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Since 2001, Weltbild had had a joint venture with OZ-Verlag in the magazine sector (Living & More GmbH, Offenburg). There were also 50/50 joint ventures with the Belgian media company Belgomedia (Bayard Presse, France, and Roularta Media, Belgium). Weltbild published magazines in the Parenting and Family, 40-plus/50-plus, and Home and Garden segments. In fiscal 2007/2008, Weltbild sold its entire magazine division to the French Bayard Group.[2]
As of 2006, Weltbild claims to be Germany's largest media and mail-order company, with a market share of ten percent. It also says it is No. 2 among online book retailers (presumably after Amazon.de). Weltbild employs some 6,400 employees and has a revenue of 1,7 billion EUR. According to the enterprise, some 5,5 million customers in the German-speaking countries buy Weltbild books by mail order, in one of the 300 Weltbild shops or over the Internet. Its mail-order catalogue has a print run of four million.[citation needed]
Weltbild filed for Bankruptcy on 10 January 2014.[3] On 2 August 2014 the financial investor Droege International Group bought 60% of the company's shares and started a recapitalisation.[4]
Controversy
Erotica books in the assortment of the company caused a controversy in 2011.[5]
In June 2013, Weltbild ran into controversy when they notified Canadian based publishing house Icon Empire Press that they would no longer be carrying their book titles. Weltbild informed the publishing house that they were owned by the Diocese of the Catholic Church of Germany and the book titles carried by Icon Empire Press did not meet the standards of traditional values.[6]
References
^Kerler, Michael (22 December 2015). . Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Mediengruppe Pressedruck. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^"Bayard übernimmt den Zeitschriftenbereich von Weltbild". new-business.de (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
^"Catholic Church-owned German bookseller Weltbild files for insolvency". Reuters.
^"Insolventer Verlagskonzern: Investor Droege übernimmt Weltbild schrittweise". 4 August 2014 – via Spiegel Online.
^"Catholic Church Makes A Fortune In The German Porn Business". Worldcrunch.
^"Germany's Catholic-owned Weltbild sells straight erotica but drops Vancouver gay literature publisher".
External links
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Weltbild Publishing Group news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German November 2011 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 762 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Verlagsgruppe Weltbild see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Verlagsgruppe Weltbild to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Weltbild Publishing Group German Verlagsgruppe Weltbild is a major German publisher and media retailer based in Augsburg It is partner of the holding company DBH Deutsche Buch Handels GmbH amp Co KG and itself it is owned by the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church of Germany The name Weltbild roughly translates to worldview Weltbild Publishing GroupTypeGmbH amp Co KGFounded2001FounderJosef HallHeadquartersAugsburg GermanyKey peopleChristian Sailer Angela SchunemannNumber of employees1 300 December 2015 1 ParentDroege International GroupWebsitewww wbr weltbild wbr comSince 2001 Weltbild had had a joint venture with OZ Verlag in the magazine sector Living amp More GmbH Offenburg There were also 50 50 joint ventures with the Belgian media company Belgomedia Bayard Presse France and Roularta Media Belgium Weltbild published magazines in the Parenting and Family 40 plus 50 plus and Home and Garden segments In fiscal 2007 2008 Weltbild sold its entire magazine division to the French Bayard Group 2 As of 2006 Weltbild claims to be Germany s largest media and mail order company with a market share of ten percent It also says it is No 2 among online book retailers presumably after Amazon de Weltbild employs some 6 400 employees and has a revenue of 1 7 billion EUR According to the enterprise some 5 5 million customers in the German speaking countries buy Weltbild books by mail order in one of the 300 Weltbild shops or over the Internet Its mail order catalogue has a print run of four million citation needed Contents 1 Bankruptcy 2 Controversy 3 References 4 External linksBankruptcy EditWeltbild filed for Bankruptcy on 10 January 2014 3 On 2 August 2014 the financial investor Droege International Group bought 60 of the company s shares and started a recapitalisation 4 Controversy EditErotica books in the assortment of the company caused a controversy in 2011 5 In June 2013 Weltbild ran into controversy when they notified Canadian based publishing house Icon Empire Press that they would no longer be carrying their book titles Weltbild informed the publishing house that they were owned by the Diocese of the Catholic Church of Germany and the book titles carried by Icon Empire Press did not meet the standards of traditional values 6 References Edit Kerler Michael 22 December 2015 Kurz vor Weihnachten Weltbild entlasst 48 Mitarbeiter Augsburger Allgemeine in German Mediengruppe Pressedruck Archived from the original on 2 July 2017 Retrieved 7 November 2017 Bayard ubernimmt den Zeitschriftenbereich von Weltbild new business de in German Retrieved 19 November 2022 Catholic Church owned German bookseller Weltbild files for insolvency Reuters Insolventer Verlagskonzern Investor Droege ubernimmt Weltbild schrittweise 4 August 2014 via Spiegel Online Catholic Church Makes A Fortune In The German Porn Business Worldcrunch Germany s Catholic owned Weltbild sells straight erotica but drops Vancouver gay literature publisher External links EditOfficial website German language Official Weltbild website This German corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weltbild Publishing Group amp oldid 1138377203, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
