Afisha

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Afisha
Афиша
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Logo and cover
Editor Daniil Trabun
Categories Social issues, art, culture
Frequency Monthly (before 2016), quarterly (since 2016)
Founder Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper
First issue April, 1999
Company Rambler&Co
Country Russia
Based in Moscow
Website mag.afisha.ru

Afisha (Russian: Афиша — "Poster") - Russian print magazine and website, specializing in the coverage of urban developments in the field of entertainment. Issued since April 1999 in two versions - for Moscow and other Russian cities. Readership of the magazine is about one and a half million people.

History

In April 1999,[1] Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper teamed up with Andrew Paulson and Anton Kudryashov to found Afisha. The magazine had a profound effect on Moscow’s cultural and nightlife scene and broke new ground with its mix of informed commentary, listings and reviews.[2] The magazine is published bimonthly.

Oskolkov-Tsentsiper brought together a team of young journalists, designers and photographers to create a unique Afisha style which had a major impact on Russian media. Many high profile Russian artists made their first public appearances on Afisha’s front cover and the magazine popularised several new fashion trends – even introducing numerous new words into the Russian lexicon, from “deadline” to “hipster”.[3]

Afisha remains Russia’s most popular lifestyle media brand with a monthly Internet audience of more than 4.5 million.[4]

While at Afisha Oskolkov-Tsentsiper also launched and managed such publications as Afisha-Mir, a glossy monthly travel magazine, Bolshoy Gorod, a city magazine, Afisha-Yeda, a cookery magazine and a series of Afisha guidebooks on various cities and countries.[5] In the end of 2014, the paper versions of both magazines were closed down.[6]

In April 2013 the structure and design of the magazine was changed dramatically; were excluded schedules and reviews, which are now published only on the magazine's website and applications for mobile devices. In December 2015, further restructuring was announced. Since January 2016, the magazine will be published four times per year.[6]

Online

In 2013 Afisha launched daily updated sites "Vozduh", "Volna" and "Gorod", promptly telling about the latest developments in sphere of culture, music and life in Moscow, and "Serialy" - Russia's largest online tv series library.

Afisha Picnic

Annually the magazine holds a music festival Afisha Picnic, a one-day outdoor festival held in Moscow, Russia every summer. It takes place on the territory of Kolomenskoye, a former tsar’s estate, now a state-owned historical, architectural and nature reserve museum, located only 10 km south-east of the city center.[7] Since its start in 2004, the Afisha Picnic has followed the concept that mixes professional music festival featuring performances of international artists and local independent musicians, and urban-style event with all sorts of entertainment, such as designers’ market, gastronomic area, games and crafts, sports and amusements, lectures and workshops,[8] and, on one occasion, even a dance floor on the rollerdrome. The festival is visited by 50,000 visitors that spread out over 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land.[9]

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