Cicero (magazine)

Cicero was launched in Potsdam in March 2004. Michael Naumann is among the former editors-in-chief of the magazine.{{cite news In 2011, the magazine initiated the pencil heads project which covered the carved busts of leading politicians like Barack Obama into the lead of Cicero-branded pencils.{{cite web|title=Magazine Creates Amazing Pencil Head Sculptures of Politicians|work=The FW ==Political leaning and content==

The target audience of Cicero is German intellectuals looking for wider range of political views. The contents of the magazine focus on opinion forming through first-hand views of the editors. The first section called "Weltbühne" ("World Forum" in English) provides analyses and discusses internationally significant topics and people. The second, "Berliner Republik" ("Berlin Republic" in English), is a forum for German society. The next one, "Kapital", analyses economic affairs and the last one, "Salon", deals with the modern cultural life from different angles. In addition, the magazine's "Debate" section covers contribution of several leading figures including Al Gore and Prince Felix von Löwenstein. The magazine also publishes interviews the first of which was with Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor. In 2006, Dagmar Herzog featured her significant study on sexuality, memory and morality, and their relation to German fascism in the monthly.{{cite journal|title=Sex after Fascism. Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany Cicero publishes a list of 500 most influential intellectuals in Germany.{{cite journal|author1=Brinja Meiseberg|author2=Thomas Ehrmann|author3=Jochen Lengers|title=Quality kills the mediastar? Career paths of intellectuals|journal=Journal of Business Economics|year=2016 ==Circulation==

Cicero has enjoyed increasing levels of circulation, though its circulation is modest. It was 62,700 copies during the third quarter of 2005. It grew to 70,000 copies in the third quarter of 2006, to 73,200 copies in the third quarter of 2007 and to 77,077 copies for the second quarter of 2008.{{cite web|title=Cicero – Magazine for Political Culture|access-date=28 September 2013 ==Incidents==

The magazine's editing department was raided by the agents from federal criminal police office and searched by the public prosecutors of Potsdam on 12 September 2005 following its publication of a portrait of the Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi in April 2005.{{cite web|title=Germany high court finds magazine raid violated press freedom|work=Jurist|access-date=28 September 2013 == Award ==

At the Lead Award 2019, the Cicero editors-in-chief Alexander Marguier and Christoph Schwennicke were awarded the bronze prize in the category of the magazine debate of the year”. ==See also==