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 The 21 February 2018 cover ofChi | |
| Editor | Alfonso Signorini |
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| Categories | Gossip magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 403,599 (2010) |
| First issue | 3 March 1995; 30 years ago (1995-03-03) |
| Company | Arnoldo Mondadori Editore |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Segrate, Milan, Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Chi (Italian for "Who") is an Italian weeklygossip magazine geared towards a female viewership published inMilan, Italy.
Chi was established in 1995.[1][2] The magazine, published weekly,[3] is based inSegrate,Milan.[4] The publisher of the weekly isArnoldo Mondadori Editore.[5][6] The company is headed byMarina Berlusconi,Silvio Berlusconi’s older daughter.[3]Alfonso Signorini is the editor of the weekly.[5]
In 2004Chi sold 524,482 copies.[7] The magazine had a circulation of 503,984 copies in 2007.[8][9] In 2010 its circulation was down to 403,599 copies.[10]
The magazine came under criticism for publishing a picture ofDiana, Princess of Wales, taken as she was dying.[11][12] The photo, which is black-and-white, depicts Diana receiving oxygen in the wreckage of the vehicle in which she died on 31 August 1997. The picture was taken from the bookLady Diana : L'enquete criminelle byJean-Michel Caradec'h.[13][14] Despite the criticism, the editor of the magazine defended their decision to publish it.[11]
On 17 September 2012, the magazine published unauthorized photographs of theDuchess of Cambridge, wife of Britain'sPrince William. The photos were said to have featured 26 photos of Kate Middleton "in and out of a bikini" while specifically featuring three topless photos of her. The nude photos were to be on the cover of Chi magazine for the week of 16 September 2012 featuring the caption "The Queen is Nude!".[15][16]
On 12 February 2013, it was widely reported that the magazine had obtained more unauthorized photographs of Kate Middleton, this time of her on a private holiday inthe Caribbean whilst pregnant, and plans to publish them. St James's Palace condemned the magazine for infringing on the Duchess' privacy.[17] Indeed, the magazine did publish the photographs the following day.
