(wm-pcp) Philapress managing director Ernst-Wilhelm Isermann had already informed the usual well-informed circles at the International Stamp Fair in Ulm: Now the subscribers have also found out in the last few days. In November 2024, he wrote: ‘So far, we have published two magazines at PHILAPRESS: the BRIEFMARKEN SPIEGEL and the DEUTSCHE BRIEFMARKEN-ZEITUNG (DBZ). Unfortunately, it is not possible for economic reasons to continue publishing both magazines in parallel. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided to discontinue the BRIEFMARKEN SPIEGEL.’
So the last issue will be the December issue no. 12/2024. So what began so hopefully in 1960 is now coming to an end after 64 years. Ultimately, as Dipl.-Bibl. Tobias Zywietz showed, the subscriber circulation of the Briefmarken Spiegel had fallen to 4,800 by 2023, while the DBZ was even less in 2023, namely only 3,500. However, the main reason for this was probably the parallel decline in advertising revenues, which has been affecting all trade journals for some time.
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