German term
United States
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, English
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Medienmacher
| 3 | media creaters |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 | media producers |
Textworks Translations
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| 3 +1 | media people |
Michael Schickenberg (X)
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| 3 | at the forefront of media |
Klaus Petzel
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Proposed translations
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
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media creaters
Do you intend to find something like
"decision makers in the media industry"?
If this is your intention i.e. the brains behind the outfit then my second suggestion would be better.
If you think of someone creating the media such as designers etc. then my first suggestion might be better.
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sorry, creato*rs
Germany
We design your language!
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at the forefront of media
United Kingdom
Translations by Academics for Academics
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media producers
Alternative would also be "the producing end of the media" (as opposed to the receiving/consuming end) or "producers of the media"
Maybe you can work around that...
media people
1) If "Medienmacher" is used in a neutral and rather wide sense referring to people who simply work in and thus participate in the production of the media, why not use "media people"? If use is restricted to the printed media, maybe "journalists and publishers" might be a good choice. "Media makers", as suggested by yourself, also works, I think (cf. quote below), maybe putting the focus more on the production aspect. However, it can also refer to the producers of media such as CDs, DVDs, etc. (i.e. the actual discs).
2) If it is used in a criticising, derogative way, maybe you would like to use "opinion makers"?
No doubt today many media people would vigorously contest these sorts of remarks, claiming newspapers such as the Independent and Guardian [...] do produce some good investigative journalism.
Open Publishing is meant to break with the traditional way of publishing where a few media makers do research and then publish the gained information for consumers (often for a fee).
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