Burda magazine august 2015 how to#
Hubert Burda broke new ground in journalism with FocusĪs a publisher, Hubert Burda knows how to navigate diverse, seemingly irreconcilable spheres: the world of journalism, publishing and printing, and that of the visual arts and literature. "As editor-in-chief of Bunte, I adopted two basic principles that I also emphasized during my rounds to the agencies: Bunte stands for the pursuit of happiness, a concept Bazon Brock taught me to appreciate, and Media is Art, which I owe to Andy Warhol," recalls Hubert Burda in his book "The Story of Bunte". Having started out as a symbol of Germany's economic miracle, Bunte slowly but surely evolved into the country's first celebrity magazine with a weekly circulation of 1.4 million by 1978 – thanks partly to the personal influence of the New York Pop Art icon Andy Warhol. The young man was already familiar with magazine publishing, having garnered practical experience at an array of periodicals during an extended sojourn in the United States. He then became a top-earning apprentice at the publication, before being appointed its editor-in-chief in 1976. Initially he stepped in when his father Franz – the creator of the German magazine – went on vacation. “Media is Art”įor twelve years, from 1974 to 1986, Hubert Burda was an editor at Bunte. He is married to Maria Furtwängler and their children – Jacob Burda (31) and Lisa Furtwängler (29) – have each owned 37.5% of the group since 2017. Hubert Burda celebrated his 80th birthday on February 9, 2020. He was followed by Martin Weiss as new CEO as of January 1, 2022. In 2010, he entrusted the group's operational management to Paul-Bernhard Kallen, today's chairman of the board of directors. In January 1987, when he took over his father's publishing house in Offenburg, it had posted turnover of 500 million deutschmarks – less than a tenth of the current total. The group, which is fully owned by the Burda family, reported adjusted external sales of 2.775 billion euros in fiscal 2020. Today the managing partner of Hubert Burda Media Holding has come to personify his organization's success story. His is a life that has fused art, the media and innovation: Hubert Burda has earned a global reputation as an entrepreneur, publisher, digital pioneer, art historian and executive editor.