Gong (magazine)

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Gong
Gong Titelbild Cover 01-1948.jpg
Cover of the first issue of Gong
CategoriesTelevision listings magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issue10 October 1948 (1948-10-10)
Company Funke Mediengruppe
CountryGermany
Based in Nuremberg
LanguageGerman
Website www.gong.de

Gong is a German radio and (today[ as of? ], primarily) television listings magazine owned and published by the German media conglomerate Funke Mediengruppe. [1]

Contents

An extract from the magazine, was featured in the secondary school early '90s German textbook Zickzack, as part of a reading exercise.

History and profile

The first edition of Gong appeared in October 1948. [2] The magazine is published weekly and has its headquarters in Nuremberg. [2] It was formerly based in Munich. [3]

Since 1979, the magazine has awarded annual Goldener Gong prizes for outstanding achievement by actors, directors, writers, presenters, and producers in the German television world.

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References

  1. "Funke media group awards complete periodicals logistics to Logwin". Logwin Logistics. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 30 November 2002. p. 294. ISBN   978-1-85743-152-0 . Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. Marjorie Miller (14 February 1995). "Focus Gives German Giant a Run for Its Readership". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 June 2016.