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''Ganske Verlagsgruppe'' (translated Ganske Publishing Group) is a German publishing

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comprising eighteen distinct companies. The group is active mainly in

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and

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publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

with an emphasis on travel, gourmet, lifestyle, and architecture, orientated towards an upscale market. It has approximately 2,000 employees. The corporate headquarters are in

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, with offices in

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and several other cities. Licensed versions of the group's magazines as well as corporate publishing products such as the '' BMW Magazine'' and the ''

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Magazine'' are published throughout the world. The group started

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ventures such as the weekly newspaper ''Die Woche'' and monthly magazine ''TEMPO'', breeding several well known

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s and experimenting with new styles that later became staples of the journalistic toolbox. Because of the group's upscale portfolio, reputation for innovation and high profitability it has been the target of several unsuccessful

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attempts.

History

In 1907,

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established the

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service ''Lesezirkel daheim'' in Kiel, which would later become the current group of companies. In 1938, the ''Lesezirkel'' maintained 30 outlets throughout Germany serving 180,000 customers. In 1941, Kurt Ganske – the son of the company's founder – invested in the ''Hoffmann und Campe Verlag'' in Hamburg. Nine years later, he took over the remaining shares of the

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. After his father's death in 1979, Thomas Ganske, the current owner, took on responsibility for the group. Thomas Ganske has gradually restructured the company since 1990. In 2001, these measures resulted in setting up the ''Ganske Verlagsgruppe'' as a

of which he became

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Business Units

Book Publishing * HOFFMANN UND CAMPE * HOFFMANN UND CAMPE Corporate Publishing * DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG (dtv) * GRÄFE UND UNZER * TEUBNER * HALLWAG * GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS * TRAVEL HOUSE MEDIA * MERIAN Live! * GUIDE MICHELIN *

Hatje Cantz Verlag Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd HatjeFÜR SIE * PETRA * VITAL * DER FEINSCHMECKER * WEIN GOURMET * MERIAN * A&W Architektur & Wohnen * COUNTRY * ZUHAUSE WOHNEN * SELBER MACHEN * PRINZ Electronic Publishing * iPUBLISH * MERIAN scout (navigation software) * Kartographie * Travel and Event Databases Distribution / Retail / Hotel * LESERKREIS DAHEIM * PRESSE SERVICE GESELLSCHAFT * WERBE MERKUR * RHENANIA BUCHVERSAND * AKZENTE VERSANDBUCHHANDLUNG * Mail:Order:Kaiser * FRÖLICH UND KAUFMANN Art Books * HOTEL HOHENHAUS (a

member)

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