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{{Short description|German media conglomerate}}
{{ infobox company
{{Redirect|The H|the Latin character|H|other uses|H (disambiguation)}}
| name = Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co. KG
{{use American English|date=January 2023}}
| logo = [[File:Heise Verlag Hannover.jpg|frameless]]
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
| caption = Former headquarters in [[Hanover]]
{{Infobox company
| branch = media
| name = Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
| products = magazines and telephone books
| logo = Heise_Gruppe_Marke_2023.svg
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.heise-verlag.de/}}
| logo_caption =
| location_city = Hannover
| logo_upright =
| location_country = Germany
| logo_alt =
| key_people = Christian Heise; Ansgar Heise
| image = Heise Gruppe Zentrale 2022.jpg
| num_employees = about 700
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| type = [[Private company|Private]] (GmbH & Co. KG)
| industry =
| predecessor = Verlag Heinz Heise
| founded = {{Start date and age|1949}} in [[Hanover]], Germany
| founder = Heinz Heise
| defunct =
| fate =
| successor =
| hq_location_city = Hanover
| hq_location_country = Germany
| area_served = {{Unbulleted list|Germany|Austria|Switzerland}}
| key_people = Ansgar Heise<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/5229-ansgar-heise.html |title=Ansgar Heise |publisher=Kress |accessdate=2022-04-13}}</ref>
| products =
| owner = Heise family
| num_employees = 1,085
| num_employees_year = 2020
| revenue = [[Euro|€]]193.8 million
| revenue_year = 2020
| parent =
| website = {{URL|www.heise-gruppe.de}}
}}
}}


'''Heise''' (officially ''Heise Gruppe'') is a German [[media conglomerate]] headquartered in [[Hanover]]. It was founded in 1949 by Heinz Heise and is still [[Family business|family-owned]]. Its core business is directory media as well as general-interest and specialist media from the fields of computer technology, information technology and network culture. Another focus of its business activities is portals for price and product comparisons.
'''Heinz Heise''' is a [[publishing house]] based in [[Hannover]], [[Germany]]. Its focus is [[Personal computer|PC]]-oriented publications such as ''[[c't]]'', ''[[IX (magazine)|iX]]'' and ''heise.de'', as well as corresponding online services published by its UK-based subsidiary ''Heise Media UK Ltd.''


== History ==
== History ==
In 1949, {{Interlanguage link|Heinz Heise (publisher)|lt=Heinz Heise|de|Heinz Heise (Verleger)|WD=Q1294779}} founded the publishing house named after him in [[Hanover]]-Badenstedt.<ref>{{Citation |first=Selmar |last=Bühling |title=Ein Wort zum Mitbegründer des Erfurter Heimatbriefs (Heinz Heise). |language=de |work=Erfurter Heimatbrief |issue=24 |date=1972-06-08 |pages=17–19}}</ref> The company's first product was an address book for the town of [[Bünde]], later joined by the telephone directory for [[Einbeck]]. Gradually, other cities and regions were added to the product range. In addition, Heise expanded the program to include non-fiction topics, such as manuals on law. By 1960, sales had risen to over one million marks.
Heise was created by [[Heinz Heise (person)|Heinz Heise]] in [[Hanover]] in 1949 as an address and [[telephone directory]] publisher, then later expanded to include magazines and loose leaf collections. In 2001, the company was divided into separate enterprises, all of which came under the umbrella of their parent company, the ''Heise Media Group''. Their turnover was in year 2008 at 108,7 million euro.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Heise Medien Gruppe
| url = http://www.heise-medien.de/allgemein/mediengruppe/HeiseMedienGruppe.pdf
| page = 8
| publisher = Heise Medien Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
| format = pdf
| accessdate = 2011-07-06
}} {{wayback|url=http://www.heise-medien.de/allgemein/mediengruppe/HeiseMedienGruppe.pdf |date=20100215152702 }}</ref>


In 1972, Heinz Heise handed over the management of the company to his son {{Interlanguage link|Christian Heise (publisher)|lt=Christian|de|Christian Heise|WD=Q1080246}}. Under his leadership, a magazine for electronics and technology topics, was created. The first issue of the computer magazine [[c't]] appeared in 1983,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Digital ganz analog: Alles, was Sie über Computerzeitschriften wissen sollten. |language=de |newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |date=1998-12-11 |page=67}}</ref> followed by the professional magazine [[IX (magazine)|iX]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kampf um iX: Ein Mittelständler stellt sich gegen die Börse. |language=de |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Neue Presse]] |date=2000-08-26 |page=2}}</ref> Both publications are still around today. Later, the IT sector was further expanded with the acquisition of the Heidelberg-based Dpunkt Verlag.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Heise-uebernimmt-Mehrheit-von-Dpunkt-Verlag-35957 |title=Heise übernimmt Mehrheit von Dpunkt-Verlag. |language=de |website=[[Horizont (newspaper)|Horizont]] |date=2022-02-28 |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref>
In July 2006, ''Heise Security'' was launched in the UK.<ref>{{Citation
| first = Juergen
| last = Schmidt
| title = heise Security ab sofort auch in Großbritannien
| url = http://www.heise.de/security/news/meldung/74980
| publisher = heise Security
| language = German
| date = 2006-07-03
| accessdate = 2013-01-29
}}</ref> It mostly featured translated news from the German site, but also featured locally relevant stories. The UK version of Heise Online came in February 2008. In February 2009, the UK site was renamed to ''The H'', and located at <code>h-online.com</code>.<ref>{{Citation
| title = Welcome to The H: ''Regular readers may have noticed a big change on the site. We'd like to welcome to you to The H.''
| url = http://www.h-online.com/features/Welcome-to-The-H-743417.html
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20091016072636/http://www.h-online.com/features/Welcome-to-The-H-743417.html
| archivedate = 16 October 2009
| publisher = The H online
| date = 2009-02-17
| accessdate = 2013-01-29
}}</ref> In July 2013, ''The H'' was closed down because it proved difficult to monetize traffic to the website.<ref>{{Citation
| title = The H is closing down
| url = http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-is-closing-down-1920027.html
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20130719093521/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-is-closing-down-1920027.html
| archivedate = 19 July 2013
| publisher = The H online
| date = 2013-07-19
| accessdate = 2013-07-19
}}</ref> The website archive was taken down and the site redirected to heise.de in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://techrights.org/2014/01/26/against-heise-deletionism/
| title=Bringing The H Open/H-Online Articles Back Online Without Help From Heise
| date = 26 January 2014
| first=Roy
| last=Schestowitz
| work=TechRights
| accessdate=27 January 2014
}}</ref> It was brought back online a few days later.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://techrights.org/2014/02/16/the-h-is-back/
| title=Great News for Start of the Week: The H is Back!
| date = 16 February 2014
| first=Roy
| last=Schestowitz
| work=TechRights
| accessdate=30 October 2014
}}</ref>


After the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], Heise expanded into the states of the former [[Eastern Bloc]]. In 1992, the company took over the long-established {{Interlanguage link|Hinstorff (publisher)|lt=Hinstorff|de|Hinstorff Verlag|WD=Q1619570}} publishing house in Rostock.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Stefanie |last=Büssing |title=190 Jahre Hinstorff-Verlag |language=de |newspaper=Ostsee-Zeitung |date=2021-09-02 |page=19}}</ref> Having previously invested in regional radio stations, Heise participated in the founding of {{Interlanguage link|Radio 21 (Germany)|lt=Radio 21|de|Radio 21 (Deutschland)|WD=Q1762269}}, a private radio station in Lower Saxony, in year 2000. Additionally, Heise invested in digital business models with partner publishers: {{Interlanguage link|Das Örtliche|WD=Q1171772}} and {{Interlanguage link|Das Telefonbuch|WD=Q17538967}} appeared online for the first time. The news portal ''heise.de'' was created and supplemented by [[Telepolis]] and other channels. The MIT magazine [[MIT Technology Review|Technology Review]], whose German-language version has been published by Heise since 2003, was widely recognized.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Deutsche-Technology-Review-kommt-41852 |title=Deutsche Technology Review kommt. |website=Horizont |language=de |date=2003-01-10 |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref>
== Publications ==


In recent years, price comparison portals have taken on greater importance at Heise. The company has stakes in ''billiger.de'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2009/02/26/prosiebensat1-verkauft-billigerde/ |title=ProSiebenSat.1 verkauft billiger.de. |language=de |website=deutsche-startups |date=2009-02-26 |access-date=2023-01-10 |first=Alexander |last=Hüsing}}</ref> ''guenstiger.de'' and ''[[Geizhals|geizhals.at]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/international/628363_IT-Verlag-Heise-uebernimmt-51-Prozent-von-geizhals.at.html |title=IT-Verlag Heise übernimmt geizhals.at. |language=de |website=[[Wiener Zeitung]] |date=2014-05-07 |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref>
Heise publishes the magazines:
* ''[[c't]]'' (the computer magazine with the highest number of subscribers in Europe);
* ''[[IX (magazine)|iX]]'' (focusing on topics for IT professionals);
* the German edition of ''[[Technology Review]]''; and,
* the online magazine ''[[Telepolis]]''.


== Publications ==
These publications feed into the ''Heise News Ticker'', which ranks among the most successful [[German language]] news portals which includes a frequented user forum.<ref>{{cite web
Heise publishes ''Das Örtliche'' and ''Das Telefonbuch'' as well as the [[Yellow pages|Gelbe Seiten]] in joint editorial and publishing partnership with Deutsche Tele Medien. The media are published in printed form, as a web application and for mobile devices. In addition to a simple entry, Heise offers small and medium-sized companies a wide range of [[online marketing]] services.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Peter |last=Strahlendorf |url=https://www.new-business.de/medien/detail.php?nr=774328 |title=Heise Gruppe baut Agentur-Business aus. |website=new-business |language=de |date=2021-09-06 |access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref>
| title = Reichweite heise online und Mitbewerber 2005-06
| url = http://www.heise.de/mediadaten/pdfs/2007/ho/pi_visit.pdf
| language = German
| format = pdf
| year = 2006
| publisher = [http://www.heise.de/mediadaten/online/en/ (rate card)]
| accessdate = 2011-07-06
}}</ref> The company also owns ''Heise Online'' (<code>heise.de</code>), which, as of December 2009, is a top 1000 website in the world, and a top 50 site in Germany according to [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]] [[web traffic|traffic]] rankings.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/heise.de
| title = heise.de
| year = 2014
| publisher = [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]]
| accessdate = 2014-01-10
| quote = Global Rank 778 / Rank in Germany 24
}}</ref>

{{anchor|The H}}In the UK, Heise had a subsidiary ''Heise Media UK Ltd.'', which published '''The H''' (<code>h-online.com</code>) with the following channels:
* The H - Open (<code>h-online.com/open</code>)
* The H - Security (<code>h-online.com/security</code>)
* The H - Developer (<code>h-online.com/developer</code>)
* The H - Downloads (<code>h-online.com/downloads</code>)
* The H - Price Insight (<code>h-online.com/priceinsight</code>)


The IT news portal ''heise.de'' is leading in German-speaking countries.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Brian |last=Rotter |url=https://t3n.de/news/deutschen-top-25-tech-medien-netz-666374/ |title=Die deutschen Top 25 der Tech-Medien im Netz. |language=de |website=t3n |date=2015-12-18 |access-date=2022-04-10}}</ref> It also includes the media brands c't, iX, Make, Mac & i,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Heise-startet-Ct-Ableger-rund-um-Apple-98328 |title=Heise startet c't-Ableger rund um Apple. |language=de |website=Horizont |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2022-04-10}}</ref> Technology Review, heise Autos, TechStage and Telepolis.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jörg |last=Wirtgen |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/In-eigener-Sache-Gadget-Blog-TechStage-startet-1871584.html |title=In eigener Sache: Heise startet Gadget-Blog TechStage. |language=de |website=heise online |date=2013-05-28 |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Tilman |last=Baumgärtel |url=https://taz.de/Netzphilosophie/!1430209/ |title=Netzphilosophie |newspaper=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |date=1996-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-03 |page=16}}</ref> The company uses the brands both online and for magazines, as well as for events, especially congresses, conferences, seminars and workshops, including ''Heise Adacemy''.
"The H" was closed down in July 2013 for lack of a "working business model".
<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.h-online.com/news/item/The-H-is-closing-down-1920027.html
| title = The H is closing down
| year = 2013
| publisher = The H
| accessdate = 2014-05-26
| quote = "Although The H has produced many widely read stories, it has not been possible to effectively monetise that traffic to produce a working business model. Because of this, after four and a half years as The H and six years online, The H is, sadly, closing its doors."
}}</ref>


== References ==
== Notes and references ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.heise-gruppe.de}}
;English sites
*[http://www.h-online.com/ The H]


{{Authority control}}
;German sites
* [http://www.heise.de heise online portal]
* [http://www.heise-medien.de/ Heise Medien Gruppe (Heise Media Group)]


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Latest revision as of 00:44, 4 February 2024

"The H" redirects here. For the Latin character, see H. For other uses, see H (disambiguation).

Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
Company typePrivate (GmbH & Co. KG)
PredecessorVerlag Heinz Heise
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949) in Hanover, Germany
FounderHeinz Heise
Headquarters
Hanover
,
Germany
Area served
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
Key people
Ansgar Heise[1]
Revenue€193.8 million (2020)
OwnerHeise family
Number of employees
1,085 (2020)
Websitewww.heise-gruppe.de

Heise (officially Heise Gruppe) is a German media conglomerate headquartered in Hanover. It was founded in 1949 by Heinz Heise and is still family-owned. Its core business is directory media as well as general-interest and specialist media from the fields of computer technology, information technology and network culture. Another focus of its business activities is portals for price and product comparisons.

History[edit]

In 1949, Heinz Heise [Wikidata] founded the publishing house named after him in Hanover-Badenstedt.[2] The company's first product was an address book for the town of Bünde, later joined by the telephone directory for Einbeck. Gradually, other cities and regions were added to the product range. In addition, Heise expanded the program to include non-fiction topics, such as manuals on law. By 1960, sales had risen to over one million marks.

In 1972, Heinz Heise handed over the management of the company to his son Christian [Wikidata]. Under his leadership, a magazine for electronics and technology topics, was created. The first issue of the computer magazine c't appeared in 1983,[3] followed by the professional magazine iX in 1988.[4] Both publications are still around today. Later, the IT sector was further expanded with the acquisition of the Heidelberg-based Dpunkt Verlag.[5]

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Heise expanded into the states of the former Eastern Bloc. In 1992, the company took over the long-established Hinstorff [Wikidata] publishing house in Rostock.[6] Having previously invested in regional radio stations, Heise participated in the founding of Radio 21 [Wikidata], a private radio station in Lower Saxony, in year 2000. Additionally, Heise invested in digital business models with partner publishers: Das Örtliche [Wikidata] and Das Telefonbuch [Wikidata] appeared online for the first time. The news portal heise.de was created and supplemented by Telepolis and other channels. The MIT magazine Technology Review, whose German-language version has been published by Heise since 2003, was widely recognized.[7]

In recent years, price comparison portals have taken on greater importance at Heise. The company has stakes in billiger.de,[8] guenstiger.de and geizhals.at.[9]

Publications[edit]

Heise publishes Das Örtliche and Das Telefonbuch as well as the Gelbe Seiten in joint editorial and publishing partnership with Deutsche Tele Medien. The media are published in printed form, as a web application and for mobile devices. In addition to a simple entry, Heise offers small and medium-sized companies a wide range of online marketing services.[10]

The IT news portal heise.de is leading in German-speaking countries.[11] It also includes the media brands c't, iX, Make, Mac & i,[12] Technology Review, heise Autos, TechStage and Telepolis.[13][14] The company uses the brands both online and for magazines, as well as for events, especially congresses, conferences, seminars and workshops, including Heise Adacemy.

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Ansgar Heise" (in German). Kress. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Bühling, Selmar (June 8, 1972), "Ein Wort zum Mitbegründer des Erfurter Heimatbriefs (Heinz Heise).", Erfurter Heimatbrief (in German), no. 24, pp. 17–19
  3. ^ "Digital ganz analog: Alles, was Sie über Computerzeitschriften wissen sollten". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). December 11, 1998. p. 67.
  4. ^ "Kampf um iX: Ein Mittelständler stellt sich gegen die Börse". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). August 26, 2000. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Heise übernimmt Mehrheit von Dpunkt-Verlag". Horizont (in German). February 28, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Büssing, Stefanie (September 2, 2021). "190 Jahre Hinstorff-Verlag". Ostsee-Zeitung (in German). p. 19.
  7. ^ "Deutsche Technology Review kommt". Horizont (in German). January 10, 2003. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Hüsing, Alexander (February 26, 2009). "ProSiebenSat.1 verkauft billiger.de". deutsche-startups (in German). Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "IT-Verlag Heise übernimmt geizhals.at". Wiener Zeitung (in German). May 7, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  10. ^ Strahlendorf, Peter (September 6, 2021). "Heise Gruppe baut Agentur-Business aus". new-business (in German). Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  11. ^ Rotter, Brian (December 18, 2015). "Die deutschen Top 25 der Tech-Medien im Netz". t3n (in German). Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "Heise startet c't-Ableger rund um Apple". Horizont (in German). February 22, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  13. ^ Wirtgen, Jörg (May 28, 2013). "In eigener Sache: Heise startet Gadget-Blog TechStage". heise online (in German). Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  14. ^ Baumgärtel, Tilman (November 4, 1996). "Netzphilosophie". Die Tageszeitung. p. 16. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

External links[edit]

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