Psychologies was founded in 1970 by Jacques Mousseau. Sales rose to 70,000 copies. In 1997, the magazine was bought by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber and his wife Perla Finev, who, taking inspiration from the American
Psychology Today magazine, renamed and relaunched the
Psychologies magazine. After only a few years of publication the magazine found success, and reached 320,000 copies in 2005. In 2004
Hachette Filipacchi Médias purchased 49% of Finev's capital. The following year saw the creation of five international editions of the
Psychologies magazine in
Italy,
Spain,
Belgium,
the United Kingdom and
Russia. In 2006 and 2007
Chinese and
Romanian editions were created. In 2008
Lagardère Active bought out of the remaining 51% of Finev capital and a
Mexican edition was created. Its
German version was launched by Madame Verlag in November 2013. In 2014, Hachette sold
Psychologies and
Premiere to a consortium led by
Rossel called 4B Media. In 2022,
Reworld Media acquired the full ownership of the title. ==References==