''Epoca'' (

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: ''Age'') was an Italian illustrated weekly current events magazine published between 1950 and 1997 in Milan, Italy.

History and profile

''Epoca'' was first published on 14 October 1950. The magazine was modeled on ''

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'' and ''

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''. The magazine was part of

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and was based in Milan. Its first editor was Alberto Mondadori who was succeeded in the post by

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in 1953. During the period until 1960 when Enzo Biagi edited ''Epoca'' the magazine covered current affairs news, social attitudes as well as TV news. The magazine also included frequent and detailed articles about

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of the period and Italian movie stars such as

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. The weekly had offices in New York City, Paris and Tokyo. From June 1952 to the late 1958 the

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writer

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wrote an agony column, called Dalla parte di lei, in the magazine. Then ''Epoca'' became part of Rizzoli Editori and began to cover travel and nature news with photographs and scientific articles. The magazine had a section called I bei posti (Italian: Beautiful Places) which featured the photographs of unknown places such as

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and

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by Mario de Biasi, Alfredo Panucci and Giorgio Lotti. In the period between 1952 and 1953 ''Epoca'' supported the government. During the 1960s the magazine had a moderate political stance, but was extremely

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. It was extremely conservative in the late 1960s and considered

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as immoral dresses. ''Epoca'' was closed down in 1997 due to low circulation.

Circulation

''Epoca'' had a circulation of 150,000 copies in the period 1952–1953. The magazine sold 420,000 copies in 1955. Its circulation was 400,000 copies in 1963 and 305,000 copies in 1964. In 1970 the circulation of ''Epoca'' was 350,000 copies. The weekly had a circulation of 120,046 copies in 1984.

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History and profile

Circulation

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