of the first issue of Sorrisi e Canzoni d'Italia (Smiles and Songs of Italy), October 1952. The girl is Clara Jaione, Italian singer.

The magazine was established in 1952 in Foligno by Casa Editrice Campi, with the name Sorrisi e Canzoni and Agostino Campi as editor-in-chief.^[1][2] After three issues with irregular releases, in June 1953 it adopted the name Sorrisi e Canzoni and became weekly.^[1] Starting from 1955, it began publishing in exclusive the lyrics of the Sanremo Music Festival the week before the competition.^[1]

In 1960, under the new editor-in-chief Tarquinio Maiorino, it adopted its current name TV Sorrisi e Canzoni.^[1] In 1967, it started providing a music chart of national best selling recordings, known as "Superclassifica".^[1] In 1971, it established the Telegatto award.^[1] Initially covering only radio and television programs and music, under the direction of Gigi Vesigna the magazine broadened its contents, covering other entertainment fields as well as current affairs and lifestyle news.^[1] In the mid-1970s the magazine was acquired by Rizzoli, that moved the moved the editorial office to Segrate, Milan.^[2] In 1982 it was purchased by Silvio Berlusconi, who sold it to Mondadori in 1997.^[2][3]

Circulation

TV Sorrisi e Canzoni had a circulation of 1,836,355 copies in 1984.^[4] The circulation of magazine rose to 1,997,809 copies from September 1993 to August 1994.^[5] Founded in 1952 by Agostino Campi for Editoriale Campi,^[6] it was one of top 50 best-selling television magazines worldwide with a circulation of 1,622,000 copies in 2001.^[7] Its circulation was 1,381,000 copies in 2004, making it the best-selling magazine in Italy.^[8] It was the best-selling television magazine in Italy in 2007^[9] with a circulation of 1,086,414 copies.^[10] The magazine had a circulation of 883,220 copies in 2010.^[11]

TV Sorrisi e Canzoni old logo, Mondadori October 1952

See also

• List of magazines in Italy
• Telegatto

References

1. Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "Sorrisi e Canzoni". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp.1604-7.
2. Bono, Gianni (2003). "Sorrisi e Canzoni". Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre. p. 1772.
3. "TV Sorrisi e Canzoni". Mondadori. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
4. Maria Teresa Crisci. "Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines" (PDF). The Print and Digital Research Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
5. "Top paid-circulation consumer magazines". Ad Age. 17 April 1995. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
6. Massimo Emanuelli, 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale, Greco&Greco, 2004, p. 20.
7. "Top 50 TV Guides worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazines. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
8. "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
9. Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
10. "Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)". Fotografi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
11. "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

External links

• Official website