Profil (magazine) explained

profil
Editor:Anna Thalhammer
Category:News magazine
Frequency:Weekly
Circulation:First half of 2013 was 71,033 copies
Publisher:NEWS
Company:NEWS
Country:Austria
Based:Vienna
Language:German
Issn:1022-2111

Profil, (stylized in all lowercase) is an Austrian weekly news magazine published in German and based in Vienna. It was founded as a monthly magazine and has been in circulation since 1970. The magazine is sometimes considered the Austrian counterpart to Der Spiegel.[1] [2] In 2008 the magazine was described as the “most important Austrian news magazine”.[3]

History and profile

profil was founded in 1970[4] by Oscar Bronner,[5] [6] who also founded the magazine trend and the daily newspaper Der Standard.[7] [8] The magazine is headquartered in Vienna.[5] [9]

The first edition of profil came out as a monthly on 7 September 1970. Starting in October 1972, it was published every two weeks and from January 1974 every week. In 2001 profil became part of the publishing company NEWS.[5] In 1975 business magazine, ecco, merged with profil.[8]

profil includes sections for Austria, abroad, economy, society, science, and culture. Glosses, caricatures, and letters to the editor are also published. In the mid-1980s it had an independent and liberal leaning. In the 2000s the magazine had a left liberal political stance.[10] It targets Austria's intelligentsia.[8] Both profil and trend initiated investigative journalism in the country.[8] It was profil which revealed the Nazi past of Kurt Waldheim, former Austrian president.[11] [12] Investigative journalist Hubertus Czernin served as the political editor of profil.[13] [14] He uncovered the story about Kurt Waldheim's Nazi connection.[14]

Christian Rainer succeeded Josef Votzi as publisher and editor-in-chief in 1998.[6] The chief editorial staff consisted of Sven Gächter, Stefan Janny, and Herbert Lackner.

Restructuring 2022/2023

In December 2022 it was announced that Richard Grasl would also become profile managing director in addition to his journalistic work for the Kurier.[15] On the same day it was announced that Christian Rainer would end his role as editor-in-chief and publisher of Profil.[16] Due to Grasl's appointment, the editorial team felt compelled to publicly emphasize the magazine's "untouchable journalistic independence".[17] At the same time, management reported three profile editors to the works council for termination.[18]

Editorial GmbH led by Grasl became the new publisher in January 2023. The new editor-in-chief has been Anna Thalhammer[19] since March 1, 2023.[20] [21]

The economics department head and deputy editor-in-chief Michael Nikbakhsh also left the magazine in this context. He was offered the opportunity to run Kurier and Profil's planned investigative academy as a self-employed person.[22] Even before the academy started, Nikbakhsh “irrevocably” resigned from the leadership in February 2023. He developed a program for the academy and presented it to Richard Grasl, Martina Salomon and Anna Thalhammer at a meeting. According to Nikbakhsh, they had begun “in all seriousness” to classify intended speakers “according to suspected or supposed party-political affiliation”. Salomon explained that it was important to her that “not only leftists” appeared. Those mentioned contradict Nikbakhsh's account.[23]

Circulation

The circulation of profil was 72,000 copies in 1985.[24] In 1993, the magazine had a circulation of more than 100,000 copies.[25]

The weekly had a circulation of 76,000 copies in 2003 and 78,000 copies in the first quarter of 2004.[26] In 2006, the magazine had a readership of 6%, being second to NEWS magazine.[27] The circulation of the magazine was 251,000 copies in 2007.[28] Its circulation for the first half of 2008 was 59,124 copies.[29] The 2010 circulation of profil was 93,000 copies.[30] The circulation of the magazine during the first half of 2013 was down to 71,033 copies.[31]

See also

List of magazines in Austria

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/source-information/667-profil profil
  2. Reinhold Wagnleitner. The Empire of the Fun, or Talkin' Soviet Union Blues: The Sound of Freedom and U.S. Cultural Hegemony in Europe. Diplomatic History. Summer 1999. 23 . 3. 500. 10.1111/0145-2096.00179.
  3. Harald Fidler: Österreichs Medienwelt von A bis Z. Falter-Verlag, Wien 2008, ISBN 978-3-85439-415-0, S. 497.
  4. Web site: European News Resources. NYU Libraries. 24 January 2015. 28 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112921/http://guides.nyu.edu/content.php?pid=74313&sid=704214. dead.
  5. News: profil. 7 October 2013. Euro Topics. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015224308/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=1572. 15 October 2013. dead.
  6. Kimberly Bradley. Alive and kicking. Monocle. October 2014. 77. 8.
  7. Web site: Despite Everything: The Oscar Bronner Story. Deutsches Haus. 15 October 2013.
  8. Web site: Charlotte Natmeßnig. Business Press in Austria. Helsinki.fi. Conference Paper. 2006. 12 November 2014.
  9. Web site: The Media in the German Speaking Countries. University of Chicago. 9 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Communicating Europe: Austria Manual. European Stability Initiative. 12 October 2013. 12 December 2007.
  11. Book: Richard Mitten. The Politics of the Antisemitic Prejudice. The Waldheim Phenomenon in Austria. 1992. Westview Press. Boulder. 24 January 2015. 28 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112359/http://www.demokratiezentrum.org/fileadmin/media/pdf/mitten.pdf. dead.
  12. Letter from Europe. 9 July 2016. The New Yorker. 30 June 1986.
  13. News: Elisabeth Penz. Jon Thurber. Hubertus Czernin, 50; Austrian Journalist Had Role in Return of Art Seized by Nazis. 9 July 2016. Los Angeles Times. 15 June 2006.
  14. Book: Richard Winter. Susan Winter Balk. Gregory Weeks. Vienna's Conscience: Close-ups and Conversations After Hitler. 2007. Reedy Press. 978-1-933370-08-8. 39.
  15. Web site: "Kurier"-Vize Richard Grasl wird zusätzlich "Profil"-Geschäftsführer, Christian Rainer gibt Chefredaktion ab . 2024-02-13 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
  16. Web site: Christian Rainer gibt Chefredaktion des "Profil" ab . 2024-02-13 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
  17. Web site: "Profil"-Redaktion betont nach Grasl-Bestellung "unantastbare journalistische Unabhängigkeit" . 2024-02-13 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
  18. Web site: Anna, das Profil hamma . 2024-02-13 . www.falter.at.
  19. Web site: "Profil"-Herausgeber wird die von Richard Grasl geführte Redaktions-GmbH . 2024-02-13 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
  20. Web site: In eigener Sache . profil.at . April 26, 2023 . May 25, 2023 . de-AT.
  21. Web site: Generationswechsel beim profil: Anna Thalhammer wird neue Chefredakteurin . 2024-02-13 . OTS.at . de.
  22. Web site: Michael Nikbakhsh verlässt "Profil"-Redaktion, leitet neue Investigativakademie von "Profil" und "Kurier" . 2024-02-13 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
  23. Web site: 2023-03-01 . de-AT . Aufdecker Michael Nikbakhsh verlässt Investigativakademie von "Kurier" und "Profil" vor Start .
  24. Web site: Ulf Jonas Bjork. Excitement, Tinged with Jingoism: British Public Opinion and the Falklands in Four News Magazines. ERIC. 12 December 2014. Conference paper. August 1985.
  25. Book: Eric Solsten. Austria: A Country Study. 1994. GPO for the Library of Congress. Washington. 23 March 2015.
  26. Web site: Media Markets: Austria Country Overview. Russian Telecom. 1 January 2015. August 2004.
  27. Book: Günter Bischof. Fritz Plasser. The Changing Austrian Voter. January 2008. Transaction Publishers. 978-1-4128-1932-9. 133.
  28. Web site: Anne Austin. etal. Western Europe Market & Media Fact. ZenithOptimedia. 8 April 2015. 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf. 5 February 2015. dead.
  29. Web site: Austria: New circulation figures for the 1st half 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172112/http://www.publicitas.com/en/home/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=24173&title=austria-new-circulation-figures-for-the-1st-half-2008#.UlQTYmRJVgs. dead. 14 October 2013. Publicitas. 8 October 2013. 20 August 2008.
  30. Web site: Western Europe Media Facts. 2011 Edition. ZenithOptimedia. 6 March 2016.
  31. Web site: List of represented titles. Magazines. Publicitas International AG. 29 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030071650/http://www.publicitas.com/fileadmin/uploads/common/Promotions/2013-11_Rep_List_MAGAZINES.pdf. 30 October 2014. dmy-all.

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