Forum Media Group

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FORUM MEDIA GROUP

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legal form GmbH
founding October 1, 1990
Seat Merching , Germany
management Magdalena Balanicka, Norbert Bietsch, Mihaela Mravlje, Erik Tolles, Katrin Krauß-Herkert
Number of employees approx. 1,100 (2016)
sales EUR 94 million (2016)
Branch media
Website www.forum-media.com

The FORUM MEDIA GROUP (FMG) is an international media company based in Merching near Augsburg . FMG is one of the “largest specialist publishers in Germany” ( Börsenblatt , 2016). In 2015 it was ranked 41st in the book report ranking “The 100 largest publishers” in Germany.

In 2018 the group celebrates its 30th anniversary and employs more than 1,200 people in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The annual turnover achieved in 2017 was 110 million euros.

Business areas

The core business of FMG is in the 3 areas of information, education and entertainment. In the B2B area, the specialist publishers prepare specialist information and make it available to the target groups. In addition to traditional print media such as loose-leaf publications , books , specialist journals and magazines, the portfolio also includes digital media such as software products , DVDs , newsletters , online solutions and web portals. In addition, the media companies organize congresses , seminars and special training offers for specialists and managers.

Individual publishers in the FORUM MEDIA GROUP also target private users. DoldeMedien Verlag in Stuttgart publishes magazines, yearbooks and online publications on the subjects of mobile leisure, travel and nutrition.

Company of the publishing group

  • Forum Verlag Herkert GmbH
  • Forum Zeitschriften und Spezialmedien GmbH
  • Forum Train and Sail GmbH
    • Operation of the sailing ship "Eye of the Wind"
  • Doldemedien Verlag GmbH
  • Nextmedia Pty. Ltd (Australia)
  • Forum Business Media Ltd (UK)
  • Lighthouse Independent Media (Hong Kong)
  • Kenilworth Media Inc. (Canada)
  • Forum Poslovni Mediji DOO (Croatia)
  • BCM BV (Netherlands)
  • Forum Verlag Herkert (Austria)
  • Forum Media Polska (Poland)
  • Forum Media Publishing Ltd. (Russia)
  • Forum Media DOO (Serbia)
  • Lighthouse Independent Media (Singapore)
  • Nakladatelstvi Forum SRO (Slovakia)
  • Zalobžba Forum Media DOO (Slovenia)
  • Editorial Juridica Sepin (Spain)
  • Nakladatelstvi Forum SRO (Czech Republic)
  • Fórum Média Kiadó Kft. (Hungary)
  • Trade Media Press Group (United States)
    • Building Operating Management
    • Facility Maintenance Decision
    • Facility cleaning decisions
    • Sanitary maintenance
    • Contracting Profits
    • Progressive railroading

German-language periodicals

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ book report magazine , April 2015, p. 51.
  2. Company information on the FMG homepage, accessed in February 2018.
  3. "About us" section on the company's homepage, accessed in February 2018.

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