Gruner and Jahr

Bertelsmann produces, serves and markets media. Our content is contributed by RTL Group, the No. 1 European broadcaster; Random House, the world's largest book-publishing group; and Gruner + Jahr, Europe's biggest magazine publisher. Arvato provides media and communication services, while Direct Group is the global market leader in media distribution through clubs and on the Internet.

Entrepreneurial Thought and Action
Gruner + Jahr stands for independent, credible and self-reliant content of the highest quality. These characteristics can only flourish in a pluralistic and journalistically independent atmosphere. Yet journalistic freedom is impossible without economic independence. Hence Gruner + Jahr is guided by entrepreneurial thought and action as well as journalistic principles. Economic success and long-term profitability guarantee the journalistic quality of Gruner + Jahr's products.

All of the over 12,500 employees of Gruner + Jahr are committed to these principles. The five G+J divisions are exploring new fields and optimizing existing areas of business. By innovation and investment, Gruner + Jahr is ensuring that the economic and publishing success of Europe's largest magazine publishing company will remain viable in the future.

Facts and figures
With over 500 online- and print-products in thirty countries, 14,500 employees, and a turnover of around 2.83 billion Euro in the financial year 2007, Gruner + Jahr AG & Co KG is Europe's largest magazine publisher. The operating EBIT in 2006 was 264 million Euro. Bertelsmann AG owns 74.9% of Gruner + Jahr, while the remaining 25.1% is owned by the publisher family Jahr from Hamburg. The company is based in Hamburg. With a share of 54,2% of the overall turnover, Gruner + Jahr is one of the world's most international magazine publishing houses.

Gruner + Jahr's business activities are structured in five divisions: G+J Germany; G+J International;G+J France; Print; and Corporate Services. The Newspapers unit is part of the Corporate Services division. G+J's most important international holding is Prisma Presse S.N.C. in Paris. Prisma Presse is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of G+J and is the second-largest and most profitable magazine publisher in France. Gruner + Jahr also publishes magazines in China, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Russia, Spain, Adriatic Countries and Mexico. Beyond these international activities, Gruner + Jahr also owns a stake in Germany's Dresdner Druck- und Verlagshaus (60 %), Motor-Presse Stuttgart (56.5 %), am SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG (25.25 %) and the Hamburg School of Journalism (95 %). In May 2005, Gruner + Jahr, arvato and Axel Springer, transferred their German rotogravure activities to the new gravure printing company, Prinovis.With 37.45 percent each, Gruner + Jahr and arvato have an equal stake in the new joint venture, while the Axel Springer AG holds a share of 25.1 percent. The G+J printing houses of the Brown Printing Company (BPC) in the USA are among the most modern printing houses worldwide. BPC are the fourth largest magazine printers in the USA.

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