{{Short description|Weekly news magazine published in Vienna, Austria}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Falter | image_file = FalterLogo.svg | image_size = | image_caption = | editor = Armin Thurnher, Florian Klenk | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | frequency =Weekly | founder = Walter Martin Kienreich | circulation = | category =News magazine | company = | publisher = Falter Verlagsgesellschaft | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1977}} | firstdate = | country = Austria | based = Vienna | language =German | website = {{URL |https://www.falter.at/}} | issn = | oclc = }} '''''Falter''''' ({{langx|en|italic=yes|'Folder', 'Folded/flying dossier'}}) is a weekly Austrian news magazine published in Vienna.
==History and profile== thumb|left|Slogan of the Viennese weekly magazine ''Falter'' at the presentation of the 2001 book ''Früher war hier das Ende der Welt – Reportagen'' by {{Ill|Florian Klenk|de}}
Established in 1977, ''Falter'' is published weekly on Wednesdays.<ref name=aml>{{cite web|title=The Austrian media landscape|url=http://www.wieninternational.at/en/content/the-austrian-media-landscape-en|work=Wien International|accessdate=7 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014061900/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/content/the-austrian-media-landscape-en|archivedate=14 October 2013}}</ref> The magazine was founded by Walter Martin Kienreich. The publisher is Falter Verlagsgesellschaft.<ref name=euro/> The magazine has no political affiliation.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Kimberly Bradley|title=Alive and kicking|journal=Monocle|date=October 2014|volume=77|issue=8|url=http://monocle.com/magazine/issues/77/alive-and-kicking/|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> Its headquarters is in Vienna.<ref name=ulmar>{{cite web|author1=Ulrike Felt|author2=Martina Erlemann|title=The Austrian media landscape: Mass-production of public images of science and technology|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/virusss/OPUSReport/Media%20Chapters/Media_Au.htm|work=OPUS Report|accessdate=1 January 2015|date=June 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013081452/http://www.univie.ac.at/virusss/OPUSReport/Media%20Chapters/Media_Au.htm|archivedate=13 October 2013}}</ref>
''Falter'' reports from a broadly left-liberal perspective on politics, media, culture and the life in Vienna.<ref name=aml/><ref name=euro>{{cite web|title=Falter|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=67185|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141217135227/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=67185|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2014|publisher=Euro Topics|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biotechnology|url=http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/ebe_report_300603_ec.pdf|work=EU|accessdate=5 October 2013|format=Report|date=31 May 2002|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007123457/http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/ebe_report_300603_ec.pdf|archivedate=7 October 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ulmar/> It is distributed not only to the readers of ''Falter'' but also to university departments, the relevant ministries and other related institutions.<ref name=ulmar/>
In addition to its original role as a magazine of the arts and social life, ''Falter'' has also developed a reputation for investigative journalism.<ref name=aml/><ref name=euro/>
The 2007 circulation of ''Falter'' was 63,000 copies.<ref name=euro/> In 2010 its circulation was 48,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Western Europe Media Facts. 2011 Edition|url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact/2011/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202011.pdf|work=ZenithOptimedia|accessdate=6 March 2016|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927084117/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact/2011/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=red |date=2023-09-28 |title=Heuer schon über 300.000 Euro Steuergeld für 'Falter' |url=https://www.heute.at/s/heuer-schon-ueber-300000-euro-steuergeld-fuer-falter-100293826 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Heute.at |language=de}}</ref>
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==See also== * List of magazines in Austria
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|de}} {{Official website|http://www.falter.at/ }} *{{Commons-inline}} {{Authority control}}
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