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Günter Prinz (1929-2020)
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The former editor-in-chief of the "Bild" newspaper, Günter Prinz, is dead. He died at the age of 91.
The journalist was editor-in-chief of the paper for ten years from August 1971, after which he became editor-in-chief and later also a member of the board at Springer.
Kai Diekmann makes the death of his predecessor public via tweet.
Prinz came from Berlin and initially worked there as a police reporter for the "Tagesspiegel" before he came to the "Bild" newspaper via stations including the "Morgenpost" and the magazine "Quick".
He was a "legend", said Diekmann.
Günter Prinz raised the "Bild" circulation to more than five million in the 1970s with a "mix of sex, facts and fiction, politics, crime and consumer tips", writes the media portal turi2.de.
The campaigns "A heart for children" and "Bild fights for you" and the offshoots "Bild der Frau" and "Auto Bild" can also be traced back to him.
When asked what his journalistic success secret was, Günter Prinz once replied: "I just put in the paper what I was particularly interested in."
Later, on behalf of Burda Verlag, his projects also included the magazines "Elle" and "Super-Illu".
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