Metropole – Vienna in English

Metropole – Vienna in English
October 2015 issue
Editor-in-chief Margaret Childs
Categories Expat City Magazine for Vienna
Frequency 10 (monthly, double issues for December/January and July/August)
Circulation 30,000
Publisher Home Town Media GmbH
Founder Dardis McNamee & Margaret Childs
First issue October 2015
Country Austria
Based in Vienna
Language English
Website www.metropole.at
ISSN 2518-6388

METROPOLE is an English language monthly magazine targeted at expatriates and internationals in Vienna. METROPOLE’s motto “Don’t be a stranger” captures its main goal: To help its readers get acquainted with Austria and its capital Vienna in particular.

Distribution/Circulation

The magazine has a circulation of about 30,000 copies, on sale at more than 500 locations within Austria: at newsstands, train stations, airports and bookshops. It’s also available as a print or digital subscription and digitally on flights of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines.[1]

In addition, the magazine targets its readership directly through a corporate subscription model to reach the employees of international organizations and companies.

METROPOLE appears at the beginning of the month, ten times annually, with double issues for the months December and January and for July and August.

Contents

Each issue has a thematic focus that defines the main sections, such as the Editorials, the Cover Story and the Quotes, Stats & Numbers. Apart from that, METROPOLE features event tips, interesting locations, and portrays Vienna’s city life and neighborhoods (Grätzl). Besides contributions by regular authors, each issue features guest-contributors in line with the main topic. The magazine shouldn’t be regarded as just a tourist guide, but as a way to help those who are new to Vienna, find their way in the city.[2]

Most of the digital content is only accessible to subscribers, but the sections City Life, Features, Events and the Blog are available for everyone to read.

History

In October 2015, Margaret Childs and Dardis McNamee[3][4] co-founded Home Town Media GmbH[5] and published the first issue of METROPOLE, titled “We Built This City”, focusing on how internationality shaped Austria and Vienna and continues to do so.

The founders and many of the contributors to the magazine were formerly associated with The Vienna Review,[6] a previous English-language monthly, which ceased publication at the end of 2013.[7]

Events and other products

METROPOLE regularly organizes events for their readers, startups, companies and international influencers. The aim, which is in line with the motto “Don’t be a Stranger,” is for guests to get to know each other, exchange ideas and visions and to get a sense of the possibilities that working and living in Austria has to offer.

References

  1. ↑ "Austrian Airlines - eJournals".
  2. ↑ "Stadtmagazin: Eine New Yorkerin in Wien". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Die Leute sagen: Diese Wohnung ist New York". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Metropole co-founder Dardis McNamee on ORF2's Im Zentrum". 20 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Neu im Geschäft am 09. Oktober 2015". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Falter Verlag übernimmt "The Vienna Review"". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ↑ ""The Vienna Review" erscheint vorerst nicht". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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