Editor-in-chief | Hu Xunbi |
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Frequency | Three times per month |
Publisher | Bosom Friend Publishing |
Founder | Hu Xunbi |
Founded | 1985 |
Company | Bosom Friend Publishing Group |
Country | China |
Based in | Wuhan |
Language | Chinese |
ISSN | 1000-4157 |
OCLC | 33019940 |
Bosom Friend (Chinese: 知音) is a Chinese language bimonthly celebrity and women's magazine published in Wuhan, China. The magazine is among the leading titles in the country.[1] The title of the magazine is a reference to the idiom "bosom friend" which means a very close friend.[2]
Bosom Friend was established in Wuhan in 1985.[3][4][5] The magazine is part of Bosom Friend Publishing Group.[6] As of 2004 its publisher was the Hubei Women's Federation.[7] Its publisher is Bosom Friend Publishing.[5]
During its early period Bosom Friend was published monthly[8] and then biweekly.[9] Later it appeared on a bimonthly basis.[5] Later its frequency was switched to three times per month.[10]
Bosom Friend was described by Chen Peiqin as aiming at lonely and undereducated Chinese housewives[4] as well as elderly people living in small towns.[11] Hu Xunbi is both the founder and the editor-in-chief of the magazine,[11][12] who launched its Hong Kong edition in 2005.[13]
Bosom Friend had a circulation of 1.7 million copies in 1987.[14] In 1994 it was the sixth largest magazine by advertisement revenue in China.[15] The circulation of the magazine was 1,280,000 copies in 1996.[7]
The magazine sold 4,269,000 copies in 2000.[7] In 2001 it was the fifth best-selling general interest magazine worldwide with a circulation of 4,230,000 copies.[16] In 2003 Bosom Friend was the third best-selling magazine in China and its circulation was 2,450,000 copies.[17] In 2006 it was the largest fourteenth magazine worldwide with a circulation of 2,500,000 copies.[18] In January 2010 the magazine sold 3,150,000 copies.[9]