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Financial Times Deutschland
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Logo of the Financial Times Deutschland
Owner(s) Gruner + Jahr
Editor Steffen Klusmann
Founded21 February 2000
Political alignment Keynesianism [1]
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication7 December 2012
Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Circulation 103,000
ISSN 1615-4118

The Financial Times Deutschland was a German-language financial newspaper based in Hamburg, Germany, published by Bertelsmann's Gruner + Jahr newspaper and magazine division. The daily contained four sections: Business, Politics & Economy, Finance, and Agenda (Comment, Analysis, Sport, Culture). It ceased publication on 7 December 2012. [2]

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History and profile

Financial Times Deutschland was founded at the height of the dot-com bubble on 21 February 2000 [3] as a joint venture between UK Financial Times publisher Pearson and Gruner + Jahr. [4] [5] The paper's original editor was Andrew Gowers. [6] Circulation grew to 103,000 readers by the third quarter of 2007, however the paper never turned a profit. [7] At the beginning of 2008 Pearson sold their stake to Gruner + Jahr for €10m and an agreement to receive annual licence fees of €500,000. [5] [8] Following the sale to Gruner + Jahr, the FT Deutschland became no longer subject to any editorial control from the Financial Times. [9]

The circulations of the daily in 2008, in 2009 and in 2010 were 112,238 copies, 103,276 copies and 103,609 copies, respectively. [10]

Closure

In November 2012, Gruner + Jahr announced the closure of Financial Times Deutschland as part of a restructuring of their economics publishing division, having failed to find a buyer for the title. [7] G + J estimate that the FTD made a cumulative loss of €250m over its 12-year life. [5] The last print edition was published on 7 December 2012 [11] displaying an all black front cover featuring the words "Endlich schwarz" ("At last, black" alluding to never having booked a profit since inception). [12] The final issue was named Final Time Deutschland. [13] The paper's internet presence was also closed.

The final editor was Steffen Klusmann, who had taken the role on 1 August 2004 following the defection of Christoph Keese to rival Welt am Sonntag .

Following the closure, memorabilia from the newspaper was auctioned off, with the proceeds being donated to press freedom advocates Reporters Without Borders. [14]

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