Family Circle (UK magazine)
Family Circle was a monthly British women's magazine.
The publication was founded in 1964 by
International Thomson Publishing and soon became the country's top-selling title, achieving one million sales per issue.[1] This was principally through pioneering a policy of selling copies only through supermarkets. It was joined by a sister title, Living, and numerous spin-off books were published. By 1984, it was still selling 580,000 copies per issue.[2]
In 1986, IPC Media, but sales continued to slump. By 2006, it was selling around 113,000 copies per issue and was closed down.[2]
References
- ^ Peter Childs and Mike Storry, Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture, p.570
- ^ a b Julia Day, "Declining sales force Family Circle to close", The Guardian, 9 August 2006
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