What Is Hello Magazine?

Hello! is a magazine that specialises in gossip and news about celebrities, especially the relatively lesser-known members of the royal families of various European countries. It is published in the United Kingdom. Hello! is sold in several other countries apart from Britain, including Greece, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The first issue of Hello! was published in 1988. The parent company that brings out Hello! is Hello Limited, which is based in Spain. It is owned by the Spanish publisher Edward Sanchez Junco. The current editor of Hello! is Ronnie Whelan. It is the English-language version of a Spanish magazine called Hola! A French edition of Hello!, called Ohla!, was in circulation for a period of six years between 1998 and 2004.

Recent circulation figures reveal that about two million copies are sold per issue of Hello! Actors Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and the rival magazine OK! filed a lawsuit against Hello! in 2003 for publishing photographs of the wedding of Douglas and Zeta-Jones without obtaining the couple's prior permission. Hello!, sued rival People in 2006 for leaking the photographs of the newborn baby daughter (named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt) of Hollywood's current hot couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.