International Data Group
The International Data Group ( IDG ), based in Boston , USA , is a global provider of technology media, data, conference and marketing services, and direct marketing. IDG emerged in 1964 from the market research company International Data Corporation (IDC), also founded by Patrick J. McGovern († 2014). As the owner of IDG, McGovern turned it into an international service provider for cross-media communication solutions for classic technology companies and companies that are following the path of digitization. In 1996, the company started an international network of venture capital funds under IDG Ventures.
IDG Communications Media AG , based in Munich, is the German subsidiary of IDG . IDG Communications Media AG is a 100 percent subsidiary of IDG Inc., Boston. The board of directors of the German AG is York von Heimburg . In Germany, IDG acts as a service provider for the ICT industry and all other industries in the digital transformation.
The German-speaking IDG portfolio includes the media brands COMPUTERWOCHE , ChannelPartner, CIO, PC-Welt , Macwelt . In addition, IDG Communications Media AG offers cross-media marketing and lead solutions, account-based marketing and marketing services in the areas of research, native advertising, social media, mobile, and custom with the IT dialogue marketing platform IDG Connect and the online advertising network IDG TechNetwork Content and leadership executive training.
IDG Business Media GmbH, IDG Tech Media GmbH and IDG TechNetwork GmbH, the market research company IDC Central Europe GmbH and the event organizer IDG World Expo GmbH operate as independent companies under the umbrella of IDG Communications Media AG.
The IDG Communications Media AG announced on 29 April 2015, the sale of which was founded by York von Heimburg subsidiaries IDG Entertainment GmbH ( GameStar , GamePro), IDGPS Media Network GmbH (multi-channel network allyance) and online worlds GmbH to the French media company Webedia known .
In 2017 IDG was acquired by a consortium led by China Oceanwide Holdings Group .
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- ↑ gamestar.de: GameStar and GamePro get new owners - IDG AG sells entertainment subsidiaries to Webedia
- ↑ PRNewswire: China Oceanwide Completes Acquisition of IDG . IDG. March 30, 2017.