BBC History (magazine)
Overview
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
devoted to history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
enthusiasts of all levels of knowledge and interest. Being a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
publication, the magazine focuses particularly on British history, but its remit is worldwide. BBC History is the biggest selling history magazine in the UK and is growing in circulation by nearly 7% every year.
- Frequency: 13 issues / year
- Circulation: 69,234 [ABC Jan-Jun 2010]
- Price: £3.80
- Editor: Dr Dave Musgrove
- Publisher: Andy Healy
- BBC History magazine was launched in May 2000 by BBC MagazinesBBC MagazinesBBC Magazines is the magazine publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation.A list of the published magazines and the age groups they are targeted towards follows:-Adult:*BBC History*BBC Music...
under the editorship of Greg Neale, an experienced journalist and history graduate. - In April 2003, Living History MagazineLiving History MagazineLiving History was a monthly history magazine launched in April 2003 by Origin Publishing in the United Kingdom. The magazine was devoted entirely to British history....
, a competitor title published by Origin Publishing, joined BBC History on the news-stand. - Following the acquisition of Origin Publishing by BBC WorldwideBBC WorldwideBBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
in February 2004, the two magazines merged.
