Datum is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n monthly magazine

Magazine

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Founded in 2004 by journalist

Journalist

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 Klaus Stimeder

Klaus Stimeder

Klaus Josef Stimeder , is an author and a journalist who lives in New York City. In Germany and Austria the former war correspondent became known as the founder and publisher of monthly policy magazine Datum and for coauthoring the biography „Trotzdem...

 and businessman Hannes Weyringer, Datum is published by the Association to Promote Quality Journalism (Verein zur Förderung des Qualitätsjournalismus) eleven times a year. The circulation is 10.000 copies. The magazine aims to be an alternative in the Austrian media market, providing long articles with background information. Topics covered are Austrian politics

Politics

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, foreign policy

Foreign policy

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, media

Mass media

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 and culture

Culture

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In September 2005, Tyler Brûlé

Tyler Brûlé

Tyler Brûlé is a Canadian journalist, entrepreneur, and magazine publisher. He is the editor-in-chief of Monocle and a columnist for the Weekend FT.-Early years:...

 elected Datum "best news magazine" in his "Fast Lane Media Awards". In his Financial Times

Financial Times

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column, he stated:

"Austria's Datum is showing others how it should be done. With its slightly off, always iconic covers, matte paper stock and sharp lay-outs it's become a cult favourite among art directors around the world. The website's a thing of beauty, too."

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