Profil, (stylized in all lowercase) is an Austrian weekly news magazine published in German and based in Vienna.

[6] The chief editorial staff consisted of Sven Gächter, Stefan Janny, and Herbert Lackner.

In December 2022 it was announced that Richard Grasl would also become profile managing director in addition to his journalistic work for the Kurier.

[18] Due to Grasl's appointment, the editorial team felt compelled to publicly emphasize the magazine's "untouchable journalistic independence".

[22][23] The economics department head and deputy editor-in-chief Michael Nikbakhsh also left the magazine in this context.

He was offered the opportunity to run Kurier and Profil's planned investigative academy as a self-employed person.

He developed a program for the academy and presented it to Richard Grasl, Martina Salomon and Anna Thalhammer at a meeting.

According to Nikbakhsh, they had begun “in all seriousness” to classify intended speakers “according to suspected or supposed party-political affiliation”.