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''Titanic'' is a German monthly satirical magazine based in Frankfurt. It has a circulation of approximately 100,000. == History == ''Titanic'' was founded in 1979 by former contributors and editors of ''Pardon'', a satirical monthly, which the group had left after conflicts with its publisher. (''Pardon'' ceased to exist three years later.) The founding writers and cartoonists of ''Titanic'' were mainly based in Frankfurt,〔 and are therefore often called "New Frankfurt School", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Frankfurt School in philosophy. The heading of ''Titanic's'' monthly reviews of humorous publications bears the portrait of philosopher Theodor W. Adorno wearing a fake goatee. As of October 2013, the editor-in-chief of ''Titanic'' is Tim Wolff, succeeding Leo Fischer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kress.de/tagesdienst/detail/beitrag/123377-chefredakteurswechsel-tim-wolff-folgt-auf-leo-fischer-bei-titanic.html )〕 Chancellor Helmut Kohl was a favourite subject of the magazine, appearing on the front page more often than any other person. In the 1980s, ''Titanic'' coined his nickname "Birne", the German word for pear (accompanied with drawings of his head resembling a pear). One of ''Titanic's'' most widely known cover pages appeared in November 1989, following the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The East Germans' perceived obsession with bananas was spoofed by a ''Titanic'' cover depicting "Zonen-Gaby (17) in luck (FRG): My first banana", where Gaby is shown holding a large peeled cucumber. "Zone" refers to the GDR's informal name "sowjetische Besatzungs''zone''" (soviet-occupied area). To make light of the prevailing public sentiment that strongly favoured German reunification, ''Titanic'' purported to oppose it. This culminated in the founding of the Titanic party ''Die PARTEI'' (''The Party''), whose sole agenda is to revoke reunification and to reconstruct the inner German border. The former editor-in-chief Martin Sonneborn is the party leader. In addition, ''Titanic'' changed its mission to "The ultimate division of Germany — our commitment". ''Titanic'' staff members have frequently engaged in activities that took aim at the media and entertainment. For example, then editor-in-chief, Bernd Fritz, made an incognito appearance at the game show ''Wetten, dass..?'', followed by his revelation of how easy it was for him to cheat on the show. In recent years, the magazine has repeatedly attracted attention, for example by taking the football world cup to Germany by bribing a FIFA delegate (see below). Before the German federal election, 2005 ''Titanic'' was running a campaign against "das Merkel" ("das" being the neutral gender definite article) and was publicly searching for a female contender for chancellor with the slogan "Frau? Ja, aber schön" ("Woman? Yes, but beautiful"). ''Titanic'' has generated a number of scandals, some of which have resulted in lawsuits against the magazine. Up to 2001, 40 plaintiffs had brought lawsuits against ''Titanic''. Politician Björn Engholm, for example, received 40,000 Deutsche Mark in compensation, and this, coupled with 190,000 DM in legal fees, drove ''Titanic'' close to bankruptcy. The July 2012 issue of the magazine was banned by a state court in Hamburg due to its front cover being an image of Pope Benedict XVI soiling himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Titanic (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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