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Wed, 16 May 12 00:00:00 +0200

Hamburg, 11 May 2012
This evening, the publishing house Gruner + Jahr and stern presented the eighth Henri Nannen Prizes for excellence in German-language print and online journalism. A total of 22 winners were honoured at a ceremony at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, with 1,200 prominent guests from the media, culture, political, and business community in attendance.

Gruner + Jahr raises revenues yet again while investing in its core business and the digital future of its strong brands. G+J Germany obtains a record result in 2011. G+J International expands its engagement in India.

Thu, 29 Mar 12 00:00:00 +0200

Hamburg, March 29, 2012
Gruner + Jahr looks back on a good fiscal 2011: G+J recorded a slight, mainly organic growth in revenues in the period under review, with the operating result remaining high and above the level of the pre-crisis years. Adjusted revenues reached a level of 2.29 billion Euro1 (2010: 2.26 billion Euro), operating EBIT was 233 million Euro (2010: 260 million Euro). Thus the operating result for 2011 again significantly exceeded pre-crisis levels. The anticipated decline was due to a significant increase in paper prices, higher development costs for digitization, a large number of innovative new publication titles as well as being due to weak market and business performance in Southern European markets and in the printing sector. Return on sales in the period under review reached a level of 10.2 percent, following 11.5 percent in the previous year.

Thomas Rabe takes over chair of Gruner + Jahr AG Supervisory Board

Tue, 10 Jan 12 00:00:00 +0100

Hamburg, 10 January 2012
The members of Gruner + Jahr AG's Supervisory Board yesterday elected Thomas Rabe (46) to serve as its chairman. Rabe, CEO at Bertelsmann AG, is taking over the role from Hartmut Ostrowski, who left the Supervisory Board as of 31 December 2011. Rabe will take up the position with immediate effect. In a parallel development, Thomas Hesse (45), currently president of global digital business and corporate strategy at Sony Music Entertainment, has been elected to the Supervisory Board of Gruner + Jahr AG as a new member in an extraordinary General Meeting.

Gruner + Jahr launches VOGUE in the Netherlands

Tue, 29 Nov 11 00:00:00 +0100

Hamburg / Amsterdam / New York, 28 November 2011
In the Netherlands, Gruner + Jahr subsidiary G+J Uitgevers will launch the Dutch edition of VOGUE in spring 2012. The legendary fashion magazine will be published under licence from Cond� Nast. Karin Swerink will become editor-in-chief of the Dutch edition of VOGUE – Swerink brought GLAMOUR magazine onto the Dutch market in 2005, and has successfully run the masthead since then. This makes her well equipped to run the new title: she has gathered a great deal of experience in her current position and has cultivated outstanding contacts in all domains of the fashion industry.

Motor Presse Stuttgart shareholders appoint Dr. Volker Breid new managing director

Mon, 28 Nov 11 00:00:00 +0100

Stuttgart / Hamburg, 28 November 2011
Dr. Volker Breid will assume his new role as managing director of Motor Presse Stuttgart on 1 March 2012. The position means that he will be responsible for coordinating all of the publishing house's national and international activities. He succeeds Dr. Friedrich Wehrle, who will bow out on that day as previously agreed, having reached the retirement age of 60. To ensure a professional changeover of responsibility, Dr. Breid will be present in Stuttgart as of February.

Reorganisation of Gruner + Jahr Germany's publishing groups as of 1 February 2012

Mon, 28 Nov 11 00:00:00 +0100

Hamburg, 28 November 2011
Gruner + Jahr Germany will restructure the organisation of its publishing groups as of 1 February 2012. The transfer of Dr. Volker Breid, currently publishing director at G+J Women's/Family/People, to the position of managing director at Motor Presse Stuttgart, will bring with it a structural realignment at G+J's four publishing units. This transformation will also see G+J publishing directors Julia J�kel and Thomas Lindner assume responsibility for several new activities.

A new addition to the international GEO family: GEO EPOCHE launches in the Czech Republic

Wed, 02 Nov 11 00:00:00 +0100

Hamburg / Prague, November 2, 2011
GEO EPOCHE, Germany's market-leading single-topic history magazine and part of the GEO family, will hit the newsstands in the Czech Republic for the first time on November 2, 2011. The title will be published as a licensed edition by Ringier/Axel Springer, which also publishes the Czech edition of the reportage magazine GEO. GEO EPOCHE will be launched onto the Czech market at a price equivalent to approximately four Euro and with an initial print run of 10,000. An advertising campaign in print and online media and on TV will accompany the launch. A decision on publishing frequency will be taken once initial information on sales is available.

Henri Nannen Prize competition 2012 launches with a new category and new jury members

Wed, 02 Nov 11 00:00:00 +0100

Hamburg, November 2, 2012
Europe's leading magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr and its magazine stern are awarding the Henri Nannen Prize for the eighth time. Nominations are now being accepted for this prestigious journalism prize for print and online work published in the German media in 2011. Everyone – readers, writers, and photographers – is encouraged to propose prize-worthy works. The Henri Nannen Prize will be presented on May 11, 2012 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theater in Hamburg.

Gruner + Jahr: Successful in core business – G+J increases revenues in first half of 2011 – results remain on high level

Thu, 01 Sep 11 00:00:00 +0200

Hamburg, 1 September 2011
Group revenues at Gruner + Jahr rose considerably year-on-year to € 1,250 million (2010: € 1,217 million) while operating EBIT remained almost the same as in 2010. G+J generated an operating EBIT adjusted for one-off effects, of € 126 million compared to € 130 million in 2010. This is a very positive result, especially considering the rise in paper prices. G+J again achieved a return of 10.1 % (2010: 10.7 %) despite inconsistent developments in the global markets relevant to the company.

G+J / Motor Presse Stuttgart launches CARRO HOJE in Brazil

Mon, 29 Aug 11 00:00:00 +0200

Hamburg / Stuttgart, 29 August 2011
Motor Presse Stuttgart is considerably extending its market presence in Brazil with the launch of CARRO HOJE, Brazil's first weekly car magazine. The CARRO HOJE concept is entirely new and unique in the Brazilian automobile periodicals market and centres primarily on benefits to consumers: each week the 84 pages of CARRO HOJE provide readers with a detailed, clear and comprehensible guide to the automobile market. On top of this, CARRO HOJE is the first car magazine in Brazil to offer its readers editorial content on used cars.