History and profile
''Start'' was established in 1969 as a successor to the ''Moto magazin''. The first issue of ''Start'' appeared in January that year. It was headquartered in Zagreb and was published by Vjesnik which was a well-known publishing house in the country. The first issue described it as "a magazine for every family, and for each of our citizens." However, it was also added in the same issue that the magazine content included all topics "that interests a modern man." The magazine came out weekly. In the initial phase ''Start'' was designed based on '' Playboy'', '' Lui'' and '' Penthouse''. During this period its cover pages featured nude photographs of women, one of which was the French actress Maria Schneider. Following the change of its editor-in-chief in 1973 ''Start'' was redesigned becoming a political and cultural magazine which was modeled on the German magazine '' Stern''. ''Start'' contained erotic and pornographic materials in addition to the critical and comprehensive analyses on current affairs, science and art. The latter became dominant from 1973. One of its most significant sections was the interviews which featured both interviews with Yugoslavian leading figures and translations of the interviews from foreign magazines. It also published literary works most which were the examples of a genre called "jeans-prose". Later its focus was exclusively on current affairs. ''Start'' frequently published materials from '' Ms.'', an American magazine, and contained articles on feminism most of which were written by Jasenka Kodrnja and Maja Miles. Vesna Kesić and Slavenka Drakulić were other contributors of the magazine. Mladen Pleša was appointed editor-in-chief of ''Start'' in 1980 and then, the magazine began to target young readers featuring articles on rock music, modern art and fashion. By 1984 ''Start'' was selling 200,000 copies every week, with half of sales generated on theEditors-in-chief
*Andrinko Krile (1969–1972) *Borivoj Jurković (1972–1973) *Sead Saračević (1973–1980) *Mladen Pleše (1989–1990) *Marjan Jurleka (1990–1991) *Fernando Soprano (1991) *Krunoslav Poljak (1991)References
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