''Psychologies'' is a monthly

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dedicated to

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, published by Reworld Media in France and

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in the United Kingdom.

History

''Psychologies'' was founded in 1970 by Jacques Mousseau. Sales rose to 70,000 copies. In 1997, the magazine was bought by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber and his wife Perla Finev, who, taking inspiration from the American ''

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'' magazine, renamed and relaunched the ''Psychologies'' magazine. After only a few years of publication the magazine found success, and reached 320,000 copies in 2005. In 2004

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purchased 49% of Finev's capital. The following year saw the creation of five international editions of the ''Psychologies'' magazine in

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n editions were created. In 2008

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bought out of the remaining 51% of Finev capital and a Mexican edition was created. Its

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version was launched by Madame Verlag in November 2013. In 2014, Hachette sold ''Psychologies'' and ''Premiere'' to a consortium led by Rossel called 4B Media. In 2022, Reworld Media acquired the full ownership of the title.

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