Hamburg, 4 July 2002
Andreas Lebert (46) will take over the role of editor-in-chief for the G+J magazines BRIGITTE and BRIGITTE WOMAN by October 1 2002 at the latest.  ...more

Hamburg, June 18 2002
With effect from July 1 2002, Anne Volk (58) will, voluntarily and at her own request, hand over the helm of the G+J Brigitte publishing group (BRIGITTE, BRIGITTE YOUNG MISS, BRIGITTE WOMAN) to Dr. Volker Breid (40).  ...more

Hamburg, January 19, 2006
Austria´s biggest and most popular women´s magazine has a new editor-in-chief. Euke Frank, 38, a member of the WOMAN senior editorial team, is now taking on the sole responsibility for the magazine. She succeeds Uschi Fellner, who is leaving the News publishing group of her own accord.   ...more

Hamburg, October 10, 2003
Double the gross circulation, and positive responses both from readers and advertisin–customers – Gruner + Jahr is very happy with the way things have been going at "Brigitte Young Miss" since its relaunch this summer. The first magazine in the new look, the August issue (on newsstands Jul 16), sold a total of 275,856 copies: or, as G+J reports, double the gross circulation of previous issues. The September issue (on newsstands Aug 13) registered another increase, selling 295,000 copies.  ...more

Hamburg, August 7, 2003
The latest addition to the BRIGITTE brand is called BRIGITTE COOKIE. With 164 pages in total, the new pocket format magazine presents quick and easy recipes straight out of the BRIGITTE kitchen. G+J are planning to publish COOKIE four times a year from 2004. In six categories ("pasta", "soups & salads", "mains", "fit and slim", "party!" and "So sweet") BRIGITTE COOKIE offers one recipe on every double page. Each magazine comprises 60 recipes in total. Thanks to a clear structure and many tips and tricks, the outstanding BRIGITTE quality recipes make you feel like cooking and enjoying the results straight away.   ...more

Hamburg, October 21, 2002
WOMAN, the new lifestyle magazine by Europe´s largest magazine publisher, the print and publishing house Gruner + Jahr, will be available in the shops from October 22. In line with its motto "more variety - topicality - service", the fortnightly magazine WOMAN offers a content mixture which is unique on the German magazine market.   ...more

Hamburg, 22. August 2002
G+J Electronic Media Sales (G+J EMS) - Gruner + Jahr¿s online marketer ¿ has three number 1 sites in its portfolio with boerseonline.de, brigitte.de and handy.de. This is revealed by the current Online Coverages Monitor (ORM) 2002 II, which, similar to the "Media Analysis" for printed media, monitors and records reliable, coverage-related performance figures of 115 online advertising media.  ...more

Hamburg, April 26, 2006
For the past 50 years, an international panel of judges at the WORLD PRESS PHOTO Foundation has selected the best and most stirring photos of a given year. This year´s WORLD PRESS PHOTO exhibition again shows moving, haunting images that chronicle the events of the past year. The WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2006 exhibition includes stirring and unsettling pictures of the Iraq War, the Kashmir Earthquake and Hurricane "Katrina" along the U.S. Gulf Coast. It also features equally fascinating photographs from the realms of sports, culture, nature and science.  ...more

Hamburg, April 27, 2005
Each year for 50 years now, the World Press Photo Foundation´s international panel of judges has picked the best and most memorable press photographs of the previous year. This year, the World Press Photo exhibition again shows moving and haunting images: of the aftermath of the Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, the hostage-taking in Beslan, and of political unrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.   ...more

Hamburg, March 18, 2005
Gruner + Jahr, Europe´s largest magazine publisher, once again delivered a gratifying performance in 2004, at the same time forming the basis for lastingly increasing the company´s value and for strong growth. As G+J CEO Dr. Bernd Kundrun said today at the annual press briefing in Hamburg, the goal is to increase revenues to roughly €3.5 billion by 2010, while raising operating ROS to over 10 percent. He is relying on "the triad of innovation, acquisition and merger" to achieve these targets.  ...more

Hamburg, February 7, 2005
Gruner + Jahr is investing in the future of its American print subsidiary Brown Printing (BPC): As part of an investment project, it plans to install two state-of-the-art offset rotary presses at its production plant in Waseca, Minnesota. The print finishing capacities, too, will be expanded by two modern adhesive binder lines, a flowline trimmer and an automatically equipped high-rack warehouse with automated guided vehicles.  ...more

Hamburg, May 13, 2004
As part of its international strategy for expansion, Gruner + Jahr is testing a new title in the Spanish magazine market.  ...more

Hamburg, May 7, 2004
Gruner + Jahr continues to expand its international portfolio, this time in Austria. The local NEWS publishing group is launching a new magazine for young women between the ages of 15 and 25.  ...more

New York, February 17, 2004
Axel Ganz, President of Gruner + Jahr´s International Magazine Division and interim Chief Executive Officer of Gruner + Jahr USA, announced the appointment of Cindy Still to Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing. In this role, Still, who joins Gruner + Jahr USA from Time 4 Media, a division of Time Inc., will oversee circulation and consumer marketing functions for all Gruner + Jahr USA titles.  ...more

Categories New York, NY - April 11, 2003
Julie Pinkwater, Publisher of Gruner + Jahr USA‘s Fitness magazine, announced that Jeanne Sachs joins the magazine as Associate Publisher. Sachs comes to Fitness from Gruner + Jahr USA‘s New Business Development team. Prior to that, she was Associate Publisher at Rosie magazine.  ...more

Hamburg, London, Warsaw, December 6, 2002
G+J Polska, the Polish subsidiary company of Europe´s largest print and publishing house Gruner + Jahr, will launch the internationally successful women´s magazine GLAMOUR in Spring 2003. GLAMOUR will be published by G+J Polska under the Condé Nast license. The editor-in-chief of GLAMOUR Poland will be Grazyna Olbrych, 37, who up to now has been managing "Cosmopolitan" Poland.  ...more

Hamburg, 29 August 2002
GÉO ADO is the latest addition to the family of the successful reporting and knowledge magazine for children and young people and will be available in France from September. It will be published monthly and will present knowledge and information on geography, history, ethnology and biology to boys and girls in the 10 - 15 age group in a playful and fun way.   ...more

Hamburg, 7. August 2002
Germany is online and so are the women. Anyone who has not yet had the opportunity to learn to use the Internet can now remedy that situation. Free introductory courses will be offered again throughout Germany in September and October for newcomers to the Internet. These will be followed in November by practical courses for women who want to deepen their knowledge (30 Euro). People can register via the free hotline on 0800-330 81 97.   ...more

Hamburg, 24 July 2002
The coverage data from MA 2002 Press Media II were released on July 24, 2002. This survey gives current coverage data for Gruner + Jahr and its competitors.   ...more