Jakob Fugger Medal

The Jakob Fugger Medal is a renowned German media award. The award is given at irregular intervals by the Association of Magazine Publishers in Bavaria (VZB) for "outstanding merits and extraordinary achievements that promote the freedom, independence and integrity of the magazine press and raise awareness of the population."

The award is named after the Augsburg merchant Jakob Fugger von der Lilie (1459–1525), who informed business partners about important events with his commercial letters and thus founded a forerunner of the first magazines.

history

Jakob Fugger in a portrait by Albrecht Dürer (around 1519)

The Jakob Fugger Medal Foundation was established in 1963 for the future award of a prize in memory of the “media pioneer” Jakob Fugger. The award consists of a gold medal with the image of Jakob Fugger and a certificate and is not endowed.

The first prize winner in 1965 was the journalist and publisher Focko Lüpsen . The prize is awarded every four to seven years. In 2012, for the first time, the Jakob Fugger Medal did not go to an individual but to the Hamburg weekly newspaper “ Die Zeit ”.

Board of Trustees

The award winner is selected by the Foundation's Board of Trustees, which includes the President of the Bavarian State Parliament , the Bavarian State Minister for Science, Research and Art , Count Elisabeth Thun-Fugger as the representative of the Fugger Family Seniorate, and the Chairwoman of the VZB, Waltraut von Mengden , belong.

Award winners

• 2012: weekly newspaper " Die Zeit "
• 2007: Hubert Burda
• 2000: Reinhard Mohn
• 1995: Karl Theodor Vogel
• 1989: Aenne Burda
• 1982: Golo Mann
• 1979: Karl Steinbuch
• 1976: Axel Caesar Springer
• 1973: Edmund Banaschewski
• 1969: Hans Albert Kluthe
• 1967: Hans Dürrmeier
• 1965: Focko Lüpsen

Web links

• Information on the Jakob Fugger Medal from the Association of Magazine Publishers in Bavaria
• Information on the Jakob Fugger Medal on the culture portal of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Individual evidence

1. ^ Association of Magazine Publishers in Bavaria eV: Jakob Fugger Medal of the VZB ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ Bayerisches Fernsehen - Rundschau: Fugger Medal: Award for “Die Zeit” ( Memento from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Kulturportal: Jakob Fugger Medal Foundation for Outstanding Services to the Magazines Industry - A foundation of the Association of Magazine Publishers in Bavaria (VZB) , accessed on February 6, 2016.
4. ↑ Munzinger Biography: Focko Lüpsen , accessed on February 6, 2016th
5. ↑ Bild.de: Fugger Medal for “Die Zeit” , accessed on February 6, 2016.