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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.[6] The European Journalism Observatory reported in 2017 that magazines in Latvia were more read than national and daily newspapers.[6][7] There are various magazines covering history, science and lifestyle.[7] The number of magazine decreased in 2015.[6] There were 322 magazines in the country in 2015, and their total circulation was 29.3 million copies per year.[7] Some of the magazines in the country are printed in Russian and in English.[6] International magazine titles such as FHM and National Geographic were published in Latvia until 2016.[6]
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Latvia.
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[edit]- ^ Liva Fokrote (2000). Christianity in Latvia in the Twentieth Century (MA thesis). George Fox University. p. 36.
- ^ Andrejs Veisbergs (2021). "Latvian Translation Scene at the Beginning of the 20th Century". Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture. 11: 144. doi:10.22364/BJELLC.11.2021.09.
- ^ a b Signe Raudive (2023). "Women in the Book Publishing Industry of Latvia during the Interwar Period". Letonica (49): 241–242. doi:10.35539/LTNC.2023.0049.10. S2CID 258895239.
- ^ Anda Rožukalne (2012). "Journalism quality in Latvia: looking for new values in the middle of chaos". Media Transformations. 6: 93, 101. doi:10.7220/2029-865X.06.04.
- ^ Marina Mikhailets (2004). "The publishing situation in Latvia". Fontes Artis Musicae. 51 (3–4): 291. JSTOR 23510392.
- ^ a b c d e "Latvia". Media Landscapes. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Ainars Dimants (4 April 2017). "Latvians Trust Magazines More Than Newspapers". European Journalism Observatory. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b Stella Pelše (2022). "Reflection of the proletarian art in the left-wing preiodicals of the interwar period in Latvia". Culture Crossroads. 8: 169–178. doi:10.55877/cc.vol8.175.
- ^ Ineta Lipša (2018). "Nation Building and Gender Issues in Interwar Latvia: Representations and Reality". In Lazar Fleishman; Amir Weiner (eds.). War, Revolution, and Governance. The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century. Boston, MA: Academic Studies Press. pp. 30–55. doi:10.1515/9781618116215-004. ISBN 9781618116215. S2CID 214430017.
- ^ Anete Karlsone (2019). "Topicality of Traditional Skills in Contemporary Cultural Environment". Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies. 2: 94. doi:10.7592/YBBS2.06.