Editor-in-chief Miriam Meckel Frequency Weekly | Categories Business magazine Year founded 1926 | |
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Circulation 155,085 (for the second half of 2013) Publisher Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH | ||
Wirtschaftswoche is a German weekly business news magazine published in Germany. “Wirtschaft” means economy (including business) and “Woche” is week.
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History and profile
For many years, Wirtschaftswoche was published weekly on Thursdays, but since March 2006, this has been changed to Mondays. The editorial office is in Düsseldorf. The publisher is Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt which also publishes Handelsblatt.
The magazine provides business- and economy-related news. Its target audience is managers and business people. In November 2014 Miriam Meckel was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly. Under the leadership of Miriam Meckel, WirtschaftsWoche has gone through a major structural as well as design relaunch with edition 20/2015. The magazine has slightly changed its logo as part of this redesign.
Circulation
In the period of 2001-2002 Wirtschaftswoche had a circulation of 187,000 copies. For the first quarter of 2005 the circulation of the magazine was 183,156 copies, making it the best-selling weekly business publication in Germany.
The circulation of Wirtschaftswoche was 182,603 copies in 2010. Its paid circulation was 155,085 copies in the second half of 2013.