Verlagsgruppe News Gesellschaft m.b.H. (News Publishing Group) is an Austrian publishing company that publishes fifteen magazines, including ''
Profil'' and ''
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the te ...
'', two weekly news magazines, and ''News online''.
News has over 500 employees and approximately 60% of the magazine advertising market in Austria.
Prior to their merger in 2001, leadership in the Austrian magazine market was contested between News and the
Kurier Group, which at that time published ''
Profil''. The merger was unsuccessfully challenged by seven Austrian newspapers.
["Magazinfusion kommt vor EU-Behorde" ''Der Standard'' (Vienna) 13 July 2001] News is controlled by
Gruner + Jahr Gruner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader
* Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer
* Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter
* Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), Swiss ca ...
, a printing and publishing company with headquarters in
Hamburg
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, who own 56 percent of the stock.
References
External links
"Verlagsgruppe NEWS Gesellschaft m.b.H." ''Publicitas Promotion Network''in English
"NEWS" ''the-latest.news''in English
Publishing companies of Austria
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