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''Ganske Verlagsgruppe'' (translated Ganske Publishing Group) is a German publishing holding company comprising eighteen distinct companies. The group is active mainly in book 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 Hamburg, with offices in Munich and several other cities. Licensed versions of the group's magazines as well as corporate publishing products such as the '' BMW Magazine'' and the '' Relais & Chateaux Magazine'' are published throughout the world. The group started avantgarde ventures such as the weekly newspaper ''Die Woche'' and monthly magazine ''TEMPO'', breeding several well known journalists 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 takeover attempts.

History

In 1907, Richard Ganske 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 publishing house. 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 holding company of which he became chief executive officer.

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 Magazine Publishing (Jahreszeiten Verlag) * FÜR 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 Relais & Chateaux member)

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