Falter

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::summary Weekly news magazine published in Vienna, Austria ::

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Field	Value
title	Falter
image_file	FalterLogo.svg
editor	Armin Thurnher, Florian Klenk
editor_title	Editor-in-chief
frequency	Weekly
founder	Walter Martin Kienreich
category	News magazine
publisher	Falter Verlagsgesellschaft
founded
country	Austria
based	Vienna
language	German
website
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History and profile

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Established in 1977, Falter is published weekly on Wednesdays. The magazine was founded by Walter Martin Kienreich. The publisher is Falter Verlagsgesellschaft. Its headquarters is in Vienna.

Falter reports from a broadly left-liberal perspective on politics, media, culture and the life in Vienna. Since Spring 2005 a local edition has also been published in Styria. The weekly has a science supplement, Heureka, which is supported by the Austrian Ministry of Education and Science. The supplement features critical analyses of scientific activities, science policy, science/society relationships and university-based science and each issue focuses on a scientific topic, including genetics, science and politics among the others. It is distributed not only to the readers of Falter but also to university departments, the relevant ministries and other related institutions.

In addition to its original role as a magazine of the arts and social life, Falter has also developed a reputation for investigative journalism.

The 2007 circulation of Falter was 63,000 copies. Since then, print journalism has seen radical changes in Austria. The exact circulation of Falter is, for unexplained reasons, no longer reported to the "Auflagenkontrolle"; however, competitors report of "about 40,000 subscribers" in 2023 for Falter.

References

References

1. "The Austrian media landscape". Wien International.
2. Kimberly Bradley. (October 2014). "Alive and kicking". Monocle.
3. (June 2003). "The Austrian media landscape: Mass-production of public images of science and technology". OPUS Report.
4. "Falter". Euro Topics.
5. (31 May 2002). "Biotechnology". EU.
6. red. (2023-09-28). "Heuer schon über 300.000 Euro Steuergeld für 'Falter'".

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