Datum (magazine)

Date - Pages of Time is an Austrian magazine, published since 2004; Since October 2009, published by the date Verlag GmbH date. The magazine is published ten times a year, one double issue will be issued for the months of July / August and December / January. Be launched 10,000 units.

The magazine is published in the classic journal format (21 by 28 inches ) printed in a circumference 96-116 pages and is on non- glossy plain paper. Is distributed from the magazine distribution company Morawa.

History

Date founded by Klaus Eder and John Stim Weyringer with the ambition to offer an alternative to the leaves so far available on the market. With reputable background information, a lot of space for text and " volksbildnerischem " claim to date from magazines such as News wants to stand out. Since the summer of 2010 John Weyringer is the sole publisher of the magazine, Klaus Eder voice remains the sheet as an author obtained editor in chief since May 2009, Stefan Kaltenbrunner.

Since July 2010 DATE is available for iPads. Each issue is loaded to about 10,000 (as of October 2011).

In February 2013, the media holding company Medecco, founded by former Styria Board (later the Red Bull Media House, now a dirt AG) Horst Pirker and the former managing director of the newspaper has taken the press Reinhold Gmeinbauer, 50 percent of DATE.

In an advisory capacity notables as Michael Frank, Georg Sporschill, Peter Huemer, Barbara Coudenhove- Kalergi or Anneliese Rohrer worked on the Editorial Board of the journal.

Content

However, the contents of the magazine is multi- thematic. Each issue includes the departments Republic ( Austrian subjects ), Globe ( for international issues ), life styles, media, and engine stories. In the ministries, special emphasis is placed on detailed reports, there is also in the departments Republic and globe in each issue a series of images. In addition, the magazine has several columns. The most famous regular columnist of the magazine are the writer and essayist Franz Schuh, the chief editor of the daily press Reiner Nowak or the author Katja Kullmann.

In the German press, among them an interview with the journalist Arpad Hagyo was quoted from the date that occurs during a bank robbery had a telephone interview with the bank robber for the newspaper Austria. Also on the detection of an action of the group of artists we have because no other worries which way did he want with a fictitious correspondence to the summit crosses the populism in Austria, has been reported.

Prizes and awards

• Speakers and Dialogue Award 2012: The DATE editors Anna Giulia Fink and Florian Skrabal were for her portrayal of Green MEPs Gabriela Moser, "The End of modesty " ( issue 3/ 11), winner of the speakers and dialogue award for young journalists. They shared the first place with Benedict Narodoslawsky (now Lady), the DATE for his story "Styrian Mohicans " ( issue 4 /11) was awarded on the Slovene minority in Styria.
• CNN Journalist Awards 2012: Kristina Maroldt is nominated for her report " child murder " (Issue 7-8/2011 ) for the CNN Journalist Award 2012 in the category "Print".
• The industry magazine "Der Österreichische Journalist " chose the DATE - editors George Eckel Berger and Benedict Narodoslawsky in its April 2011 issue under the 30 best young journalists in Austria.
• The Austrian author Gerald Drissner received for his story "Happy is dead," the Axel Springer Prize 2011 in the category "Print weekly and monthly titles." This presented for the first time in its 20-year history of the award, an article from an Austrian media winner. Gerald Drissner, 33, grew up in Wald am Arlberg in Vorarlberg. He studied economics at the University of Innsbruck and Arabic at the university in Alexandria / Egypt. Since 2009 he works as a freelance journalist alternately in Frankfurt am Main and in Egypt, where he primarily for the magazine "DATE", the "star " and the " Financial Times Germany " writes.
• Journalist of the Year 2011: Special Award for Innovation for Stefan Kaltenbrunner and Klaus Eder voice.
• In the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011, the magazine was voted the most popular domestic magazine of the FM4 audience.
• In September 2005, described the founding of the magazine Wallpaper *, Tyler Brûlé, in its trend and travel section Fastlane the weekend supplement of the Financial Times, the magazine date as the "best news magazine".

"Switzerland 's world what week the first to pull off a radical redesign and now Austria 's date is showing others how it shoulderstand be done. With its slightly off, always iconic covers, matte paper stock and sharp lay- outs it's become a cult favorite among art directors around the world. "

• In 2005, a panel of Austrian chief editors and journalists for the media industry magazine drew Austrian journalist from the magazine with a special award for innovation. The jury was in its statement: " Stim Klaus Eder, the makers of date, is mixed with entrepreneurial courage for journalistic innovation. (...) With date, there is finally a new leaf, which was not designed by Marketingfuzzis ". 2009 the magazine of the Special Award for Innovation was awarded again.
• The " For Diversity. Against Discrimination. " Journalists Award 2005 of the European Commission for an Austrian text went to freelance journalists Martin Lang Eder, who writes for date, for his report" Constanze on air ", which appeared in the world of women.
• Depending on a Sports Media Austria ( professional organization of Austrian sports journalists ) Price for journalists in the print category were Gerald John for " shining light " (2006) and Helmut Neundlinger for " Wunderkind" (2007).
• In October 2007, Luke Kapeller was endowed with 3,000 Euro prize for young journalists from the Südtirol Marketing Gesellschaft for his report " The Holey Land ", which was published in the magazine date.
• A jury of the international magazine symposium Colophon in Luxembourg chose date end of 2008, among the 100 most innovative magazines worldwide. This list date is one of the few text-heavy magazines.

Readership

Periodically, the magazine of opinion research institutes published collected data for their own readership. In September 2008, date also conducted a reader survey. Thus equipped Date reader an above-average education, an above-average household net income and live largely in the urban area (84 percent). In addition, 64 percent of readers are male, designated 70 percent between 20 and 39 years old and 47 percent are classified as " makers and managers ." A special feature is the high residence time, ie the time spent reading the magazine: Average reads the date - consumer 3.8 hours in the magazine, specify 73 percent, browse through almost all the pages of a magazine.