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'''Holtzbrinck Publishing Group''' ({{Lang-de|Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck}}) is a [[Privately held company|privately-held]] German company based in [[Stuttgart]] which [[Holding company|owns]] [[publishing]] companies worldwide. Through [[Macmillan Publishers]], it is one of the [[Publishing#Book publishing|Big Five]] English-language publishing companies.
'''Holtzbrinck Publishing Group''' ({{Lang-de|Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck}}) is a [[Privately held company|privately held]] German company headquartered in [[Stuttgart]], that [[Holding company|owns]] [[publishing]] companies worldwide. Through [[Macmillan Publishers]], it is one of the Big Five English-language [[publishing]] companies.


In 2015, it [[Mergers and acquisitions|merged]] most of its Macmillan Science and Education unit (including [[Nature Publishing Group]]) with [[Springer Science+Business Media]], creating the company [[Springer Nature]]. Holtzbrinck owns 53% of the combined company.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Publisher of Nature and Scientific American to Form Joint Venture|url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/publisher-of-nature-and-scientific-american-to-form-joint-publishing-venture/|website = [[The New York Times]]|access-date = 14 January 2016|last = Bray|first = Chad|date = 15 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'|url = http://www.thebookseller.com/news/completed-merger-forms-springer-nature|website = [[The Bookseller]]|access-date = 2016-01-14|last = Carpenter|first = Caroline|date = 6 May 2015}}</ref>
In 2015, it [[Mergers and acquisitions|merged]] most of its Macmillan Science and Education unit (including [[Nature Publishing Group]]) with [[Springer Science+Business Media]], creating the company [[Springer Nature]]. Holtzbrinck owns 53% of the combined company.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Publisher of Nature and Scientific American to Form Joint Venture|url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/publisher-of-nature-and-scientific-american-to-form-joint-publishing-venture/|website = [[The New York Times]]|access-date = 14 January 2016|last = Bray|first = Chad|date = 15 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'|url = http://www.thebookseller.com/news/completed-merger-forms-springer-nature|website = [[The Bookseller]]|access-date = 2016-01-14|last = Carpenter|first = Caroline|date = 6 May 2015}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Established by [[Georg von Holtzbrinck]] in 1948, the group first began as a German [[Book sales club|book club]]. In the 1960s, it purchased [[Droemer Knaur|Droemer]], Kindler, [[Rowohlt Verlag|Rowohlt]] and [[S. Fischer Verlag]], two German publishing companies. In 1985, it acquired the retail book division of [[Holt, Rinehart and Winston]], naming it the [[Henry Holt Book Company]]. One year later, the company acquired ''[[Scientific American]]'' [[magazine]] for $52.6 million. In 1994, it purchased a [[majority interest]] in [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] from retiring [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]] A year later, it purchased a 70% majority interest in [[The Macmillan Group]], and then the remaining shares in 1999.
The history of Georg von Holtzbrink's publishing activities during the Nazi years 1933-1945 has been controversial.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Landler|first=Mark|date=2002-10-14|title=Another German Publisher Mulls Its Wartime Past|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/14/business/another-german-publisher-mulls-its-wartime-past.html|access-date=2022-01-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Toole|first=Fintan|title=Empire of publishing built on barbarism|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/empire-of-publishing-built-on-barbarism-1.164668|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016142057/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/empire-of-publishing-built-on-barbarism-1.164668|archive-date=2017-10-16|access-date=2022-01-15|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|quote=The founder of the firm, Georg von Holtzbrinck, was until the early 1930s an impoverished student who sold books door to door. He joined a Nazi student group in 1931, two years before Hitler came to power. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1933, and stayed loyal to it until the end of the war.}}</ref> After World War II, [[Georg von Holtzbrinck]], a former member of the Nazi party,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck|url=https://www.mediadb.eu/datenbanken/deutsche-medienkonzerne/verlagsgruppe-georg-von-holtzbrinck.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028045240/http://www.mediadb.eu/datenbanken/deutsche-medienkonzerne/verlagsgruppe-georg-von-holtzbrinck.html|archive-date=2011-10-28|access-date=2022-01-15|website=mediadb.eu|quote=Denn Georg von Holtzbrinck sei „ein wichtiger Akteur“ in der Buchhandels- und Verlagsgeschichte im Dritten Reich gewesen. Er war Mitglied der NSDAP, aber nicht als fanatischer Nazi in Erscheinung getreten.}}</ref> reestablished a group in 1948, beginning as a German [[Book sales club|book club]]. In the 1960s, it purchased the German publishing companies [[Droemer Knaur|Droemer]], Kindler, [[Rowohlt Verlag|Rowohlt]] and [[S. Fischer Verlag]]. In 1985, it acquired the retail book division of [[Holt, Rinehart and Winston]], naming it the [[Henry Holt Book Company]]. One year later, the company acquired ''[[Scientific American]]'' [[magazine]] for $52.6 million. In 1994, it purchased a [[majority interest]] in [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] from retiring [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]] A year later, it purchased a 70% majority interest in [[Macmillan Publishers]], and then the remaining shares in 1999. In 2001, [[Pearson plc|Pearson]] sold the Macmillan trademark in the United States (gained with the acquisition of [[Simon & Schuster]] educational and professional division, which included the assets of former [[Macmillan Inc.]]) to Holtzbrinck.<ref>''Bookseller'', [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4655423-1.html Allbusiness.com]</ref>


In March 2006, Holtzbrinck forced [[Tor Books]], which is owned by Holtzbrinck, to stop making its books available as [[e-book]]s via [[Baen Ebooks]] because of concerns regarding the lack of [[Digital rights management|digital rights management (DRM)]]. The policy was later changed and Tor titles became available as DRM-free e-books in 2012. The Tor UK label in Britain (and hence the EU) does the same. The company also received a good deal of attention when it bought the then leading German social networking platform [[StudiVZ]] in January 2007.
In March 2006, Holtzbrinck forced [[Tor Books]], which is owned by Holtzbrinck, to stop making its books available as [[e-book]]s via [[Baen Ebooks]] because of concerns regarding the lack of [[Digital rights management|digital rights management (DRM)]]. The policy was later changed and Tor titles became available as DRM-free e-books in 2012. The Tor UK label in Britain (and hence the EU) does the same. The company also received a good deal of attention when it bought the then leading German social networking platform [[StudiVZ]] in January 2007.
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Holtzbrinck has total annual sales of 2.1 billion euros (as of 2005); 49% of sales are in Germany and 23% in North America. It had 2005 earnings before taxes of 142 million euros, and a total of 14,000 employees.
Holtzbrinck has total annual sales of 2.1 billion euros (as of 2005); 49% of sales are in Germany and 23% in North America. It had 2005 earnings before taxes of 142 million euros, and a total of 14,000 employees.


Chairman of the group is Stefan von Holtzbrinck. [[John Turner Sargent|John Sargent]] is CEO of Macmillan, the company that unites the US-based businesses of the group.<ref>[http://www.publishingtrends.com/copy/06/0604/0604BookView.html Book View] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820023213/http://publishingtrends.com/copy/06/0604/0604BookView.html|date=20 August 2007}}, ''Publishing Trends'', April 2006</ref>
The current chairman of the group is Stefan von Holtzbrinck. Don Weisberg is CEO of Macmillan, the company that unites the US-based businesses of the group. Previous CEOs of Macmillan include [[John Turner Sargent|John Sargent]].<ref>[http://www.publishingtrends.com/copy/06/0604/0604BookView.html Book View] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820023213/http://publishingtrends.com/copy/06/0604/0604BookView.html|date=20 August 2007}}, ''Publishing Trends'', April 2006</ref>


==Subsidiaries and imprints==
==Subsidiaries and imprints==
[[File:Die-zeit-1s.jpg|thumb|German newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]'' in newsstand]]
[[File:Die-zeit-1s.jpg|thumb|German newspaper {{Lang|de|[[Die Zeit]]}} in newsstand]]


'''In Germany:'''
'''In Germany:'''
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* [[Droemer Knaur|Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur]] (50%)
* [[Droemer Knaur|Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur]] (50%)
** [[Droemer Knaur|O.W. Barth]]
** [[Droemer Knaur|O.W. Barth]]
* [[Die Zeit]] (50%)
* {{lang|de|[[Die Zeit]]}} (50%)


'''In the United States:'''<br/>
'''In the United States:'''<br/>
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==See also==
==See also==
{{colbegin}}
*The ''[[Publishing#Book_publishing|Big Five]]'' English-language book publishers: [[Simon & Schuster]], [[Penguin Random House]], [[HarperCollins]], [[Macmillan Publishers]], and [[Hachette Book Group|Hachette]]
*The ''Big Five'' English-language book publishers: [[Simon & Schuster]], [[Penguin Random House]], [[HarperCollins]], [[Macmillan Publishers]], and [[Hachette Book Group|Hachette]]
* [[Springer Nature]]
* [[Springer Nature]]
* [[Books in Germany]]
* [[Books in Germany]]
* [[Bertelsmann]]
* [[Elsevier]]
* [[Lagardère Publishing]]
* [[McGraw Hill Education]]
* [[Pearson plc]]
* [[News Corp]]
* [[Scholastic Corporation]]
* [[Thomson Reuters]]
* [[Wiley (publisher)]]
{{colend}}


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 08:58, 19 March 2024

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Parent companyVerlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH
StatusPrivate
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
FounderGeorg von Holtzbrinck
Country of originGermany
Headquarters locationStuttgart, Germany
DistributionWorldwide
Publication typesBooks, Newspapers, Academic journals, Magazines
ImprintsSee below
Owner(s)
  • Monika Schoeller
  • Stefan von Holtzbrinck[1]
Official websiteholtzbrinck.com

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (German: Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck) is a privately held German company headquartered in Stuttgart, that owns publishing companies worldwide. Through Macmillan Publishers, it is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies.

In 2015, it merged most of its Macmillan Science and Education unit (including Nature Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media, creating the company Springer Nature. Holtzbrinck owns 53% of the combined company.[2][3]

History

The history of Georg von Holtzbrink's publishing activities during the Nazi years 1933-1945 has been controversial.[4][5] After World War II, Georg von Holtzbrinck, a former member of the Nazi party,[6] reestablished a group in 1948, beginning as a German book club. In the 1960s, it purchased the German publishing companies Droemer, Kindler, Rowohlt and S. Fischer Verlag. In 1985, it acquired the retail book division of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, naming it the Henry Holt Book Company. One year later, the company acquired Scientific American magazine for $52.6 million. In 1994, it purchased a majority interest in Farrar, Straus & Giroux from retiring Roger W. Straus, Jr. A year later, it purchased a 70% majority interest in Macmillan Publishers, and then the remaining shares in 1999. In 2001, Pearson sold the Macmillan trademark in the United States (gained with the acquisition of Simon & Schuster educational and professional division, which included the assets of former Macmillan Inc.) to Holtzbrinck.[7]

In March 2006, Holtzbrinck forced Tor Books, which is owned by Holtzbrinck, to stop making its books available as e-books via Baen Ebooks because of concerns regarding the lack of digital rights management (DRM). The policy was later changed and Tor titles became available as DRM-free e-books in 2012. The Tor UK label in Britain (and hence the EU) does the same. The company also received a good deal of attention when it bought the then leading German social networking platform StudiVZ in January 2007.

Holtzbrinck has total annual sales of 2.1 billion euros (as of 2005); 49% of sales are in Germany and 23% in North America. It had 2005 earnings before taxes of 142 million euros, and a total of 14,000 employees.

The current chairman of the group is Stefan von Holtzbrinck. Don Weisberg is CEO of Macmillan, the company that unites the US-based businesses of the group. Previous CEOs of Macmillan include John Sargent.[8]

Subsidiaries and imprints

German newspaper Die Zeit in newsstand

In Germany:

In the United States:
Using the Macmillan name:

Using the Audio Renaissance name in Southfield, Michigan:

  • Renaissance Media[11]

In the United Kingdom:

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. "Management". Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ Bray, Chad (15 January 2015). "Publisher of Nature and Scientific American to Form Joint Venture". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Caroline (6 May 2015). "Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. ^ Landler, Mark (14 October 2002). "Another German Publisher Mulls Its Wartime Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ O'Toole, Fintan. "Empire of publishing built on barbarism". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022. The founder of the firm, Georg von Holtzbrinck, was until the early 1930s an impoverished student who sold books door to door. He joined a Nazi student group in 1931, two years before Hitler came to power. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1933, and stayed loyal to it until the end of the war.
  6. ^ "Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck". mediadb.eu. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022. Denn Georg von Holtzbrinck sei „ein wichtiger Akteur" in der Buchhandels- und Verlagsgeschichte im Dritten Reich gewesen. Er war Mitglied der NSDAP, aber nicht als fanatischer Nazi in Erscheinung getreten.
  7. ^ Bookseller, Allbusiness.com
  8. ^ Book View Archived 20 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Publishing Trends, April 2006
  9. ^ https://www.fischerverlage.de/verlage/fischer_krueger, 24 April 2020
  10. ^ https://www.fischerverlage.de/verlage/fischer_scherz, 24 April 2020
  11. ^ Maughan, Shannon (1 October 2001). "Holtzbrinck Acquires Renaissance Media". Publishers Weekly. United States: PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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