The European (2009 magazine)

The European is an opinion and debate magazine, which is published for the first time in late September 2009 as an online magazine and since September 2012 appears as a printed book (quarterly). Publisher and editor is Alexander Gorlach, who was previously Head of Online at the Berlin magazine Cicero. On 24 September, the first printed edition of The European was presented in Berlin.

The name "The European " to reflect the nature of the discourse as a European intellectual and cultural history, which is dedicated to the magazine.

The website does not bring any news but opinions that are presented in the form of debates, columns and interviews. The European wants " social debates initiate and continue permanently ." In the context of the debates of experts and well-known personalities intensive treat a subject from different angles. In the columns of the latest news will be picked up and filed. Twice a week, also appear interviews ( conversations ) with personalities from politics, business, science and society.

The magazine will said to be worth a conservative medium, as its editor. According to its own description, however, The European have no specific political orientation, but the magazine emphasize the culture of open discussion and internal pluralism. For this illustration, the diversity of authors speaking from across the political spectrum.

An early October 2010 -started English-language offshoot of the magazine is aimed at the international market. The European has a variety of national and international partnerships, including with the Huffington Post and Stratfor in the United States, Media Part in France, the standard in Austria, Linkiesta in Italy and ZDF, N24, and bild.de.

Authors

Had columns in the magazine and have, among others, Alan Posener, Matthias Matussek (both the world ), Jan Fleischhauer (Der Spiegel ), Birgit von Heintze ( former chief reporter of the image ), Alexander Kissler (Süddeutsche Zeitung ), Stefan Gärtner ( Titanic ) and Alexander Wallasch ( writer ). Contributions to the debate have written, among others, Ursula von der Leyen (CDU ), Martin Schulz (SPD ), Wolfgang Gerhardt (FDP), Gregor Gysi ( left ), Trittin ( Green ), and Sebastian Mink ( Pirate Party ). There are already more than 2000 authors from all over the world have published at The European.

Renewal in 2011

In October 2011, the site was redesigned, especially the earlier prominently Media window is now even more prominent. As a new format was " The voices of others" introduced a daily updated collection of comments from the network world, which the editors for relevance. In September 2012, " The voices of others" revised. At the same place and function now takes the " market opinion ", which is filled via Twitter with links to interesting articles on the net.

The article, " Then do but the blouse! " The columnist Birgit trowel ( trowel Full ) 2013 was due to the viral dissemination in social networks for " social media phenomenon of the Year".

Print Edition

In June 2012, Gorlach announced a printed edition, whose first issue was presented on 24 September 2012 in Berlin. It is published quarterly, with a circulation of 50,000 copies and is distributed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. According Gorlach authors should share in the profits from the sale kiosk, with ten percent of the net proceeds from the first three months of publication of a booklet.