Focus Money (magazine)

Focus Money
Editor Frank Pöpsel
Categories Business magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 126,846 (Q1, 2015)
Publisher Focus Magazin Verlag
Year founded 2000
First issue 30 March 2000 (2000-03-30)
Company Hubert Burda Media
Country Germany
Based in Munich
Language German
Website Focus Money

Focus Money is a German language business magazine published in Munich, Germany. It is one of the spin-offs of the German news magazine Focus.

History and profile

Focus Money was first published on 30 March 2000.[1][2][3] Its slogan was "Fakten machen Geld" (meaning "Facts make money" in English).[2] The magazine is part of Hubert Burda Media[4] and is published by Focus Magazin Verlag weekly on Wednesdays.[5][6][7] Its headquarters is in Munich.[7]

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.[8]

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 and has been the editor-in-chief of the weekly since then.[1][6]

In 2005 Focus Magazine started an e-paper, Der Vermögensverwalter (The Asset Manager in English), which is emailed to subscribers.[9]

Circulation

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

See also

List of magazines in Germany

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Portrait of a magazine. Focus Money" (PDF). Medialine. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "'Focus-Money' kommt am 30.3. mit 320.000 Exemplaren". New Business (in German). 29 March 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 ""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. ↑ "Rate Card" (PDF). Medialine. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Focus Money". Burda Community Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Focus Money. Factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "SH+C awarded by FOCUS-Money 2013". SH+C. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "„Der Vermögensverwalter“: neues ePaper von Focus Money" (PDF). Wirtschaftsmedien Notizen (in German) (1). 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (Report). Magazine Organization. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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