Gael (magazine)

Belgian monthly magazine

Gael

Editor-in-chief| Anne-Sophie Kersten
Categories|

* Women's magazine
* Lifestyle magazine

Frequency| Monthly
Founded| 1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Company| Roularta
Country| Belgium
Based in| Mechelen
Language| French
Website| Gael

Gael is a French language monthly women's and lifestyle magazine published monthly in Mechelen, Belgium. It has been in circulation since 1988.

## History and profile

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Gael was started in 1988.[1] The magazine was part of Sanoma and was published by Sanoma Magazines Belgium,[2] a subsidiary of the company, on a monthly basis.[1] It was acquired by the Roularta media company in June 2018 along with other women's magazines, including Libelle and Femmes d'Aujourd'hui.[3]

Gael has its headquarters in Mechelen.[4] The former headquarters of the magazine was in Brussels.[5]

Its target audience includes women aged 25 to 44.[6] The monthly focuses on fashion- and beauty-related news as well as features articles on a wide range of topics, including travel, health, society, food and culture.[1] The magazine offers a 24-page regional section, which provides region-specific news.[6] It has a special fashion supplement published twice per year.[6]

As of 2015 Anne-Sophie Kersten was the editor-in-chief of Gael.[1]

The circulation of Gael was 75,000 copies in the period 2006-2007.[7] It was 32,467 copies in 2012.[4] The magazine sold 22,726 copies in 2014.[6]

## See also

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* List of magazines in Belgium

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Gael". Sanoma. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
2. ^ "Sanoma Magazines Belgium". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
3. ^ "Roularta receives approval from Belgian Competition Authority and completes acquisition of Sanoma brands". Roularta. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
4. ^ a b "Magazines membres. Gael". The Ppress (in French). Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
5. ^ Patrick Hermie; Trui Lanckriet; Koen Lansloot; Stef Peeters (2005). "Stop/watch" (PDF). Medialogue. Diegem. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
6. ^ a b c d "Gael" (PDF). Sanoma. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
7. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

## External links

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* Official website
* Media related to Gael (magazine) at Wikimedia Commons