{{Short description|German business newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Handelsblatt | logo = Handelsblatt 201x logo.svg | logo_size = | image = Erste Ausgabe des Handelsblatt, 16. Mai 1946.jpg | caption = ''Handelsblatt'' front page of the first issue | type = Daily newspaper | format = Compact | owners = Handelsblatt Media Group | editor = Sebastian Matthes | founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1946|5|16}} | language = German | headquarters = Düsseldorf | political_position = Economic liberalism | circulation = 127,546 (Print, 2018)<br />42,000 (Digital, 2018) | ISSN = 0017-7296 | website = [https://www.handelsblatt.com/ www.handelsblatt.com] }} thumbnail 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt übernimmt Konferenzveranstalter und benennt sich um|trans-title=Handelsblatt publishing group takes over conference organizer and renames itself|url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Euroforum-Verlagsgruppe-Handelsblatt-uebernimmt-Konferenzveranstalter-und-benennt-sich-um-159828|language=de|website=horizont.net}}</ref>
==History and profile== ''Handelsblatt'' was established in 1946 by journalist Herbert Gross, but after some months Friedrich Vogel (1902–1976) became publisher.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carsten Croonenbroeck|author2=Roman Matkovskyy|title=Is the Market Held by Institutional Investors? The Disposition Effect Revisited.|url=http://www.wiwi.europa-uni.de/de/forschung/publikationen-projekte/dp/_dokumente/338_Croonenbroeck_Matkovskyy.pdf|work=European University Viadrina Frankfurt|access-date=3 February 2015|format=Discussion paper. No: 338|date=July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Robert G. Picard|title=Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance|date=2002|publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates|location=Mahwah, NJ|page=61|url=https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|access-date=|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226123329/https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1969, Georg von Holtzbrinck became partner of Friedrich Vogel. Since 2021, its editor-in-chief is Sebastian Matthes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sebastian Matthes wird neuer Handelsblatt-Chefredakteur|trans-title=Sebastian Matthes will be the new editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt|date=25 November 2020 |url=https://www.wuv.de/medien/sebastian_matthes_wird_neuer_handelsblatt_chefredakteur|language=de|website=wuv.de}}</ref> Its publisher, Handelsblatt Media Group, also publishes the weekly business magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche''<ref>{{cite news|title=Handelsblatt and WiWo continue to lead the German market|url=http://www.advance.uk.com/news|access-date=3 February 2015|work=Advance Media|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203083524/http://www.advance.uk.com/news|archive-date=3 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> of which the editor-in-chief is Beat Balzli.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beat Balzli wird Chefredakteur der 'Wirtschaftswoche'|trans-title=Beat Balzli will become editor-in-chief of 'Wirtschaftswoche'|url=https://www.new-business.de/koepfe/detail.php?rubric=K%D6PFE&nr=700650|language=de|website=new-business.de}}</ref> ''Handelsblatt''{{'s}} headquarters are in Düsseldorf.<ref>{{cite web|title=German Online Newspapers and Magazines|url=http://aic.almania.info/german-newspapers.htm|work=Almania Information Center|access-date=28 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102102836/http://aic.almania.info/german-newspapers.htm|archive-date=2 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In 2009, Dieter von Holtzbrinck bought ''Der Tagesspiegel'', ''Handelsblatt'' and ''Wirtschaftswoche'' from the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
''Handelsblatt'' had a circulation of 127,546 daily copies in 2018.<ref name="IVW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivw.eu/ |title= Homepage |publisher=IVW|access-date=3 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217141622/http://www.ivw.eu/ |archive-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead|language=de }}</ref>
===Handelsblatt Today===
An English-language digital edition was launched in 2014, called ''Handelsblatt Global Edition'', which aimed to reach an international audience interested in German business and finance news. It was published five days a week from its editorial office in Berlin with editor-in-chief, Kevin O'Brien at the helm.<ref>{{cite web|title="Handelsblatt" bringt englischsprachige Ausgabe an den Start|trans-title=Handelsblatt launches English-language edition|url=http://www.focus.de/regional/duesseldorf/medien-handelsblatt-bringt-englischsprachige-ausgabe-an-den-start_id_4208399.html|website=Focus Online|publisher=Hubert Burda Media|access-date=7 July 2015|language=de}}</ref> In 2017, under a new editor-in-chief, Andreas Kluth, the publication avoided the direct translation of German-language articles and instead worked through differences between German and Anglophone journalistic traditions to add details that English readers were accustomed to.<ref>{{cite web | last = Kluth | first = Andreas | title = Farewell: What I learned about journalism while running Handelsblatt Today | website = Handelsblatt Today | publisher = Handelsblatt GmbH | date = 27 Feb 2019 | url = https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/opinion/farewell-what-i-learned-about-journalism-while-running-handelsblatt-today/24044312.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20191205161119/https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/opinion/farewell-what-i-learned-about-journalism-while-running-handelsblatt-today/24044312.html?ticket=ST-12787944-06mAdKeIaNDxDWRP4XDI-ap4 | archive-date = 5 December 2019 | access-date = 5 Dec 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref> The site was renamed ''Handelsblatt Today'' in 2018, but, unable to create a business model and reach a substantial audience to generate revenue, Kluth announced that publication would cease on 27 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web | last = Kluth | first = Andreas | title = Handelsblatt Today: About us | website = Handelsblatt Today | publisher = Handelsblatt GmbH | date = 1 Nov 2018 | url = https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/handelsblatt-today-about-us/23643540.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20191205184127/https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/handelsblatt-today-about-us/23643540.html?ticket=ST-13202943-lwDUEf9E7Q6k3BXM4AP1-ap4 | archive-date = 5 December 2019 | access-date = 5 Dec 2019 }}</ref>
=== Anti-Vaccine controversy === On the 25th of January 2021, Handelsblatt published an unsourced story falsely claiming that the Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine was only 8% effective in over 65's. Astrazeneca and the University of Oxford issued statements denying these claims.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AstraZeneca says reports of 8% coronavirus vaccine efficacy in seniors are 'incorrect'|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7598547/astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-reports-incorrect/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boytchev|first=Hristio|date=2021-02-12|title=Why did a German newspaper insist the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine was inefficacious for older people—without evidence?|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n414|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=372|pages=n414|doi=10.1136/bmj.n414|issn=1756-1833|pmid=33579678|doi-access=free}}</ref> This story was refuted by the German Health Ministry which clarified that 8% actually referred to the number of people in the study between 56 and 69 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/german-paper-s-oxford-vaccine-muddle|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.spectator.co.uk|title=German paper's excruciating Oxford vaccine muddle|publisher=The Spectator}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pandemie-Bekämpfung: Rückschlag bei Corona-Impfstoff: Astra-Zeneca-Vakzin wirkt bei Senioren offenbar kaum|trans-title=Pandemic control: Setback for coronavirus vaccine: AstraZeneca vaccine appears to have little effect on seniors|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/pandemie-bekaempfung-rueckschlag-bei-corona-impfstoff-astra-zeneca-vakzin-wirkt-bei-senioren-offenbar-kaum/26849788.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.handelsblatt.com|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Joe|date=2021-01-26|title=German Health Ministry DENIES bombshell vaccine claims – says Berlin paper messed up stats|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1389082/oxford-vaccine-Astrazeneca-covid-German-Health-Ministry-efficacy-claim-stats-latest|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> Markus Lehmkuhl, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's Professor for Science Communication, stated that Handelsblatt "turned the matter into a 'he says, she says' story to absolve itself of responsibility for spreading stupid stuff."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n414|doi = 10.1136/bmj.n414|title = Why did a German newspaper insist the Oxford Astra ''Zeneca'' vaccine was inefficacious for older people—without evidence?|year = 2021|last1 = Boytchev|first1 = Hristio|journal = BMJ|volume = 372|pages = n414|pmid = 33579678|s2cid = 231884653|doi-access = free}}</ref>
== Editors-in-chief == * Herbert Gross (1946 for some months) * Friedrich Vogel * Hans Mundorf * Thomas Knipp (2002–2004) and Bernd Ziesemer (2002–2010) * Gabor Steingart (2010–2013) * Hans-Jürgen Jakobs (2013–2016) * Sven Afhüppe (2016–2020) *Sebastian Matthes (since 2020)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.handelsblatt.com/ Handelsblatt.com]
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