Die Ganze Woche (German: The Whole Week) is an Austrian weekly boulevard magazine that is published in German.[1][2]

Die Ganze Woche
CategoriesBoulevard magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherDie Ganze Woche GmbH
FounderKurt Falk
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
CompanyDie Ganze Woche GmbH
CountryAustria
Based inVienna
LanguageGerman
WebsiteDie Ganze Woche

History and profile edit

Die Ganze Woche was launched by Kurt Falk in Vienna in 1985.[3][4] He also founded the daily Täglich Alles.[5] The magazine is published on a weekly basis.[6] The publisher and owner of the magazine is Die Ganze Woche GmbH.[4] Senta Ziegler was the editor-in-chief of the weekly until 1993.[7]

Die Ganze Woche concentrates on entertainment news.[8] On the other hand, the magazine also deals with significant political events. For instance, it opposed to the EU membership of Austria.[9] Although it does not support the right-wing populist Freedom Party, the articles published in the magazine express similar views with the party in regard to corruption, immigration, crime rates, and cultural patriotism.[10]

Circulation and readership edit

Nine months after its establishment Die Ganze Woche reached 40% of the readers in the country.[1] The magazine sold 342,000 copies in 2003 and 349,000 copies in the first quarter of 2004.[11] In both periods it was the best-selling magazine in the country.[11] The weekly's circulation for the first half of 2007 was 325,794 copies.[12] The magazine sold 396,000 copies in 2007.[6] Its circulation was 318,987 copies for the first half of 2008.[12] In 2008 Die Ganze Woche was again the best-selling magazine in the country.[13] It was the third best-selling general interest magazine with a circulation of 402,000 copies in 2010.[14]

In 2016 the readership of Die Ganze Woche was reported as ranging between 1 and 1.3 million.[10]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Dick Hendrikse (October 1996). "An Austrian Surprise for Europe's Magazine Industry". Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management.
  2. ^ "Die Ganze Woche". Austrian Information. Vol. 51, no. 1–2. March 2000. p. 16.
  3. ^ Josef Trappel (2004). "Austria". In Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail (eds.). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. London: SAGE Publications. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7619-4131-6.
  4. ^ a b "Die ganze Woche GmbH". Herold. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. ^ Bernard A. Cook, ed. (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. New York; London: Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-135-17932-8.
  6. ^ a b Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ^ "The Rules of Media Etiquette". Herbig. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Presse, Druckschriften". Austria Forum. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  9. ^ Mads Qvortrup (2005). A Comparative Study of Referendums: Government by the People (2nd ed.). Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-7190-7181-2.
  10. ^ a b Franz Fallend; Reinhard Heinisch (2016). "Collaboration as successful strategy against right-wing populism? The case of the centre-right coalition in Austria, 2000–2007". Democratization. 23 (2): 333. doi:10.1080/13510347.2015.1060223. S2CID 146474632.
  11. ^ a b "Media Markets: Austria Country Overview". Russian Telecom. August 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Austria: New circulation figures for the 1st half 2008". Publicitas. 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  13. ^ Thomas Hochwarterlump (3 March 2009). "Der Standard extends its readership as Die Presse's numbers slump". Austrian Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Western Europe Media Facts. 2011 Edition" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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