{{Short description|German computer magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Computer Bild | logo = Computer Bild logo (2022–).svg | logo_size = | image_file = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Dirk General-Kuchel | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Computer magazine | frequency = Fortnightly | circulation = 236,964 (Q2 2016; in Germany) | publisher = Axel Springer SE | founder = | founded = | firstdate = Germany {{start date|1996|9|2|df=y}} <br/> Poland {{Start date|1998|10|7|df=y}} <br/> France: 1998 <br/> Spain: 1998 <br/> Czech Republic: 2003 <br/> Italy: 2004 <br/> Lithuania: 2004 <br/> Romania: 2005 <br/> Bulgaria: 2006 <br/> Russia: 2006 | company = | country = Germany | based = Hamburg | language = | website = {{URL|http://computerbild.de/}} | issn = | oclc = }} '''''Computer Bild''''' is a German fortnightly computer magazine published by Axel Springer SE. It is published in nine countries, and is one of Europe's best selling computer magazines.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
==History and profile== thumb|Former logo ''Computer Bild'' was first published in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axelspringer-mediapilot.de/en/portrait/COMPUTER-BILD-COMPUTER-BILD_670595.html|title=COMPUTER BILD Axel Springer MediaPilot|work=Axel Springer|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=4 January 2014|archive-date=4 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205517/http://www.axelspringer-mediapilot.de/en/portrait/COMPUTER-BILD-COMPUTER-BILD_670595.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=International Licensing 2012/2013|url=http://www.axelspringer-mediapilot.de/dl/174677/AS_License_Brochure_20120611_final.pdf|work=Axel Springer|accessdate=29 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120123521/http://www.axelspringer-mediapilot.de/dl/174677/AS_License_Brochure_20120611_final.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The editor is Axel Telzerow who has held his position since February 2012, and his predecessor Hans-Martin Burr was in office since October 2006. Previously, the editor since the formation of the magazine was the magazine's founder Harald Kuppek, who left the position in December 2006.
In Germany ''Computer Bild'' is published on a fortnightly basis.<ref name=mags/> The magazine has a Polish edition which is part of Axel Springer SE via its subsidiary Axel Springer Polska.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 June 2007 |title=Axel Springer Polska acquires the Przeglad Sportowy sports paper |url=http://www.axelspringer.de/en/presse/Axel-Springer-Polska-acquires-the-PRZEGLAD-SPORTOWY-sports-paper_152365.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152837/http://www.axelspringer.de/en/presse/Axel-Springer-Polska-acquires-the-PRZEGLAD-SPORTOWY-sports-paper_152365.html |archivedate=2 April 2015 |accessdate=1 April 2015 |work=Axel Springer AG}}</ref> It is adapted for each country in which it is published.
==Circulation== ''Computer Bild'' had a circulation of 1,057,000 copies in 2001.<ref name=mags>{{cite web |title=Top 50 Special Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation) |url=http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/50SpecialInterestMagazinesWorldwide%28bycirculation%29.pdf |work=Magazine Organization |accessdate=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112441/http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/50SpecialInterestMagazinesWorldwide%28bycirculation%29.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> Its Italian edition sold 36,082 copies in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dati ADS (tirature e vendite) |url=http://www.fotografi.org/periodici_tirature.htm#SETTIMANALI |work=Fotografi |accessdate=26 April 2015 |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424142426/http://www.fotografi.org/periodici_tirature.htm#SETTIMANALI |archivedate=24 April 2015 }}</ref> The circulation of the magazine was 686,527 copies in 2010 in Germany.<ref name=fip>{{cite web|title=World Magazine Trends 2010/2011 |url=http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Europe.pdf |work=FIPP |accessdate=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165145/http://www.revistas-ari.com/attachments/209_WMT_2010_2011_Europe.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref> Its circulation was 505,600 copies in Germany in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2012|url=http://www.axelspringer.de/dl/14843813/Annual_Report_2012_Axel_Springer_AG.pdf|work=Axel Springer AG|accessdate=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031103/http://www.axelspringer.de/dl/14843813/Annual_Report_2012_Axel_Springer_AG.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the second quarter of 2016 the magazine had a circulation of 236,964 copies in the country.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131001628/http://www.mediaimpact.de/en/artikel/Advertising-rates-Magazines-Advertising-rates-Magazines-2016_24609292.html|title=Advertising rates Magazines 2016|url=https://www.mediaimpact.de/en/artikel/Advertising-rates-Magazines-Advertising-rates-Magazines-2016_24609292.html|work=Media Impact|accessdate=18 September 2016|archivedate=31 January 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://computerbild.de/ }} * [http://computerbild.ru/ Russian website magazine] * [http://www.komputerswiat.pl/ Polish website magazine]
Category:1996 establishments in Germany Category:Axel Springer SE Category:Biweekly magazines published in Germany Category:Computer magazines published in Germany Category:German-language magazines Category:Magazines established in 1996 Category:Magazines published in Hamburg