Thomas Venker is co-publisher and co-editor-in-chief of Kaput Magazine for Insolvency & Pop. Before founding Kaput in 2014, he was editor-in-chief of Intro Magazine for 14 years. He writes regularly for a portfolio of magazines and daily newspapers, moderates panels and symposia for cultural institutions, runs the art record label Edition Fieber, and is part of the curatorial team of the Monheim Triennale.In addition to his journalistic work, he teaches music journalism and artist marketing at several German universities, including the Institute for Pop Music at Folkwang University of the Arts.