Hello! is a royalist weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news and human-interest stories, first published in the United Kingdom on May 21, 1988, following the format of ¡Hola!, the Spanish weekly magazine. It often covers aristocrats, celebrities and royalty. Editions Hello! was launched in 1988 by publisher Eduardo Sánchez Junco, owner and chairman of Spain's ¡Hola! magazine. ¡Hola! was created in 1944 by husband and wife Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón. In 2006, Rogers Media launched Hello! Canada. In 2007, the Madrid office reorganized and changed out the management for the Canadian version. Hello! Thailand is a bi-weekly Thai lifestyle magazine targeted at women aged 21 and over, launched in March 2006. The magazine focuses on royal news, celebrity and entertainment features. Circulation peaked at 300,000 in 2006 and was at 100,000 copies nationwide in 2017. Awards 2005 ACE, UK Magazine distributed Internationally, Winner 2004 PPA – Sales Pitch of the Year, Winner 2002 PPA – International Magazine of the Year, Winner 1999 BSME Awards, Best International Magazine, Winner. 1998 Marketing Week 20th Birthday Awards, Best Consumer Magazine, Winner 1996 The Press Circulation Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, short-listed 1995 International Press Directory – International Publishing Award to Eduardo Sánchez Junco 1992 The Press Circulation Awards – Circulation Excellence by a Consumer Magazine, Finalist Media Week Press Advertising Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner The Publisher – Best Front Cover, Winner PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Highly Commended 1991 The Press Circulation Awards – Circulation Excellence by a Consumer Magazine, Winner British Society of Magazine Editors – General Interest Magazine Editors of the Year, Winner The Publisher Magazine Publishing Awards – Magazine of the Year, Runner-up PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Highly Commended 1990 PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner Media Week Advertising Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner The Press Circulation Awards – Greatest Annual Percentage and/or Copy Growth by a Consumer Magazine, Runner-up Litigation 2003 – Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas sued Hello! for publishing unauthorized photographs of their wedding. Rival magazine OK! had an exclusive contract for pictures of the wedding, and also sued Hello!. In November 2003, OK! was awarded £1,033,156 in damages, and Jones and Douglas received £14,600. 2006 – Hello!, which secured the British rights to the first images of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn daughter, launched legal action