Quo (magazine)


Quo is a monthly Spanish-language pop-science magazine that informs about science through thinking and entertainment. It contains articles pertaining to health, sex, ecology, technology, nutrition, psychology and human life. Its content has the capability to answer all the basic doubts a person might have about the world they live in. The magazine was created in Spain by the Hachette Filipacchi publisher. It was released in Spain in 1995. Its first director was Oscar Becerra and the art director was Pancho Guijarro. Aside from Becerra and Guijarro, Juan Caño, vice president editor of Hachette, was highly involved in the creative development of the publication. A few months later Grupo Zeta released CNR in Spain, a magazine whose similarities to Quo were extraordinary. Hearst Magazines bought Hachette Filipacchi's Spanish magazines in 2011.
In 1997 the Mexican edition was started, published by Editorial Televisa and directed by Gabriel Sama. The first art director for the Mexican edition was Julio Carrasco; Rodrigo Xoconostle and Soledad Aguirre were members of the original reading team. During its first years Quo had editions in the Czech Republic, Portugal and France aside from the Mexican version. The Mexican edition went from Editorial Televisa publisher to Grupo Expansión about five years after its first appearance in Mexico. The French edition was discontinued.

Sections

The magazine is composed of six different sections in which articles of interest and science are reviewed. Below is a small description of each of the sections:

Quonectados

"Space at your entire disposal. Or almost"
The section of the magazine that contains answers to questions made by readers of Quo. Includes:
Section of the magazine that contains interesting articles accompanied by high quality images and information with high levels of interest.

Prágmata

This section is the most broad and extensive on the publication. Prágmata is probably the section of most interest since it goes over common questions about the world using diverse areas of study and analytical thinking. The sections content is divided on the following areas.
Main section of the magazine since it covers the topic present on the cover of the magazine. An interesting section that contains exclusive information, high quality images and in occasions is accompanied by tables and graphs that complement the content on an efficient way.

Reportajes

Section that contains diverse topics pertaining to current events. This sections varies according to the articles considered on that months publication, still the information is considered entertaining by readers.
In February 2008 Quo published an article about Wikipedia in which 15 experts analyzed 30 articles from Spanish Wikipedia.

Qplus

"Our planet in motion."
It works as an information supplement, since it contains its own sections of interest. The sections included on Qplus are: