Computec Media GmbH is a German computer media company headquartered in Fürth. It is a subsidiary of the Swiss Marquard Media Group. The company publishes multiple magazines and websites related to computers, video gaming and media.
History
Computec Media was founded in 1989 by Christian Geltenpoth who led the company until 2005.
In 1999, the company tried to establish itself in the United States but had to cancel its operations after only ten months.
From 1998 to 2013, it was traded in the
General Standard of the Frankfurt stock exchange. In 2005, the Swiss
Marquard Media AG became the company's major stock holder and on 1 October 2013 it bought the remaining stocks via a
squeeze-out
A squeeze-out or squeezeout, sometimes synonymous with '' freeze-out'', is the compulsory sale of the shares of minority shareholders of a joint-stock company for which they receive a fair cash compensation.
This technique allows one or more share ...
. Computec Media was delisted and transformed into a
GmbH
(; ) is a type of Juridical person, legal entity in German-speaking countries. It is equivalent to a (Sàrl) in the Romandy, French-speaking region of Switzerland and to a (Sagl) in the Ticino, Italian-speaking region of Switzerland.
It is a ...
. In 2014 the company bought the
Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
- and
Raspberry-Pi-related magazines of
Medialinx and in 2016 the mobile phone news website Areamobile.de.
Computec Media was the publisher of a number of now-defunct magazines, such as ''SEGA Magazin, PC Action, Play Time, Amiga Games, Mega Fun
''and ''XBG Games.''
Subsidiaries
* Golem Media GmbH Berlin, Germany
Publications
* ''Buffed''
* ''Games Aktuell''
* gamesworld.de
* gamezone.de
* Golem.de
* ''
Linux-Magazin''
* ''
LinuxUser
''LinuxUser'' is a German computer magazine for Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, b ...
''
* ''N-Zone
''
* ''
PC Games
''PC Games'' is a monthly-released PC gaming magazine published by the Computec Media GmbH in Germany.
History
''PC Games'' was founded in 1992 and included a 3½-in floppy disk, which was changed to a CD-ROM in 1995. By 1999 it became the ...
''
* ''PC Games MMORE''
* ''PC Games Hardware''
* ''Play⁵''
* ''Raspberry Pi Geek''
* videogameszone.de
References
External links
Computec MediaMarquard Media AG
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1989 establishments in West Germany
Publishing companies of Germany
Companies based in Bavaria
German companies established in 1989