During a media research I discovered an interesting ranking of the journal “Wirtschaftsjournalist” (www.wirtschaftsjournalist-online.de) taking a closer look at the best business media in print as well as broadcast in Germany. In their press release Medienfachverlag Oberauer announced: “FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) has Germanys best business editorial. Mostly read is Handelsblatt though. Best researched and written is Börsen-Zeitung.And the biggest influence has Spiegel. These are the findings of a recent survey of Wirtschaftsjournalist with Germanys most important spokesmen.”
Backmarker of a total of 50 ranked business editorials and rated worst is “Bild am Sonntag” before “Bild” and “Stern”. Even though they installed professional business editorials, ARD and ZDF (public TV) reached only the midfield. Very fair in their work are Börsen-Zeitung and the news agencies, the respondents said. It is notable, that print journalists work a lot fairer and take their diligence as journalists a lot more serious than TV journalists. The full survey results can be found in “Wirtschaftsjournalisten” issue number 3 from 06.07.2015 and as ePaper online.
By ranking with grades from 1 (high attention) to 6 (low attention) a list of the Top 50 influential business media in Germany is provided.
Top 50 influential business media in Germany
- Der Spiegel 1,38
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 1,46
- dpa 1,46
- Bild 1,5
- ARD 1,64
- Handelsblatt 1,71
- ZDF 1,75
- Thomson Reuters 1,76
- Süddeutsche Zeitung 1,79
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung 1,81
- Bild am Sonntag 1,99
- Financial Times 2,06
- dpa-AFX 2,06
- Wirtschaftswoche 2,16
- Bloomberg 2,16
- Die Welt 2,2
- Manager Magazin 2,22
- Welt am Sonntag 2,22
- Die Zeit 2,24
- Wall Street Journal 2,36
- Focus 2,48
- Dow Jones News 2,49
- Tagesspiegel 2,49
- Börsen-Zeitung 2,54
- Stern 2,62
- Stuttgarter Zeitung 2,74
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 2,75
- Economist 2,8
- Rheinische Post 2,85
- Finanztest/Test 2,85
- Hamburger Abendblatt 3
- Capital 3,1
- n-tv 3,11
- Deutschlandfunk 3,24
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 3,24
- Tageszeitung 3,27
- Sächsische Zeitung 3,32
- N24 3,39
- Brand eins 3,4
- Euro am Sonntag 3,44
- Focus Money 3,48
- Börse online 3,54
- VDI Nachrichten 3,57
- Euro 3,68
- Impulse 3,78
- Guter Rat 3,95
- Der Aktionär 4
- Markt und Mittelstand 4
- Wirtschaftsblatt 4,16
- Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen 4,42
Source: Wirtschaftsjournalist Ausgabe 3 vom 06.07.2015