Gruner+Jahr GmbH & Co KG has sold Börse Online to FV Börsen Verlag GmbH
January 2013 — The German publishing house Gruner + Jahr AG & Co. KG has sold its weekly business magazine Börse Online to FV Börsen Verlag GmbH for an undisclosed consideration.
Börse Online was published by Gruner+Jahr, Europe’s largest magazine publisher whose other publications include Ster, Brigitte, GEO, Capital, Gala, Eltern and National Geographic.
Starting January 2013, the investor magazine Börse Online will be published by FV Börsen Verlag, a 100% affiliated company of the German Finanzen Verlag which publishes the magazines Euro, Euro am Sontag and Artinvestor. As part of this transaction, ten financial editors from Gruner + Jahr, Frankfurt, will be offered a job at the new location in Munich.
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Oaklins' team in Germany advised the seller in this transaction and structured the sale process.
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