GALA is launched in Germany. G+J takes over the investment magazine BÖRSE ONLINE. In Poland, the women’s magazine NAJ makes its market debut.

G+J presents its first Web sites: geo.de, mopo.de, pm-magazin.de and stern.de. The management magazine L'ESSENTIEL DU MANAGEMENT is launched in France.

FOCUS is launched in Poland, while ELTERN FOR FAMILY and the children’s magazine GEOLINO make their debut in Germany. Prisma Presse acquires the weekly magazine VSD. The illustration printing facility at the G+J Printing Center in Dresden begins operations.

Brown Printing acquires the PennWell and Graftek printing facilities in Woodstock. The new newspaper printing plant at the G+J Printing Center in Dresden begins operations.

In Poland, G+J buys up the home-and-garden magazine MOJE MIESZKANIE. GEO magazine, already hugely popular in Germany, France and Spain, makes its debut in Russia. China also gets a new G+J title: CAR & MOTOR. The acquisition of a 56-percent stake in the Vienna-based News group (NEWS, TV MEDIA) marks G+J’s successful entry into the Austrian market. In fall, a third title is added to the News group: FORMAT.

GEO EPOCHE makes its debut. Under license by the National Geographic Society, G+J introduces NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC in Germany.