Enter information magazine "Pia" is closed on July 21 issue issue

Pia Corporation, known for its ticket sales business, announces the monthly entertainment information magazine "Pia(Tokyo Metropolitan Area Edition) "will be closed on July 21 issue issue.

"Pia" had the metropolitan area version, the central version, the Kansai version, but the Chubu version was closed in June 2010, the Kansai version is closed in October 2010, the Tokyo metropolitan area is also closed on occasion By doing so, it was decided that "Pia" began its history.

Details are as below.
Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun): Information magazine "Pia" in the history of 39 years Capital region version, closed in July - Culture

"Pia" was launched in July 1972. At that time, Mr. Hiroaki Yanauchi (present representative director), who was a student at Chuo University, founded it as a reporter for student entrepreneurship. Initially Pia was summarizing information such as movies and concerts. PIA Corporation was founded in 1974, and in 1979 PIA changed from monthly publication to biweekly publication. Since 1982 Mook has also started to publish.

well known"Ticket Pia"The test sale began in October 1983 in line with the performance of the musical" Cats ", officially starting from April 1984.

Today, entertainment information such as movies and concerts can be easily obtained on the Internet, so Pia, which had been growing to 530,000 in the heyday (the second half of the 1980s), dropped to 60,000 copies, and the company's earnings were 9 It seems that the ticket sales business has become a percentage.

Although the magazine will be closed on occasion, it seems that the magazine will also launch a new one this autumn, because the film festival etc which we have been doing since 1977 will continue in the future.