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'''''Blitz''''' is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[music]] [[magazine]]. It was founded in November 1984 as a newspaper.
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'''''Blitz''''' is a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] media brand that focus on popular music and pop culture, based in [[Paço de Arcos]]. Since February 2018, the brand is present only on digital media and sporadic, special printed editions. Between November 1984 and April 2006, ''Blitz'' took the form of a weekly newspaper. Later, between June 2006 and January 2018, ''Blitz'' was issued as monthly magazine. It was one of the early music publications in Portugal.


==History and profile==
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In July 1992, the newspaper was acquired by [[Impresa]], which gave the newspaper access to more advanced technology, like color treatment, starting a new phase in the life of the newspaper.
''Blitz'' was founded in November 1984.<ref name=rui>{{cite web|author1=Rui Alexandre Novais|author2=Hugo Ferro|title=Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario|url=http://www.cmdconf.net/2013/makale/PDF/29.pdf|work=II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design|accessdate=1 December 2014|date=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211134010/http://www.cmdconf.net/2013/makale/PDF/29.pdf|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Elliott|title=Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sa-gR-P-pVEC&pg=PA143|accessdate=19 November 2014|year=2010|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-6795-7|page=143}}</ref> The magazine is based in Lisbon and is published by Medipress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blitz (Portugal)|url=http://www.publicitas.com/spain/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/blitz-portugal/?PARAM1=AL4BL2#.VGw7_1esUX4|work=Publicitas|accessdate=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041347/http://www.publicitas.com/spain/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/blitz-portugal/?PARAM1=AL4BL2#.VGw7_1esUX4|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In June 2006 Blitz became a monthly magazine. Apart from the website, this media brand lives in radio, TV and has an iPad version.

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In July 1992, it was acquired by [[Impresa]], which gave the magazine access to more advanced technology, like color treatment. In June 2006, ''Blitz'' began to be published on a monthly basis.<ref name=rui/>

The 2004 circulation of ''Blitz'' was about 20,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Singies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|date=3 April 2004|accessdate=19 November 2014|magazine=Billboard|pages=58|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Its circulation was 16,000 copies in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=etal|title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact |url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|work=ZenithOptimedia|accessdate=10 April 2015|date=2008|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archivedate=5 February 2015|df=dmy}}</ref> The magazine had a circulation of 16,344 copies in 2010 and 14,008 in 2011.<ref name=ifa>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Magazines|url=http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx|work=IFABC|accessdate=22 March 2015|date=30 April 2014}}</ref> The circulation of the magazine was 10,648 copies in 2012.<ref name=ifa/>

In late 2017, Impresa announced that the regular (i.e., monthly) publication of ''Blitz'' would cease to exist and that the ''Blitz'' brand would still be present in the form of its website and special, non-monthly editions of the magazine.<ref name="blitz.sapo.pt">{{cite web |author1=Miguel Cadete |title=BLITZ: Começar outra vez |url=http://blitz.sapo.pt/opiniao/2017-12-18-BLITZ-Comecar-outra-vez |website=Blitz |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031220/http://blitz.sapo.pt/opiniao/2017-12-18-BLITZ-Comecar-outra-vez |archive-date=2018-02-19 |language=pt |date=2017-12-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is expected that there would be published at least three special editions of the magazine in 2018. Since 2018, ''Blitz'' and [[Expresso (newspaper)|''Expresso'']] are the only printed publications owned by Impresa.<ref name="blitz.sapo.pt"/>

==See also==
* [[List of magazines in Portugal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://expresso.pt/blitz Official website]
* [http://www.blitz.pt/ Blitz Online] - official website


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Latest revision as of 17:23, 12 February 2023

For the British magazine, see BLITZ.

Blitz
CategoriesMusic website/magazine
Founded1 November 1984; 40 years ago (1984-11-01)
CompanyImpresa Group
CountryPortugal
Based inPaço de Arcos
LanguagePortuguese
Websitehttps://expresso.pt/blitz

Blitz is a Portuguese media brand that focus on popular music and pop culture, based in Paço de Arcos. Since February 2018, the brand is present only on digital media and sporadic, special printed editions. Between November 1984 and April 2006, Blitz took the form of a weekly newspaper. Later, between June 2006 and January 2018, Blitz was issued as monthly magazine. It was one of the early music publications in Portugal.

History and profile

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Blitz was founded in November 1984.[1][2] The magazine is based in Lisbon and is published by Medipress.[3]

In July 1992, it was acquired by Impresa, which gave the magazine access to more advanced technology, like color treatment. In June 2006, Blitz began to be published on a monthly basis.[1]

The 2004 circulation of Blitz was about 20,000 copies.[4] Its circulation was 16,000 copies in 2007.[5] The magazine had a circulation of 16,344 copies in 2010 and 14,008 in 2011.[6] The circulation of the magazine was 10,648 copies in 2012.[6]

In late 2017, Impresa announced that the regular (i.e., monthly) publication of Blitz would cease to exist and that the Blitz brand would still be present in the form of its website and special, non-monthly editions of the magazine.[7] It is expected that there would be published at least three special editions of the magazine in 2018. Since 2018, Blitz and Expresso are the only printed publications owned by Impresa.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rui Alexandre Novais; Hugo Ferro (2013). "Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario" (PDF). II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ Richard Elliott (2010). Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7546-6795-7. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Blitz (Portugal)". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Singies". Billboard. 3 April 2004. p. 58. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b Miguel Cadete (18 December 2017). "BLITZ: Começar outra vez". Blitz (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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