''Berliner Woche'' (until September 2003: ''Berliner Wochenblatt''/''Hallo Berlin Wochenblatt'') is a weekly advertising magazine in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. The magazine, financed by advertising revenues, is published every

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in 32 different local editions for the districts of

. The total circulation is over one and a half million copies. Two local editions are published under the traditional title ''Spandauer Volksblatt''.

History and profile

The first issue was published in May 1983 in the district of

Neukölln Neukölln () is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located in the southeastern part from the city centre towards Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It was part of the former American sector under the Four-Power occupation of the city. It featu ...

. The ''Spandauer Volksblatt'' had already existed as a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

since March 1946.

Axel Springer Verlag Axel Springer SE () is a German digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe, with numerous multimedia news brands, such as '' Bild'', ''Die Welt'', and ''Fakt'' and more than 15,000 employees. It generated to ...

took over the title in 1993 and continued the paper as an advertising magazine. All local editions are published by ''Berliner Wochenblatt Verlag GmbH'', a subsidiary of

Funke Mediengruppe Funke Mediengruppe (formerly ''WAZ-Mediengruppe'') is Germany's third largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered i ...

(until 30 April 2014:

Axel Springer SE Axel Springer SE () is a German digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe, with numerous multimedia news brands, such as '' Bild'', ''Die Welt'', and ''Fakt'' and more than 15,000 employees. It generated to ...

). The editorial focus is on reporting from the twelve Berlin administrative districts and the 96 districts. On average, all local editions are read by 1.799 million readers.Source: Leseranalyse 2017, INFO GmbH Markt- und Meinungsforschung, Berlin

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