Bernward Malaka (born August 31, 1962, in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
, West Germany) is an internet entrepreneur and consultant. He was also active as publisher and musician.
In 1976 Malaka was co-founder and bass player of German punk band Male. He founded the band
Die Krupps
Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/electronic body music, EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper, and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.
The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, i ...
in 1980, which had international success and a substantial impact on the development of electronic and industrial music. From 1991 he developed TV tie-in publishing in Germany with the publishing house "vgs". Between 2000 and 2004, Malaka was head of the
Egmont Group's German book business, including comic book publishers "Ehapa Comic Collection" and "Egmont Manga & Anime".
In collaboration with Christoph Mause, a German internet expert, Malaka started the international event search engine "now-in.org" in 2007.
References
External links
now-in.org(archived)
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1962 births
Living people
Musicians from Düsseldorf
German publishers (people)
German electronic musicians
Die Krupps members