History

01.01.2021
On January 1, 2021 KLAMBT acquires the magazine VIEL SPAß from Burda Verlag. From January 2021, the weekly title “VIEL SPAß” will be integrated into the editorial team “DIE NEUE FRAU / WOCHE der FRAU” headed by editor-in-chief Roland Hag. At the same time, it is planned to increase the number of staff in the editorial office. The distribution will continue to be carried out by MZV, and BCN will be responsible for marketing with immediate effect, as with the other KLAMBT media group titles.
2021
17.11.2020
BCN takes over cross-media marketing of the KLAMBT media brands. As part of a strategic collaboration, the KLAMBT media group has now commissioned the multichannel marketer BCN to market its magazine portfolio and digital platforms. This includes well-known titles with a wide reach such as Für Sie, Petra, Vital, Funk Uhr, Lea, Jolie or OK as well as ok-magazin.de. Only GRAZIA and grazia-magazin.de are excluded from the cooperation.
2020
01.06.2020
KLAMBT starts with podcasts (Kunzes Kosmos, Riedl, Beauty Talk and many more)
2020
05.03.2019
KLAMBT organizes the 5th Editorial Day in Baden-Baden. The KLAMBT media group organized the 5th Editorial Day in Baden-Baden with exciting lectures and an exclusive get-together. The 70 guests listened to the profiler Suzanne Grieger-Langer, the trend researcher Kai Gondlach, 5 editors-in-chief of KLAMBT and the nutritionist Dr. Matthias Riedl, anchorman of the magazine "Eat Dichheil". The conference, which has established itself as an industry event, was moderated by KLAMBT publisher Kai Rose.
2019
01.01.2019
KLAMBT founds the Elbgorilla company.
2019
25.09.2018
KLAMBT acquires the women's magazines FÜR SIE, Petra and Vital as well as the respective web and social media accounts from Jahreszeiten Verlag, which belongs to the Ganske publishing group, by way of an asset deal. Furthermore, KLAMBT takes over the young, health-trend-oriented titles Dr. Wimmer, feel good and healthy eating.
2018
28.02.2018
In the year of its 175th anniversary, the KLAMBT media group is acquiring the monthly women's magazine “Jolie” as well as the websites “jolie.de” and “Mädchen.de” including the associated social media accounts from MEDIA GROUP MEDWETH by means of an asset deal.
2018
02.11.2015
INSENIO is an online shop specializing in incontinence products for adults and adolescents. Lars Joachim Rose, publisher of the KLAMBT media group: "With the participation in INSENIO, we are strategically expanding our digital portfolio and investing in an eCommerce company in the rapidly growing healthcare market."
2015
07.05.2015
With "tv4plus1" the KLAMBT media group is starting the second stage of its involvement in the TV magazine market after acquiring ten TV guides in 2015. “Tv4plus1” offers, in addition to the traditional four-week program magazines, an updated bonus week and is therefore more extensive and at the same time more up-to-date than the competition.
2015
27.03.2015
Healthcare insiders meet in Baden-Baden to exchange ideas and listen to exciting expert lectures. In addition, the editors-in-chief gave an insight into how the topic was found and how the 5,000-page health department, which appears every week for the Klambt titles, was created. The interest of around 10 million readers in drugs, medical contexts and therapies is unbroken and a cornerstone of the editorial architecture.
2015
10.11.2014
Klambt media manufacturer is also active in digital sales with all brands and on all channels. Readers are reached through all relevant partners, portals and app stores such as the Apple newspaper kiosk, Android on Google Play, the Amazon app for the Kindle Fire or also via PresseKatalog.de or the READER SERVICE from Deutsche Post.
2014
0110.2014
The titles of the KLAMBT media manufacturer in Hamburg, Baden-Baden and Speyer produce around 6000 pages of food journalism every year – a core competence of the company, which the KLAMBT media group is now breaking new ground in marketing. Customized print and online communication concepts from the entire portfolio are now being offered for the food industry.
2014
30.04.2014
On May 1, 2014, the KLAMBT media group took over the program magazines FUNKUHR, Bild-Woche, SUPER TV, TV neu !, die zwei, TV piccolino, tv GENIE, myTV, TV 4x7 and tv 4 Wochen from the Essen-based FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE. These ten magazines will in future be produced by KLAMBT-Programmzeitschriften GmbH in Baden-Baden.
2014
28.02.2014
On February 27, the KLAMBT media group organized the first KLAMBT EDITORIAL DAY for the healthcare industry in Baden-Baden, thus setting the first highlight of the event season for the OTC industry. Publisher Kai Rose had completely redesigned the event and invited executives from the pharmaceutical industry to the spa town.
2014
21.03.2013
On March 21, the KLAMBT media group published the spiritual women's magazine Happy Way for the first time. The magazine accompanies the increasing trend of the search for meaning and the spiritual connection of body and mind. Publisher Kai Rose: "Happy Way takes up the search for inner values ​​and harmony and proves that spirituality and self-discovery can be experienced not only in Asian teachings but also in our native regions."
2013
22.02.2013
OK! Daily is published Monday to Friday as an e-paper! Today at 7 a.m. the first issue of the daily people magazine OK!-Daily was published as an e-paper, which is initially available free of charge for the iPad in the Apple store.
2013
08.02.2013
From March 1, the KLAMBT media group will be publishing the "Liebes Land" magazine, which has been in existence for 5 years. KLAMBT takes over a license from Hannes Scholten Verlag, which is 100% owned by Paul Parey Verlag.
2013
15.08.2012
The KLAMBT media group launches the German edition of the international premium magazine Flair - as the first magazine for fashion & home in the luxury segment. The licensor is the Milanese publisher Mondadori, with which a license agreement for the weekly fashion magazine GRAZIA already exists.
2012
18.07.2012
The KLAMBT media group has expanded its shares in the private broadcasting companies in Rhineland-Palatinate through its subsidiary Klambt-Medien GmbH. In addition to its holdings in Rhineland-Palatinate, the KLAMBT media group also has a stake in Radio Regenbogen, Mannheim, in Baden-Württemberg.
2012
24.08. 2011
The KLAMBT media group is launching “My Social Petwork” today - the social network for animals that is aimed specifically at the “Facebook generation” among animal owners *. At www.mysocialpetwork.com, all pets can now - with the help of their human owners - create their own profile, make friends, send messages, upload pictures and much more.
2011
16.06.2011
In autumn 2011, the KLAMBT media group became the licensee of the New York media company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) for the premium magazine MARTHA STEWART LIVING in German-speaking countries
2011
07.01.2007
The KLAMBT media group will be launching the German edition of the international weekly women's magazine GRAZIA on February 11, 2010. A corresponding license agreement with the Milanese publisher Mondadori was signed by both parties. GRAZIA distinguishes itself internationally through the unique combination of opulent fashion staging and intelligent news journalism.
2007
14.03.2009
On May 14, 2009 the KLAMBT media group will award the OK! Style Award as part of a glamorous award ceremony in the British Embassy in Berlin. Innovative and stylish new products from the consumer goods market were honored.
2009
02.03.2009
On March 2, 2009 Klambt changed its name from publishing group to media group. In this way, the group of companies takes into account the increasing internationalization, the entry into new media business areas and the convergence of the individual publishing areas and activities.
2009
06.06.2008
From June 6, 2008 the monthly women's magazine "Welt der Frau" will complement the segment of entertaining women's magazines. With effect from January 3rd, 2009 the frequency of "Welt der Frau" will change to fortnightly.
2008
06.02.2008
On February 6, 2008, the Klambt publishing group decided to run the people magazine OK! in a joint venture with the English publisher Northern & Sell into the German market. OK! appears in over 20 countries and is the largest people magazine in the world with over 34 million readers per month.
2008
31.03.2007
On March 31, 2007, the Klambt publishing group launched the new title "Woche aktuell". The new launch combines current people topics with an extensive service area.
2007
10.2005
The Klambt publishing group officially moves into the Klambt media center in Baden-Baden.
2005
06.2005
On June 30, 2005 the people magazine "in - Das STAR-Magazin" appears for the first time.
2005
21.04.2004
On April 21, 2004 the weekly women's magazine "Freizeitwoche" appears for the first time from the Freizeitwoche-Verlag, in which the publishing group has a 20% stake.
2004
2003
On July 3, 2003, Sonnenverlag GmbH was converted into the legal form of a limited partnership through a conversion resolution. The entry was made on September 11, 2003 in the commercial register of the Baden-Baden local court under the number HRA 1406. The company's name is now Sonnenverlag GmbH & Co. KG.
2003
2002
Since 2002 the Klambt publishing group has also published magazines for other European countries, including France, Italy, Spain, Romania and Serbia.
2002
1998
In recent years, new items have been successfully launched on the German magazine market, including "Die neue Frau", "Welt der Frau", "Woche der Frau" and "Lea". Furthermore, there are dozens of publications that cover many areas of interest from "Astro" to "Folk Music". In addition to subsidiaries such as the "Sonnenverlag", the "Klambt-Druck GmbH", a prepress service company and the "Klambt u. Endres OHG", a general agency of the "Nürnberger Versicherungen", the publishing group has its subsidiaries Klambt-Medien and Klambt press holdings in radio stations and wholesalers.
1998
1990
Germany will be reunified. The group delivers the magazines again in East Germany and participates in new wholesale press sales.
1990
1989
Klambt is involved in private radio with a stake in Radio 4 in Rhineland-Palatinate. This later results in investments in RPR and Radio Regenbogen.
1989
1966
"Der Hausfreund" is merged with "7Tage" and developed under this name into a colorful magazine, a pioneer of the rainbow press. This lays the foundation for the success story of the Klambt publishing group.
1966
1958
Klambt-Verlag buys the title "7Tage", a flourishing entertainment magazine.
1958
1949
The magazine "Sonne ins Heim", known today under the title "Frau mit Herz", is founded.
1949
1948
The first post-war edition of "Hausfreund für Stadt und Land" appeared and developed over the years from a weekly political paper into a magazine for the whole family.
1948
1945
A few days before the Soviet troops march into Neurode, the Rose family fled to the West. The rebuilding of the company then began in the cathedral and imperial city of Speyer.
1945
1944
"Der Hausfreund" has to be discontinued by order of the Reich Press Chamber.
1944
1906
The small Silesian "Provinzblatt" has become the most popular political weekly newspaper in Germany. The publishing house founds branches in Hamm / Westphalia and Speyer am Rhein.
1906
1894
The Klambt-Verlag begins to insure the subscribers of the "Hausfreund". From this, the insurance business and the cooperation with the "Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe" developed later on.
1894
1882
Wilhelm Wenzel Klambt sells the "Der Hausfreund" publishing house to his son-in-law Georg Rose, who puts the weekly magazine on the road to success. In the 1980s the paper developed into the most popular weekly political paper in Silesia.
1882
1843
In the second attempt, Klambt publishes the weekly magazine "Der Hausfreund" and founds his own printing company. This day is still considered the foundation date of the publisher.
1843
05.10.1836
The author and lender of books, Wilhelm Wenzel Klambt, publishes the weekly newspaper "Der Hausfreund" for the first time in the Silesian town of Neurode. It was published until March 28th, 1837.
1836