Wirtschaftswoche

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Wirtschaftswoche
WirtschaftsWoche Logo.png
Editor-in-chiefBeat Balzli
Categories Business magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 155,085 (for the second half of 2013)
Publisher Miriam Meckel
Founded1926
Country Germany
Based in Düsseldorf
Language German
Website www.wiwo.de
ISSN 0042-8582

Wirtschaftswoche is a German weekly business news magazine published in Germany. "Wirtschaft" means economy (including business) and "Woche" is week.

Contents

History and profile

For many years, Wirtschaftswoche was published weekly [1] [2] on Thursdays, but since March 2006, this has been changed to Mondays. The editorial office is in Düsseldorf. The publisher is Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt [1] which also publishes Handelsblatt . [3]

The magazine provides business- and economy-related news. [2] Its target audience is managers and business people. [2] [4] In November 2014 Miriam Meckel was appointed editor-in-chief of the weekly. [5] 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. [1] 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. [6]

The circulation of Wirtschaftswoche was 182,603 copies in 2010. [4] Its paid circulation was 155,085 copies in the second half of 2013. [7]

According to Ronald P. Dore, Wirtschaftswoche is the main German business weekly. [8]

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