Hubert Burda Media
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| Holding Limited Partnership | |
| Industry |
Media Publishing Broadcasting Online services Printing |
| Founded | Offenburg, 1898 |
| Founder | Franz Burda I |
| Headquarters | Offenburg, Germany |
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Number of locations
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Global |
| Revenue | 2.45 billion EUR (2012) |
| Owner | Hubert Burda (60%) |
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Number of employees
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9,241 (2012) |
| Website | www.hubert-burda-media.com |
Hubert Burda Media (often abbreviated as simply "Burda") is a German privately held, family-owned global media company with its origins in printing and magazine publishing. It is among Europe's largest publishers and leading consumer-internet companies. Burda is headquartered in Offenburg and Munich and employs almost 10,300 people globally (2015). Since 2010, Paul-Bernhard Kallen has been serving as the company's CEO.
Hubert Burda Media began as an Offenburg, Germany, printing facility in 1898, founded by Franz Burda I. The company expanded between 1898 and 1945 to include the production of dressmaking patterns and magazines. During the Second World War, Burda Media stopped publishing their 'S rag' magazine and only printed maps for the German General Staff. In 1949, Franz Burda II and his wife Aenne Burda began publishing women’s fashion magazines.
In 2009, Burda ceased his print magazines Young, Tomorrow and Amica because of the print media crises.
In 2017, Burda bought Immediate Media Company
Hubert Burda Media is engaged in four main business areas: Domestic Publishing (Germany), International Publishing, Digital, and Printing.
Hubert Burda Media publishes 164 magazines in its German home market (2015). The portfolio ranges from women, fashion and entertainment (Burda Style, Bunte, InStyle, Freundin, Lisa), news, men and lifestyle (FOCUS, Super Illu, TV Spielfilm, Playboy), food and living (Mein Schöner Garten, Meine Familie & Ich, Das Haus) to consumer technology (CHIP). In March 2016, Hubert Burda Media made its Drupal 8 based Content Management System Thunder available online as a free open-source platform for use and further development by other publishers.
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