Bilanz

Bilanz
Editor-in-chiefDirk Schütz
CategoriesBusiness magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
Circulation38,387 (2014)
PublisherRingier Axel Springer Schweiz
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
CompanyAxel Springer AG
CountrySwitzerland
Based inZürich
LanguageGerman
WebsiteBILANZ
ISSN1022-3487
OCLC5064515

Bilanz (German: [biˈlant͡s] , Balance) is a biweekly business magazine published in Zürich, Switzerland, which has been in circulation since 1977. The magazine started its edition in Germany in 2014.

History and profile

Bilanz was established in 1977 as a successor of Wirtschaftsrevue, a monthly business magazine published between 1962 and 1977.[1][2] The founding publisher of the magazine was Jean Frey AG.[1][3] It came out monthly basis when it was started.[1] In 2005, its frequency was switched to biweekly.[1][3]

The magazine became part of Axel Springer AG in 2007.[4][5] A subsidiary of the company, Axel Springer Schweiz, publishes the magazine[6] of which headquarters is in Zürich.[2][7]

As of 2014 Dirk Schütz was the editor-in-chief of Bilanz,[3][6] which features articles related to companies, analyses of the economic events, investment and management of financial asset.[8][9] It has published an annual list of the 300 richest Swiss since 1989.[7][10] Its online edition was restarted in 2009.[11]

Since 2 May 2014, Bilanz has been also published on a monthly basis as a supplement of Die Welt and Welt Kompakt in Germany.[3][12]

Circulation

Bilanz sold 34,000 copies in 1981 and 55,000 copies in 1989.[1] Its total readers were 205,000 in 2010.[13] In 2014, the circulation of the biweekly was 38,387 copies.[7]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Bilanz". Business Press. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Markus Knöpfli (2 May 2014). "Die Bilanz geht in die Welt". Medien Woche (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Axel Springer buys Swiss TV guides from Ringier". Axel Springer AG. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ^ Cyril Jost (4 February 2011). "The challenges confronting the Swiss press". In a Global. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Klaus Boldt develops German edition of BILANZ for the WELT-Group". Axel Springer. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Bilanz (CH)". Axel Springer AG. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ^ Oksana Newman, ed. (2007). Online Business Sourcebook. Munich: K.G. Saur Verlag. p. 156. ISBN 978-3-598-44038-0.
  9. ^ "Media Data 2013" (PDF). Axel Springer. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ^ Enea Baselgia; Isabel Martinez (2022). "Tracking and Taxing the Super-Rich: Insights from Swiss Rich Lists" (CESifo Working Paper). ssrn.com. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4135944. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Capital Markets Day" (PDF). Axel Springer AG. 6 October 2008. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  12. ^ "BILANZ - the German Business Magazine". INMA. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Bilanz". getAbstract. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.