Hamburg, July 14, 2003
Gruner + Jahr has successfully launched the women´s magazine GLAMOUR in Poland. On average, the first three editions (April - June, 2003) of the monthly title found more than 330,000 female buyers. In comparison with the average sales in 2002 within the segment of high quality women´s titles, GLAMOUR was not only ahead of internationally renowned titles, such as "Elle" (94.896) and "Cosmopolitan" (121.331), but it also beat local magazine "Twój Styl" (295.507) from the very beginning.  ...more

Hamburg, 24 November 2009
As part of the strategic realignment of its international activities, Gruner + Jahr has sold its Russian operations to Axel Springer AG. The takeover of G+J Russia (OOO G+J Magazines) will become effective on December, 1 2009. The magazines GEO, GEOLenok, GEOTraveller and GALA Biografia and the www.geo.ru, www.moiroditeli.ru and www.moizvezdi.ru websites will be continued by Axel Springer Russia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Springer, under license.   ...more

Hamburg, March 23, 2007
Gruner + Jahr´s growth was faster than that of any other German major publisher for the second consecutive year, forcefully underscoring its position as Europe´s biggest magazine publisher and Germany´s highestsales publishing house. Results were the highest they have been since 2000, the year of the Internet boom. Profitability also increased for the second year running.  ...more

Hamburg, March 14, 2007
Gruner + Jahr continues its international expansionist course by entering a joint venture with the Mexican magazine publisher Editorial Televisa, with effect from April 1, 2007. Editorial Televisa has already been publishing the Mexican editions of the popular-science magazine MUY INTERESANTE and the parenting magazine SER PADRES since 1986 under license. Editorial Televisa is part of Grupo Televisa, the largest media group in the Spanish-speaking countries. Beyond the magazine business, it also operates satellite services, TV channels and online portals.  ...more

Hamburg, November 7, 2006
Gruner + Jahr has enhanced its position in China considerably by investing in BODA, a Chinese company based in Peking. The deal includes the merger of the Ray Li titles handled by BODA (four magazines) with the G+J/CLIP portfolio (four magazines). This step opens up the possibility for G+J to further develop the country´s second-biggest magazine portfolio by circulation and revenue.  ...more

Hamburg, March 27, 2006
Gruner + Jahr, Europe´s biggest magazine publisher and the strongest-selling German publisher, lastingly enhanced its leading market position in fiscal 2005. For the first time in four years, G+J increased its revenues and achieved significant growth in profits, managing to pull off a turnaround in a difficult market environment.  ...more

Hamburg, January 30, 2006
G+J´s International Magazines division is bundling Gruner + Jahr´s publishing businesses in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Based in Warsaw, Mario Husten will manage the publishing activities in the region, including Poland and Russia, as President Central Eastern Europe as of February 2006.   ...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, September 20, 2005
G+J´s International Magazines division is finalizing its management team. Pierre Riandet, 39, has been appointed Executive Vice President International Magazines divison, effective Nov 1, 2005. He reports directly to Dr. Torsten-Jörn Klein, G+J Executive Director of the International Magazines division.   ...more

Hamburg, August 30, 2005
GLAMOUR will soon be hitting Dutch newsstands, courtesy of G+J. The publisher is partnering with Condé Nast to publish a Dutch edition of the internationally successful women´s magazine beginning Sep 1.   ...more

Hamburg / Zagreb, July 13, 2005
Gruner + Jahr and the Austrian media group Styria Medien AG plan to set up a joint venture for the Croatian magazine market via their respective subsidiaries. It would focus primarily on G+J´s internationally popular magazine brands.   ...more

Hamburg, 30. Mai 2005
After 27 years of serving Gruner + Jahr, 15 of them as Executive Board member in charge of international magazine operations, Axel Ganz (67) will set up a new company with G+J in Paris, devoted to developing new magazines for the French market.   ...more

Hamburg, April 11, 2005
Last Friday, April 8th, 2005, the EU Antitrust Commission granted its approval of Gruner + Jahr´s acquisition of the majority of shares in Motor-Presse Stuttgart.   ...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 22, 2005
Prisma Presse, G+J´s French subsidiary welcomes 2005 with an innovative magazine launch. Today marks the introduction of PRIMA MAISON, a line extension to the publisher´s practical women´s magazine PRIMA.  ...more

Hamburg, January 11, 2005
Gruner + Jahr is furthering its expansion in 2005 and will start publishing the internationally successful women´s magazine GLAMOUR in Holland under license from Condé Nast this fall. In the wake of the highly successful Polish edition of GLAMOUR, this is the second international collaboration between the two publishers. In Poland, GLAMOUR was voted "Magazine Launch of the Year 2003" and currently sells 203,717 copies per issue.  ...more

Hamburg, December 13, 2004
The G+J magazine QUEST was pronounced the "Launch of the Year 2004" in the Netherlands. A panel of 15 judges furnished by the Dutch magazine association NUV selected QUEST as the No.1 among 52 new titles, preferring it to rivals including Hearst´s "Cosmo Girl" or Linda de Mol´s "Linda."  ...more

Hamburg, November 30, 2004
Gruner + Jahr is acquiring the Würzburg- based Vogel media group´s shares (45.7 percent) in Vereinigte Motor- Verlage (VMV), Stuttgart, effective January 1, 2005. G+J currently owns 17.1 percent of VMV.  ...more

Hamburg, November 1, 2004
Gruner + Jahr has added another member to its international GALA family. Today marks the launch of GALA BIOGRAFIA in Russia, an innovative, upscale people magazine. GALA BIOGRAFIA, published monthly in the fresh new premium pocket format, reports on show stars and celebrities with exciting biographies.  ...more

Hamburg, October 25, 2004
Europe´s biggest magazine publisher has launched another magazine innovation in Russia: The new travel journal GEO TRAVELLER, the latest member in the exceedingly successful GEO family, hits Russian newsstands today.  ...more