''Wirtschaftswoche'' is a
German
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weekly
business
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news magazine
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published in
Germany
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. “Wirtschaft” means
economy
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(including business) and “Woche” is week.
History and profile
For many years, ''Wirtschaftswoche'' was published weekly
Düsseldorf
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. The publisher is Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt[ which also publishes '']Handelsblatt
The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt.
History and profile
''Handelsblatt'' was ...
''.
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
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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.
Editor-in-chiefs
* since 1971 Peter Sweerts-Sporck,
*since 1973 Claus Jacobi and Paul C. Martin,
* since 1974 Hans Zinken,
* since 1978 Karlheinz Vater, Conrad Ahlers and Horst Kerlikowski,
* since 1979 Karlheinz Vater,
* since 1984 Wolfram Baentsch,
* since 1991 Stefan Baron and Volker Wolff,
* 1995–2007 Stefan Baron,
* 2007–2014 Roland Tichy,
* 2014–2017 Miriam Meckel,
* since April 2017 Beat Balzli
See also
* List of magazines in Germany
References
External links
Official site
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1926 establishments in Germany
Business magazines published in Germany
Economic liberalism
Liberal media in Germany
German-language magazines
Weekly magazines published in Germany
German news websites
Magazines established in 1926
Mass media in Düsseldorf