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# Press

> Verified facts about proud magazine Berlin for journalists, with sources.

## Facts

- Name: proud magazine Berlin
- Frequency: monthly, 2009 to 2014 (German National Library)
- First issue: 01, January 2009. Dummy issue #00: 2008
- Final issue: #32
- Publisher today: Emin Mahrt (private person; also operates this archive)
- Issue 01 (2009): publishers according to the masthead, Richard Kirschstein and Emin Henri Mahrt
- Library: German National Library, shelf mark Z 2009 B 1863, ZDB ID 2473146-8, [catalogue record](https://d-nb.info/992028108)

According to the publishers, each issue had a print run of 20,000 copies. This figure is not independently verified.

## Press mention 2009

> The German professional journalists' association DFJV featured proud in its newsletter DFJV-News of 7 May 2009: “bunt, aufregend, frisch und eben anders” (colourful, exciting, fresh and simply different).

— *DFJV-News, May 2009 (newsletter of the Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband, 7 May 2009)*

## Mentions with sources

- Deutsche Grammophon reported on proud's 2011 cover with Yuja Wang. [Source](https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/kuenstler-innen/yujawang/neuigkeiten/yuja-wang-im-proud-magazin-183961)
- Wikipedia (SoundCloud) cites a proud interview by Emin Mahrt dated 2 Feb 2009. [Source](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundCloud)
- proud is listed in German Wikipedia's 'Independent-Titel' list. [Source](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent-Titel)
- ilovegraffiti.de reprinted a proud text (issue 15) in 2010. [Source](https://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2010/04/13/the-day-street-art-died/)

## Press contact

A contact address will be published here once it is set.

## More

- [About proud](/en/about/)
- [Masthead of issue 01](/en/masthead/)
- [Editorial standards](/en/standards/)