Focus (Polish magazine)

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Focus
CategoriesPopular science magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherBurda Media Polska
First issue1995 (1995)
Final issueFebruary 2022 (print)
CountryPoland
Based in Warsaw
Language Polish
Website http://www.focus.pl/
ISSN 1234-9992

Focus is a Polish popular science monthly magazine which was a print publication between 1995 and 2022. It became online-only publication from February 2022. [1]

Contents

History and profile

Focus was first published in September 1995 by Gruner and Jahr Polska and then was owned by Burda Media Polska. [2] The magazine has its headquarters in Warsaw. [3]

It features stories on health, coaching, space exploration, technology, nature, society and history and produces a number of podcasts ran by the members of the editorial team. [4]

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References

  1. "Burda zamyka „Focus", „Elle Man" i „Samo Zdrowie"". wirtualnamedia (in Polish). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Kontakt - Focus.pl". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. "Gerald Loeb's Bion makes news in Polish magazine". USC Viterbi. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. "Focus.pl - Nauka zmienia świat". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 January 2022.