01RTL Nederland’s news anchor Rick Nieman in the studio
02The council chamber at Hilversum’s Dudok-designed town hall
03The half subterranean atrium at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
04Commuters are still the lifeblood of Hilversum’s media community
05Chief town planner for Hilversum, Fons Gennisse
06Staff at the Dutch National Archive
07RTL Nederland CEO Bert Habets
08Newly opened Meyer en Van Schooter bridge at Hilversum Noord station
091950s studios are still in action
10Hilversum’s media park
11Media workers take a coffee break at the park’s cafe.
12RTL’s foreign editors watch the 18.00 broadcast.
13VARA’s Haskoning Architects villa
14Dudok’s town hall is one of the country’s modernist masterpieces
15Archivist at the Sound and Vision offices, responsible for storing all new radio and TV broadcasts
16VARA’s vaulted offices
Hilversum was the centre of Dutch broadcasting for the best part of a century, a model media city of daring architecture. Hit hard by changes in the industry, a period of self-reflection has the city searching for new relevance in the digital media age.
Issue 22
we peruse the shelves of the thriving, eclectic magazine shop Papercut in Stockholm.
Issue 28
Turkey's religion-themed reality show upsets the imams, an Israeli animation studio aims to out-draw Pixar and we report on the relaunch and redesign of Germany's premier financial newspaper, Handelsblatt - reworked by…
Issue 60
A magazine printing concept, Jim Marshall speakers and other media and art news.
Issue 33
Since resigning as design editors-in-chief at Taschen, husband and wife Peter and Charlotte Fiell have been plotting their own publishing empire. After two years of hard work, they are ready to make their splash. But don’t…
Issue 12
The next correspondent in our series looking at foreign coverage of the US presidential elections is Corine Lesnes of ‘Le Monde’. Once frosty, France’s relations with the US have improved with the arrival of President…
Issue 60
Whether it be picture-laden coffee table tomes or volumes on aesthetic theory, Germany produces some of the finest art books in the world – and that’s not limited to Taschen. Monocle went to Berlin to pore over a buoyant…
Issue 20
For our series on media barons we feature Erick Thohir, founder of the Mahaka Media group in Jakarta. After revitalising the failing paper ‘Republika’ he’s now on a mission to modernise print, radio and TV in a freer Ind…
Issue 24
A manga about wine has proven a hit with readers in Japan. It’s written by a brother and sister duo, who spin stories while under the influence; there’s a French edition and it is being made into a Korean TV series.
Issue 47
In the rush into digitalisation, US media giants hastily abandoned many of their core values, says the veteran journalist and former foreign editor of the ‘Chicago Tribune’. Elsewhere, old-fashioned values are thriving. We…
Issue 13
Publishing dynasty MDS is growing faster than at any time in its 205-year history, but the man leading its charge into the digital arena is determined that the firm stays close to its founding principles.
Issue 24
Printed Matter art bookshop in New York is a rare breed- a retail venture that puts principles before profit.
Issue 47
Hilversum was the centre of Dutch broadcasting for the best part of a century, a model media city of daring architecture. Hit hard by changes in the industry, a period of self-reflection has the city searching for new…
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