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''Monocle'' is a global affairs and lifestyle magazine, 24-hour radio station, website, and media brand, all produced by Winkontent Ltd. It was founded by Tyler Brûlé, a Canadian entrepreneur, ''Financial Times'' columnist, and previously founder of ''Wallpaper *'' magazine. Described by CBC News reporter Harry Forestell as a "meeting between ''Foreign Policy'' and ''Vanity Fair''", the magazine aims to provide a global perspective on international affairs, business, culture, design, and fashion. The magazine is edited by Andrew Tuck. The magazine launched on 15 February 2007, priced at 12 euros, 6 GBP, 12 USD with articles on subjects including the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, Chinese investment in Africa, and the best Portuguese-language Sunday newspapers. Subscriptions cost £90 annually (10 issues, plus two newspapers). In New Zealand, single issues sell for $18 each, in Japan for ¥2,310, in Switzerland for 20CHF, and in Spain for €11. In September 2014, Brûlé sold a minority stake in Monocle magazine to Japanese newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. The deal valued Monocle at about $115m although the size of Nikkei's investment was undisclosed. In December 2014, Monocle launched a new annual publication called The Forecast. The magazine, which is intended to fill the gap between the Dec/Jan and February issues of Monocle, offers Monocle's key insights for the year ahead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2014-12-03/kazakhstan-2015s-country-to-watch-monocles-tuck )〕 == Concept == Along with a small group of private investors, Brûlé created and financed ''Monocle'', a 10-times-a-year print magazine, in 2007. Brûlé believed there was a place in the market for a magazine with no regional editions, all in English, that addressed a mobile global audience interested in discovering best practice and people benchmarking success in everything from city governance to simple architecture. Hamilton Nolan, editor for Gawker, described it as "a lifestyle magazine for young, stylish, business-oriented jetsetters who receive free subscriptions". It had also previously been described on Gawker as a "travel-culture magazine" and a repository of "lifestyle sensuality and gaywad uptightness". In June 2010, Monocle launched a summer newspaper, ''Monocle Mediterraneo''. The newspaper directly opposed the iPad trend, with Brûlé declaring you cannot read an iPad on the beach. In December 2010 Monocle launched a winter newspaper, ''Monocle Alpino''. Each sold for 4 GBP. The magazine believes in print media and has neither a Facebook nor a Twitter account. Both newspapers were discontinued as of December 2014 and replaced by ''The Forecast'' and ''The Escapist'' magazines. As well as regular advertisements, Monocle runs "advertorials". In the September 2009 issue, for example, there was a large insert on Singapore, with a survey paid for by its government and several large companies there, but articles generated by the magazine staff in the style of the magazine. Monocle has also carried separate surveys on a wide range of cities, countries and regions including Rio de Janeiro, Helsinki, Tokyo, São Paulo, Sydney, and Hong Kong.The magazine has opened a series of traditional bureaux in New York, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Tokyo and has developed a network of correspondents around the globe who are listed on the magazine's masthead. These correspondents are in Beirut, Paris, Cape Town, Washington, Nairobi, Jerusalem, and Santiago, among other places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monocle (media company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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