Bonnier News - Denmark

A Different Kind of History Book Series

By Bert Menninga on 2011-11-17
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Historie’s new series gives readers an in-depth look at turning points in history.

When Historie magazine decided to put out a book series for its readers, the editorial staff went all out. "We spent millions of kroner and a year of development to launch a series that's in a class by itself both in design and format," says Sebastian Relster, editor-in-chief of the magazine at Bonnier Publications in Denmark.

Svensk Filmindustri signs long-term distribution agreement with MGM

By Linnea Pontvik on 2011-05-11
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Deal covers Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland and includes both theatrical and DVD/BluRay Disc rights.

Svensk Filmindustri (SF), the leading Scandinavian production and distribution entity, announced today that it has signed a long-term distribution agreement with Metro Goldwyn Meyer (MGM) covering Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland and including both theatrical and DVD/BluRay Disc rights.  The deal includes the entire MGM catalogue and new releases over a five-year period, as well as both of the highly anticipated upcoming two Hobbit films (set for release in 2012 and

Vi i Villa Names Sweden's Ugliest Kitchen

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-28
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Sponsored contests give added value to Bonnier Publication's Vi i Villa magazine.

Ulf and Åsa's kitchen

Want to know who has Sweden's ugliest kitchen? Check it out here. Vi i Villa's photo contest to pick the country's most horrible kitchen carried out in cooperation with sponsor HTH-kök has gotten a lot of attention – 40,000 unique visits at the contest site during the month of the contest, with 3,263 entries and 155,000 votes for the uploaded entries. The contest was marketed via an ad in the magazine as well as via a newsletter to 170,000 subscribers.

Sweden's Världens Historia Magazine Launches World War II Site

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-05
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Working together with the same goal at Swedish Världens Historia magazine: positioning of newsstand sales, increasing subscribers, and more.

History has never been more popular than now. At least at Bonnier Publications, which publishes Världens Historia magazine.

Vi i Villa Invests in Mobile Platforms

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-03
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A new cell phone website, popular auction service and check-in possibilities for Sweden's biggest magazine.

Vi i Villa, which is produced by the Swedish Bonnier Publications, is Sweden's biggest magazine with 2 million copies printed. They are distributed free to all homeowners in Sweden, with comparable magazines in Denmark, Norway and Finland. The web site is also popular with over 100,000 unique visitors each week.

Canal+ to Launch Children's Channel

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-24
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The new channel will broadcast the BBC's prizewinning kid's concept Cbeebies and family films daily.

Starting in June, Swedish, Norweigna and Danish subscribers to Canal+ can watch children's and family programming on a new channel. Not yet named, the new channel will feature programming from the British BBC's prizewinning children's concept CBeebies and child-friendly feature films.

"Canal+ has a lot to offer most viewers whether their preference is films, sports or TV-series," says Johan Kleberg, CEO for Canal+.

Bonnier Publications Increases Profits 50 percent

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-23
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The Nordic magazine publisher had profits of DKK 220 million in 2010.

Bonnier Publications ended 2010 with an operating profit (EBITA) of DKK 220 million. This result is created based on a turnover of DKK 1.68 billion, giving a contribution margin of 13 percent. In 2009, operating profits (EBITA) were DKK 144 million, meaning an increase of 53 percent.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Bonnier Publications is Scandinavia's largest magazine publisher. The Group has publications and activities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia and the Netherlands.

Magnus Dimert New CEO for Adlibris

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-21
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Starting Feb. 21, Magnus Dimert takes over at online book retailer Adlibris.

Photo: Caroline Andersson

Online book retailer Adlibris gets a new/old CEO with Magnus Dimert, most recently head of book publisher Bonnierförlagen's consumer and logistics business area. He starts Feb. 21.

Dimert worked previously at Adlibris and was CEO from 2002-2008. He takes over from Pär Svärdson.

"I look forward to developing Adlibris further," says Dimert.

Bonnier Publications Breaks Website Visitor Record

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-11
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Some 2.1 million visitors to Bonnier Publications websites marks a new high for the Copenhagen-based magazine company.

In January, Copenhagen-based magazine publisher Bonnier Publications' websites for the first time had over two million visitors. This marked an increase of 570,000 compared to January last year. I Form (In Shape) alone accounted for an increase of 240,000 users and had a total of 976,000 site visitors in January.

Johan Kleberg New CEO for Canal+

By Bert Menninga on 2011-01-11
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Local presence strengthened with new country leaders for Canal+ in Sweden and Norway.

Current COO for Canal+ Johan Kleberg will become the new CEO for C More Entertainment/Canal+ when current CEO Jonas Eriksson returns to Bonnier Broadcasting & Entertainment as vice president.