Focus Money

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Focus Money
Categories Business magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherFocus Magazin Verlag
Founded2000
First issue30 March 2000;22 years ago (2000-03-30)
CompanyHubert Burda Media
Country Germany
Based in Munich
Language German
Website Focus Money
ISSN 1615-4576

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.

Contents

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

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