Categories | Youth magazine |
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Founded | 1971 |
First issue | 26 May 1971 |
Final issue Number | 29 December 1976 231 |
Company | Vjesnik |
Country | Yugoslavia |
Based in | Zagreb |
Tina was a youth magazine which existed in Yugoslavia between 1971 and 1976. It was published by Vjesnik and was the only publication targeting young people in the country. Its title was a reference to a British youth magazine entitled Princess Tina which had been established by Fleetway Publications in February 1967.[1]
Tina was first published on 26 May 1971.[2] Its publisher was Vjesnik, a publishing house based in Zagreb.[1][2] The company was founded by the Socialist Alliance of Working People, one of the largest communist political organizations in Yugoslavia.[1] In its early period Tina copied Western youth magazines, but it did not work,[3] and the magazine sold only 35,739 copies in the first year.[2] It gained success from 1974 when it began to cover materials specific to the Yugoslav environment, including progressive pop-culture, literary work and topics related to girls' daily lives.[3] That year the circulation of Tina was 113,032 copies.[2] The magazine infrequently published advertisements and other promotional content.[3] Its editors and contributors included Gruda Špicer, Željko Žutelija and Vesna Lamza.[2]
Tina sold less than 90,000 copies in 1975.[2] Next year its circulation dropped to 77,542 copies which led to its closure after the publication of the final issue, issue 231, dated 29 December 1976.[1][2]