Stuttgart, 2 September 2010
Motor Presse Stuttgart today announced that it has set a new course to accelerate the internationalisation of its media brands auto motor and sport und MOTORRAD. The Stuttgart-based media company has appointed G+J International Brands and Licenses to identify license partners in countries where Motor Presse Stuttgart is not yet represented through subsidiaries or editions produced under license.   ...more

Hamburg, 1st September 2010
As expected, Gruner + Jahr's consolidated revenues stabilized in the first half of 2010, precisely on par with the previous year at €1,217 million. The good performance of the second half of 2009 was maintained in 2010. Gruner + Jahr significantly improved its first-half earnings vs. the previous year, as well as compared to the pre-crisis results of H'1/2008. Earnings before interest and taxes, adjusted for special items (operating EBIT) came to €130 million after €55 million in 2009 and €117 million in H'1/2008.   ...more

Hamburg, 15 July 2010
Gruner + Jahr has signed a licensing agreement with Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, a joint venture of Axel Springer AG and Schweizer Ringier AG, to publish its international reportage magazine GEO in the three Eastern European countries of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At the same time, the Romanian edition of GEO will be discontinued due to the difficult economic situation in the country.   ...more

Hamburg, 7 July 2010
The reportage magazine GEO is launching a GEO iPad selection based on its English-language edition – a monthly selection of three reports from the current international print magazine in a multimedia format for the Apple iPad. The first issue will appear in early July and is priced at 2.49 EUR in the AppStore. The application was developed by G+J International Brands and Licenses in cooperation with the software vendor Mobilinga GmbH of Bremen.   ...more

Hamburg, 7 June 2010
GALA makes its debut in Kuwait with the June issue and therewith continues its internationalization. After launches in Syria and Lebanon last year, this is the third edition of the international celebrity and lifestyle magazine published under license in the rapidly growing Middle East region. This means that there are now editions of GALA in Germany, France, Poland, Russia (GALA Biografia), Croatia, Lithuania, Syria, Lebanon and Kuwait.   ...more

Hamburg, 22 April 2010
The Henri Nannen Prize 2010 for special services rendered to press freedom has been awarded to Iranian journalists, who are subject to violent reprisals in their country for attempting to report truthfully about Iran. Since they are not allowed to leave their country and many of them are behind bars, the Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari, who lives in London, will accept the award at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on behalf of his colleagues. Bahari himself spent months in solitary confinement in Iranian prisons.   ...more

Hamburg, March 25, 2010
Due to the cost-cutting and restructuring program initiated early on, Gruner + Jahr reported only a slight year-on-year decline in its operating result, despite a significant fall in advertising revenues. In 2009, the global economic and financial crisis, accompanied by a general reduction in brand advertising, resulted in a substantial decline in advertising revenues in G+J's core markets. Gruner + Jahr countered this restraint in advertising and the structural change in the media industry with a comprehensive cost-cutting and restructuring program in all markets and countries.   ...more

Hamburg, 15 February 2010
Peter Pelinka, the renowned journalist, experienced editor and former editor-in-chief of FORMAT, is taking the editorial helm at NEWS, Austria's biggest news magazine. Pelinka will be supported by deputy chief editors Corinna Milborn and Silvia Meister. Pelinka already worked successfully with Corinna Milborn, a political journalist and "Club2" moderator, on FORMAT. They will both set new priorities and a new tone in the first half of the issue, especially regarding domestic politics, business, and features.   ...more

Hamburg, 15 February 2010
G+J International Media Sales (G+J IMS) is taking over the overseas marketing of "kicker," Germany's leading weekly soccer magazine, effective immediately. "kicker" is published by Olympia Verlag,. Its undisputed expertise makes "kicker" the leading trade magazine in the soccer segment. Approximately 3 million readers each week follow the latest goings-on in soccer in "kicker."   ...more

Hamburg, 29 January 2010
Maylis Chevalier takes over as Group Publishing Director of G+J España on 1 February 2010. In this role, she will be responsible for the strategy and business of all G+J España magazine titles, including COSMOPOLITAN, GEO, MIA, MARIE CLAIRE, MUY INTERESANTE, MUY JUNIOR and SER PADRES HOY as well as their special editions and supplements.   ...more

Munich, January 25, 2010
At a joint press conference today, marketing companies G+J Electronic Media Sales (EMS), IP Deutschland, SevenOne Media and TOMORROW FOCUS announced the founding of AdAudience GmbH. The EU Commission approved the four marketers' joint venture on January 22. All four hold equal parts of the new company, based in Düsseldorf. Frank Herold, hitherto Director Sales at IP Deutschland's Interactive operation, will become AdAudience's Managing Director.  ...more

Hamburg, 11 January 2010
At a ceremony in Berlin, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen on Monday rang in the "International Jahr of Biodiversity." Proclaimed by the United Nations, the year will be marked by a wide variety of activities in numerous countries, organized to build people's awareness of how valuable it is to have a high diversity of plants and animals, ecosystems and genetic variety.   ...more