Hans-Hermann Sprado

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Hans-Hermann "Hannes" Sprado (born 3 July 1956 in Bassum; died 24 July 2014 [1] ) was a German journalist and author. Until his death he was editor-in-chief and publisher of the popular science magazine P.M. Magazin.

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Life

Sprado started his career as journalist with an editorial department traineeship at the Weser-Kurier in Bremen. Later he worked as editor for Bunte, Bild and the German Marie Claire. Since 1994 he worked for Gruner + Jahr. He became editor-in-chief of P.M. and also installed line extensions such as P.M. Biografie and P.M. History. Sprado also wrote novels and popular science books.

He lived with his family in Neubruchhausen near Bremen.

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  1. G+J trauert um den "P.M."-Gründer: Hans-Hermann Sprado ist tot, kress.de, retrieved 28 July 2014