Caras (magazine)
Portuguese language women's magazine in South America and Portugal
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Caras (Spanish and Portuguese: Faces) is a weekly celebrity and women's magazine published in Lisbon, Portugal. The magazine is also distributed in Brazil and Angola and published in Spanish language in Argentina and Uruguay.
Celebrity magazine
Edimpresa-Editora Lda (Portugal)
Editora Perfil do Brasil (Brazil)
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 Cover for the issue dated January 2022, featuring Ricky Martin | |
| Categories | Women's magazine Celebrity magazine |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 60,979 (September–October 2013) |
| Publisher | Editorial Perfil (Argentina and Uruguay) Edimpresa-Editora Lda (Portugal) Editora Perfil do Brasil (Brazil) |
| Founded | 1992 (Argentina) 1993 (Brazil) 1995 (Portugal) |
| Company | Editorial Perfil (Argentina) Editora Caras (Brazil) Trust in News (TIN) (Portugal) |
| Country | Argentina Brazil Portugal Uruguay |
| Based in | Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Lisbon Montevideo |
| Language | Spanish Portuguese |
| Website | Caras Argentina Caras Brasil Caras Portugal Caras Uruguay |
History and profile
Caras was established in Argentina on 24 November 1992 by Editorial Perfil and launched in Portugal in 1995.[1][2][3] The magazine was part of the Portuguese conglomerate Impresa Group,[4][5] which also controlled the weekly newspaper Expresso and news magazine Visão.[6][7] In 2018, Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazine. The publisher of the magazine, based in Lisbon, was Edimpresa-Editora Lda, a subsidiary of the Swiss publishing company Edipresse.[3][8]
Caras provides weekly news on the private lives of the public figures both from Portugal and from other countries[9] and news about fashion, beauty, health, cuisine and decoration.[4] The magazine has been distributed weekly in Angola since September 2005.[9]
In 2014 Caras was the recipient of the Meios and Publicidade award in the category of society publication.[4]
From 1988 to 2019 an edition of Caras was published in Chile by Editorial Televisa.[10]
Circulation
Channel TV
On March 4, 2024, the Argentine magazine was launched as Caras TV on channel 21.1 of digital terrestrial television in Argentina.