Gruner + Jahr

German publisher
Organization publishing_house Q481536
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Gruner + Jahr

Summary

Gruner + Jahr is a publishing house[1]. It draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #124 of 994).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gruner + Jahr held citizenship in Germany[3].
  • Gruner + Jahr is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Gruner + Jahr's instance of is recorded as publishing house[5].
  • Gruner + Jahr's founder is recorded as John Jahr[6].
  • Gruner + Jahr's founder is recorded as Richard Gruner[7].
  • Gruner + Jahr's founder is recorded as Gerd Bucerius[8].
  • Gruner + Jahr is owned by Bertelsmann[9].
  • Richard Gruner is named after Gruner + Jahr[10].
  • John Jahr is named after Gruner + Jahr[11].
  • Gruner + Jahr's headquarters location is recorded as Hamburg[12].
  • Gruner + Jahr's chief executive officer is recorded as Q1711862[13].
  • Gruner + Jahr's child organization or unit is recorded as Maxposure Media Group[14].
  • Gruner + Jahr's child organization or unit is recorded as News[15].
  • Gruner + Jahr's child organization or unit is recorded as 11FREUNDE Verlag[16].
  • Gruner + Jahr's child organization or unit is recorded as Stern[17].
  • Gruner + Jahr's child organization or unit is recorded as Q106697196[18].
  • Gruner + Jahr's Commons category is recorded as Gruner + Jahr[19].
  • August 1, 1948 marks the founding of Gruner + Jahr[20].
  • Gruner + Jahr's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bertelsmann[21].
  • Gruner + Jahr's parent organization or unit is recorded as RTL Deutschland[22].
  • Gruner + Jahr's official website is recorded as https://www.guj.de/[23].
  • Gruner + Jahr's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gruner + Jahr[24].
  • Gruner + Jahr's product or material produced is recorded as newspaper[25].
  • Gruner + Jahr's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10079'}[26].
  • Gruner + Jahr's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10551'}[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3a4b1238-6585-4ddd-8722-0353b6764704[28]

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Founding

Founders include John Jahr[6], Richard Gruner[7], and Gerd Bucerius[8]. August 1, 1948 marks the founding of Gruner + Jahr[20].

Leadership

Gruner + Jahr's chief executive officer is recorded as Q1711862[13].

Operations

Gruner + Jahr's headquarters location is recorded as Hamburg[12]. Parent organizations include Bertelsmann[21], a concern[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1835[31], headquartered in Gütersloh[32] and RTL Deutschland[22], a media company[33], in Germany[34], headquartered in Cologne[35]. Subsidiaries include Maxposure Media Group[14], a business[36], headquartered in New Delhi[37]; News[15], a publishing house[38], founded in 1992[39], headquartered in Vienna[40]; 11FREUNDE Verlag[16]; Stern[17], a weekly magazine[41], in Germany[42], founded in 1948[43], headquartered in Hamburg[44]; and Q106697196[18].

Ownership

Gruner + Jahr is owned by Bertelsmann[9]. Its product or material produced is recorded as newspaper[25].

Why It Matters

Gruner + Jahr draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #124 of 994).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . guj.de. Retrieved . guj.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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