Bernd Wieland

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Bernd Wieland (born May 5, 1960 - June 3, 2019 ) was a German motor journalist.

Career

Wieland holds a degree in business administration, a degree in journalism ( LMU Munich ) and a graduate of the German School of Journalism .

He started out as an editor for auto motor und sport in 1988 . In 1996 he became managing editor of auto motor und sport and Motor Klassik , in 1999 he became editor-in-chief of Motor Klassik and in 2004 he became deputy editor-in-chief of auto motor und sport .

When he moved to Axel Springer AG in April 2006, he became editor-in-chief of Auto Bild and in 2007 he was also editor-in-chief of Auto Bild Klassik . In addition, he was temporarily the editor of autobild.de and autobild.tv. On August 1, 2017, Wieland became editor-in-chief of “New Formats” of the Auto Bild Group and editor-in-chief of “AUTO BILD Klassik”. Since July 1, 2018, Wieland has been a freelance consultant at Axel Springer for the management of the publishing house (event and title concepts). At the same time, he started his own business as the founder of Bernd Wieland Media and worked as a journalist for automotive and mobility topics and as a consultant.

Wieland was the founding editor of the Youngtimer magazines, AUTO BILD Klassik, the newly founded Motor Revue at Axel Springer and AUTO BILD Reisemobil. He died unexpectedly in June 2019.

Publications

  • British classic sports car , Stuttgart 2001
  • German classic sports car , Stuttgart 2001
  • Italian classic sports car , Stuttgart 2001
  • Youngtimer , Stuttgart 2001
  • Cars and stripes , Stuttgart 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Wirth: In memory of the car enthusiast Bernd Wieland. In: Zwischengas.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Former “Auto-Bild” editor-in-chief Bernd Wieland, 59, is dead , at www.turi2.de, accessed on June 11, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Wieland, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motor journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1960
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 2019