prince (* 30 July 1929 in the schlesischen upper-point-cut) is a German journalist.

Life and working

The prince valid in the third realm as a half Jew pulls as a young person with his nut/mother to Berlin, where he terminates also his education.

After the war it begins its journalistic career as a police reporter of the citizens of Berlin daily paper daily mirror. From there it exchanges at the beginning of the 1950er years to for citizens of Berlin the morning mail and B.Z, like it friends said to earn "finally once 1000 Marks".

it changes the place for 1959 except the publishing house also and begins with the pictorial Quick in Munich.

the publisher Axel Springer an employment in Hamburg and prince offers 1966 to it accepted. From now on it is responsible in the Axel Springer publishing house for "special tasks "and develops some magazine formats.

1971 take over prince of his predecessor Peter Boenisch the chief editorship of the picture newspaper. With its style, one "mix from Sex, Facts and Fiction, from politics, crime and consumer tip ", creates it it in relatively short time, last the number of copies stagnating under Boenisch to clearly improve. To the question about its "success secret" it answers once "I simply in the sheet brought, which particularly interested me." Starting from 1981 he is a director of editorship of the screen group.

Prince is also inventor of a heart for children, a donating and relief work, with which the picture collects altogether 25 million euro. Occasionally a sticker with the red heart sticks on nearly each second German passenger car. Prince developed also the action picture fights for you. Within two years the editorship receives two million letters with the request for support.

On suggestion Axel Springer develops prince Anfang of the 80's-years successful folders of the picture newspaper. After test runs in June and Herbst 1982 appears to 14. March 1983 first the picture of the woman. 1986 follow those autopicture.

In May 1987 prince leaves, against a compensation at a value of 17 million Marks (approx. 8.6 millions euro), the Axel Springer publishing house. It sells its shareholdings at the Axel Springer company at Leo Kirch and becomes particular agent von Hubert Burda.

For Burda prince develops 1988 together with Franz Josef Wagner the magazines inch (Germany), super Illu and particularly for the new Lands of the Federal Republic the boulevard newspaper super!.

1991 return prince however for a content to million height again to the executive committee of the Axel Springer publishing house. It develops the newspaper pictorial! , which was printed with pictorial format on newsprint. With losses of million the sheet is already adjusted after few expenditures however again.

Today prince lives as a pensioner in Hamburg. His son Matthias prince is a successful lawyer for law of communication media.

Publications

• prince, Sven Simon: China internally. Discussions with Mrs. Wang and other Chinese, Ullstein publishing house, Berlin December 1984, ISBN 3550074565

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