National Geographic Germany

National Geographic Germany
description	popular science journal
language	German
publishing company	Publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann ( Germany )
Headquarters	Munich
First edition	1999
Frequency of publication	per month
Sold edition	83,898 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Widespread edition	85,031 copies
( IVW 2/2020)
Range	1.20 million readers
( MA 2020 I )
Editor-in-chief	Werner Siefer
Web link	nationalgeographic.de
ISSN (print)	1615-0872

National Geographic Germany is a popular science magazine that has been published in Germany since 1999 . Gruner + Jahr acquired a license for this from the National Geographic Society and published the magazine through G + J NG Media, in which Gruner + Jahr and the publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann each held 50 percent from 2016 . On January 1, 2020, the publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann took over the license from Gruner + Jahr. In the course of this, the editorial office was relocated from Hamburg to Munich .

Content

Under the motto Inspiring people to care about the planet (freely translated: " Inspiring people to be interested in the planet"), National Geographic Germany reports on distant countries, nature and culture, on astronomical, historical and archaeological topics, on climate change and Sustainability. In addition to the translated reports from the US edition, the German magazine includes short articles by the German editorial team and, since 2005, its own reports. Some of these articles and current topics are published on the website in addition to the print edition.

people

The editor-in-chief of National Geographic Germany was Klaus Liedtke from 1999 to 2009 and Erwin Brunner from 2009 to 2014. Florian Gless was editor-in-chief from June 2014 to April 2018 and, from October 2014, he was also editor-in-chief of PM Magazin . From April 2018 to December 2019 Jens Schröder was editor-in-chief of National Geographic Germany and PM Magazin . After the magazine was taken over by the publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann in January 2020, Werner Siefer became editor-in-chief of the magazine.

In Germany, the editorial team is supported by a scientific advisory board; these include (as of July 2014):

Karen Kjær Gunn (media), Sandra Knapp (botany), Jan Niejman (geography), Chris Scarre (archeology), Birger Schmitz (geology), Lars Werdelin (paleontology), Martin Wikelski (director of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Professor at Chair of Ornithology at the University of Konstanz; Guest Lecturer at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University) (Biology), Manfred Niekisch (Director of the Frankfurt Zoo; Professor for International Nature Conservation at the Goethe University Frankfurt) (Environmental Protection).

Former members of the advisory board are among others

• Hans Rudolf Bork : Professor at the Ecology Center at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel
• Claudia Kemfert : Head of the “Energy, Transport, Environment” department at the German Institute for Economic Research Berlin and Professor for Energy Economics and Sustainability at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
• Hermann Parzinger : President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Stefan Rahmstorf : Professor of Ocean Physics at the University of Potsdam; Member of the Scientific Advisory Board on Global Change and the Academia Europaea; Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
• Reinhold Messner : former extreme mountaineer

Edition

National Geographic Germany has lost a lot of circulation in recent years . The number of copies sold has fallen by 71.1 percent since 2000. It is currently 83,898 copies. This corresponds to a decrease of 206,900 units. The share of subscriptions in the circulation sold is 72.5 percent.

Development of the number of copies sold

Development of the number of subscribers

National Geographic brand

In addition to the printed magazine and the website, National Geographic in Germany includes other offers:

• National Geographic Collectors Edition : The Bookazine series has been devoted to selected topics in a special issue since 2004.
• National Geographic Kids (until mid-2012 National Geographic World ): The German-English children's and youth magazine of National Geographic directed since 2003 to young readers up to 14 years. The bilingual booklet was published ten times a year and was available in stores including an audio book for 5.30 euros. Since 2014, National Geographic Kids has been published ten times a year as a monolingual magazine with posters and booklet supplements at a price of 4.20 euros by Panini -Comics.
• NG Buchverlag GmbH: National Geographic Germany has been working together with the publishing house GeraNova Bruckmann in the joint NG Buchverlag GmbH since April 2016 . The book publisher comprises more than 600 titles - from illustrated books and travel guides to non-fiction and history books.
• Online photo community: The photo community offers amateur photographers the opportunity to share their own photos with other community members. In addition, the site provides information on photo competitions that National Geographic conducts. National Geographic also initiates exhibitions and live multivision shows .
• National Geographic Channel : It has been broadcasting on German-speaking TV since 2004. The station's program is broadcast in 153 countries and 27 languages ​​worldwide.

Illustrated books

• Reuel Golden (Ed.): National Geographic. Around the world in 125 years. 3 volumes. Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8365-5034-5 .

Web links

• nationalgeographic.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cartel Office: GeraNova may take over Piper's share in National Geographic dnv-online.net, March 8, 2016
2. ↑ GeraNova Bruckmann takes over license from the National Geographic magazine dnv-online.net, August 26, 2019
3. ↑ Gruner + Jahr: Generation change at NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEUTSCHLAND / Florian Gless takes over from Dr. Erwin Brunner the chief editor. January 21, 2019, accessed January 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Gruner + Jahr: Florian Gless takes over editor-in-chief of the PM family meedia.de, September 12, 2014
5. ↑ Change at National Geographic and PM: Florian Gless becomes publisher, Jens Schröder editor-in-chief meedia.de, April 10, 2018
6. ↑ “National Geographic”: Werner Siefer becomes editor-in-chief of the science magazine meedia.de, September 12, 2014
7. ↑ Advisory Board ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ according to IVW , ( details on ivw.eu )
9. ↑ according to IVW , second quarter 2020 ( details and quarterly comparison on ivw.eu )
10. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )
11. ↑ according to IVW , fourth quarter in each case ( details on ivw.eu )
12. ↑ World becomes Kids - National Geographic's bilingual children's magazine.
13. ↑ Panini's own announcement about the release of NG-Kids ( Memento of the original from December 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ "National Geographic Kids" will be published by Panini from 2014
15. ↑ boersenblatt.net
16. ↑ foto.nationalgeographic.de ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.