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Focus Money
CategoriesBusiness magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherFocus Magazin Verlag
Founded2000
First issue30 March 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-30)
CompanyHubert Burda Media
CountryGermany
Based inMunich
LanguageGerman
WebsiteFocus Money
ISSN1615-4576

Focus Money is a business magazine published in Munich, Germany. It is one of the spin-offs of the German news magazine Focus and has been in circulation since 2000.

History and profile

Focus Money was first published on 30 March 2000.[1][2][3] Its slogan was "Fakten machen Geld" (German: "Facts make money").[2] The magazine is part of Hubert Burda Media[4] and is published by Focus Magazin Verlag weekly on Wednesdays.[5] Its headquarters is in Munich.[5]

The magazine covers articles on business, politics, companies, finance, tax, law, investment, insurance, telecommunications, motoring and careers.[6] Its target audience is decision makers in business and in society.[6] It annually publishes a list of major German tax consultancy and audit firms.[7]

The first editor-in-chief of Focus Money was Manfred Schumacher who resigned from the post on 5 April 2000, only five days after the start of the magazine.[3] Frank Pöpsel replaced him in the post.[1][6]

In 2005 Focus Magazine started an e-paper, Der Vermögensverwalter (German: The Asset Manager), which is emailed to subscribers.[8]

Circulation

In 2001 Focus Money had a circulation of 149,000 copies.[9] The magazine sold 135,751 copies during the first quarter of 2005.[1] The circulation of the magazine was 142,210 copies in 2010.[10] During the first quarter of 2015, its circulation was 126,846 copies.[6] In the fourth quarter 2016 the magazine sold 123,378 copies.[11]

See also

List of magazines in Germany

References

  1. ^ a b c "Portrait of a magazine. Focus Money" (PDF). Medialine. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "'Focus-Money' kommt am 30.3. mit 320.000 Exemplaren". New Business (in German). 29 March 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b ""Focus Money"-Chef Schumacher tritt zurück". Die Welt (in German). 5 April 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ^ "New York Daily News Retracts Story on Focus Magazine's Kim Basinger Interview". PR Newswire. Los Angeles. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Focus Money. Factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Focus Money". Burda Community Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ^ "SH+C awarded by FOCUS-Money 2013". SH+C. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Vermögensverwaltung der quirin bank als "herausragend" prämiert" (in German). Finanzratgeber24. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine Organization. Archived from the original (Report) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. ^ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  11. ^ Victor Tiberius; Laura Lisiecki (2019). "Stock Price Forecast Accuracy and Recommendation Profitability of Financial Magazines". International Journal of Financial Studies. 7 (4): 2. doi:10.3390/ijfs7040058.
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