Die Aktuelle
Editor-in-ChiefVacant
CategoriesWomen's interest
FrequencyWeekly
Total circulation
(2022)		235,336
First issue1979
CompanyFunke Mediengruppe
CountryGermany
Based inEssen
LanguageGerman
Websitedie-aktuelle.de
ISSN0174-8017

Die Aktuelle (German for "The Actual") is a German language weekly women's magazine published in Essen, Germany.

History and profile

Die Aktuelle has been published since 1979.[1][2] The magazine is part of Funke Mediengruppe,[3] and is published weekly by Gong Verlag.[1][4] Its editorial office was formerly in Nuremberg[1] and the magazine is now headquartered in Essen.[5] In 2010, the circulation of Die Aktuelle was 388,275 copies.[4] During the second quarter of 2016 it was down to 353,958 copies.[6]

In 2009, Anne Hoffmann became its chief editor.[7][8] In April 2023, the magazine published as its cover story a "deceptively real" interview with former racing driver Michael Schumacher, who had not spoken in public since a 2013 brain injury.[9] The interview was a fake, generated by artificial intelligence. Hoffmann was fired for its publication and Schumacher's family said they will pursue legal action.[7][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Tristam Carrington-Windo; Katrin Kohl (2013). Dictionary of Contemporary Germany. New York; London: Routledge. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-136-59530-1.
  2. ^ Rudolf Urbschat (1997). "Tendencies in the German Newspaper and Magazine Press Since 1945". Communications. The European Journal of Communication Research. 22 (3): 351. doi:10.1515/comm.1997.22.3.343.
  3. ^ "FUNKE MEDIA GROUP awards complete periodicals logistics to Logwin". Logwin Logistics. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ^ Jan Hauser (4 April 2015). "Funke-Mediengruppe macht weniger Umsatz und weist Konzernverlust aus". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Advertising rates Magazines 2016". Media Impact. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b Chavkin, Daniel (23 April 2023). "Magazine Editor Fired After Fake Interview With Formula 1 Legend". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Magazine editor sacked over AI-generated Schumacher interview". The Guardian. 22 April 2023. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Magazine editor sacked over Schumacher AI 'interview'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Schumachers plan legal action after AI 'interview'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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German women's magazines
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