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|total_circulation= 80,251 (ABC total)<ref>{{cite web|title=Monocle|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47790043.pdf|publisher=ABC|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref>
|circulation_year=01 Jul 2015 - 31 Dec 2016|
|company = Winkontent[https://www.winkreative.com/ Winkreative Ltd]
|publisher = Anders Braso
|founded = {{start date and age|2007|2|15|df=y}}, [[London]]
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|issn = 1753-2434
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'''''Monocle''''' is a [[Globalization|global affairs]] and [[lifestyle magazine]], [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] [[radio station]], [[website]], [[retailer]] and media [[brand]], produced by WinkontentWinkreative Ltd. It was founded by [[Tyler Brûlé]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] entrepreneur, ''[[Financial Times]]'' columnist, and founder of ''[[Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper*]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Nick|title=Copenhagen named worlds best city for quality of life by Monocle magazine|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/2098269/Copenhagen-named-worlds-best-city-for-quality-of-life-by-Monocle-magazine.html|work=The Telegraph|date=9 June 2008|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bell|first=Matthew|title=Monocle: 'It's the media project that I've always wanted to do'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/monocle-its-the-media-project-that-ive-always-wanted-to-do-2040516.html|work=The Independent|date=1 August 2010|access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
 
The magazine was founded and based in [[London]] on 15 February 2007. In September 2014, Brûlé sold a minority stake in ''Monocle'' magazine to Japanese publisher Nikkei Inc. The deal valued ''Monocle'' at about U.S. $115 million, although the size of Nikkei's investment was undisclosed.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mance|first1=Henry|title=Tyler Brûlé's Monocle magazine valued at $115m|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54a7da6e-320c-11e4-b929-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3RuD917hq|newspaper=Financial Times|date=September 2014|access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> In December 2014, ''Monocle'' launched a new annual publication called ''The Forecast'', intended to fill the gap between the Dec./Jan. and February issues of ''Monocle''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan the Country to Watch in 2015: Monocle's Tuck|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2014-12-03/kazakhstan-2015s-country-to-watch-monocles-tuck|website=Bloomberg|access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref> ''The Escapist'', a travel-minded annual magazine, was introduced in July 2015 and focuses on in-depth reportage of 10 cities around the world.