Computec Media Group
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Industry | Computer related media |
Founded | 1989 |
Founder | Christian Geltenpoth |
Headquarters | Fürth, Deutschland |
Key people |
Rainer Rosenbusch Hans Ippisch |
Revenue | € 24.6 million (2012) |
Number of employees | 185 (31 December. 2012) |
Parent | Marquard Media Gruppe |
Website | www.computec.de |
Computec Media Group is a German computer media company headquartered in Fürth. It is a subsidiary of the Swiss Marquard Media Gruppe. The company publishes multiple magazines and websites related to computers, video gaming and media.
History
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Computec Media was founded in 1989 by Christian Geltenpoth who led the company until 2005.[1][2] In 1999, the company tried to establish itself in the United States but had to cancel its operations after only ten months.[3]
From 1998 to 2013, it was traded in the General Standard of the Frankfurt stock exchange.In 2005, the Swiss Marquard Media AG became the company's major stock holder and on 1 October 2013 it bought the remaining stocks via a squeeze-out. Computec Media was delisted and transformed into a GmbH. In 2014 the company bought the Linux- and Raspberry-Pi-related magazines of Medialinx and in 2016 the mobile phone news website Areamobile.de.
Computec Media was the publisher of a number of now-defunct magazines, such as SEGA Magazin, PC Action, Play Time, Amiga Games, Mega Fun[1] and XBG Games.
Subsidiaries
Publications
- 4Players
- areamobile.de
- Buffed
- Computec IT-Academy
- EasyLinux
- Games Aktuell
- Games TV 24
- gamescom aktuell
- gamesbusiness.de
- gamesworld.de
- gamezone.de
- Golem.de
- Linux-Magazin
- LinuxUser
- Making Games
- N-Zone[1]
- PC Games[1]
- PC Games MMORE
- PC Games Hardware
- Play⁴
- Raspberry Pi Geek
- readmore.de
- SFT
- videogameszone.de
- Widescreen
External links
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hammerstein, Konstantin von (1999-11-01). "ZEITSCHRIFTEN: Barbusige Grazien". Der Spiegel. 44. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ "Gözalan ersetzt Geltenpoth bei Computec". Horizont (in German). 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ Trimborn, Marion (2000-09-26). "Computec Media: Bauchlandung in den USA". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- 1 2 3 4 "Konzernstruktur - Computec Media GmbH". Computec Media GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ "Freenet verkauft 4Players und FreeXmedia". Gründerszene Magazin (in German). 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.