. type private company industry media group founded 1804 1804 in copenhagen denmark headquarters stockholm sweden key people carl johan bonnier chairman 1 tomas franz n ceo 2 products newspapers books magazines television cinemas film production radio revenue us 4.097 billion 2013 operating income us 305 million 2013 net income us 227 million 2013 number of employees 9 226 2013 website bonnier.com bonnier ab swedish pronunciation b n ni r ; also the bonnier group 3 is a privately held swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries . it is controlled by the bonnier family . 4 contents 1 background 2 international operations 3 family owned 4 time inc. magazines acquisition 5 references 6 external links background edit the company was started in 1804 5 by gerhard bonnier in copenhagen denmark when bonnier published his first book underfulde og sandf rdige kriminalhistorier . gerhard s sons later moved to sweden . the bonnier book publishing companies in sweden that are part of book publishing house bonnierf rlagen now include albert bonniers f rlag wahlstr m & widstrand forum and bonnier carlsen as well as other book publishers and imprints in sweden . bonnier tidskrifter publishes magazines including veckans aff rer damernas v rld amelia sk na hem teknikens v rld resume nearly a dozen crossword magazines 6 and the tablet magazine c mode . other subsidiaries include sweden s commercial tv network tv4 and c more entertainment ; movie theater chain sf bio 40 percent share and film production companies svensk filmindustri and sonet film ; daily newspapers dagens nyheter expressen sydsvenskan and helsingborgs dagblad ; 7 business daily dagens industri ; and medical journal dagens medicin . international operations edit in denmark operations include magazine publisher bonnier publications which has subsidiaries in norway finland and sweden ; business daily dagbladet b rsen ; and film distributors sf film and film producers sf film production . finnish operations include mtv media oy which owns commercial channels mtv3 and sub among others ; book publishers tammi and wsoy ; plus magazines from bonnier publications and film productions by fs film . in germany bonnier media deutschland includes ullstein buchverlage piper verlag thienemann verlag and carlsen verlag among others . in norway along with magazines from bonnier media and the movie chain sf kino and film distribution company sf norge subsidiaries include book publisher cappelen damm . in january 2007 the bonnier magazine group acquired 18 magazines from time inc. 8 as a result in the u.s. the group owns over 40 magazines including popular science saveur field & stream outdoor life and popular photography a range of action sport magazines focused on motorcycling as well as a number of niche travel and lifestyle titles . 9 book publisher weldon owen is also part of the company . bonnier publishing book publishing operations in the uk include autumn publishing hot key books red lemon press templar publishing piccadilly press 10 and weldon owen which is separate from the u.s. book publisher ; piccolia in france ; and five mile press in australia . bonnier owns business newspapers in estonia rip ev lithuania verslo inios poland puls biznesu and slovenia finance business daily as well as medical journals in denmark norway finland poland and slovenia . bonnier is also behind several digital startups including the tablet publishing platform mag and children s toy app producer toca boca . family owned edit bonnier is controlled by around 75 family members including some seventh generation heirs . time inc. magazines acquisition edit in january 2007 the bonnier magazine group agreed to acquire 18 magazines that time inc. was divesting . 8 the estimated price was us 225 million in cash and the assumption of about us 42 million in unfulfilled subscription liabilities subscriptions already paid but not yet delivered . the magazines in the package employed 550 people and included outdoor life popular science field & stream ski yachting and transworld snowboarding as well as 11 other titles that were part of time inc. s time4 media group . also included were parenting and babytalk which were part of the parenting group . that price was believed to be a multiple of about 11 times cash flow for a group that had net income of around us 20 million and revenue of around 230 million . we think we did a good deal and we think time did as well said jonas bonnier head of the bonnier magazine group . bonnier already had a small footprint in the us through a 50 percent stake in winter park florida based world publications which owned the titles islands and spa saveur water skiing and caribbean travel & life . 11 references edit board of directors . bonnier ab . retrieved 2 january 2012 . top management . bonnier ab . retrieved 2 january 2012 . bonnier ab . insideview . retrieved 24 january 2014 . global publishing leaders 2012 bonnier . publishers weekly . retrieved 14 november 2012 . bonnier ab . linkedin . retrieved 24 january 2014 . bonnier korsord om oss . krysset.se . retrieved 4 january 2012 . tidningsaff ren ingen heroisk investering . svenska dagbladet . retrieved 27 april 2014 . a b bonnier magazine group buys 18 magazines from time inc. . timewarner . new york ny . 25 january 2007 . retrieved 28 february 2015 . bonnier magazine group publishes more than 150 magazines in seven countries . . retrieved 24 january 2014 . templar publishing buys piccadilly press . publishers weekly . 1 february 2014 . retrieved 12 february 2014 . kelly keith j. 26 january 2007 . bonnier coughed up 225m to time . new york post . retrieved 31 december 2011 . external links edit official website company overview of bonnier ab by bloomberg businessweek v t e bonnier magazines bonnier corporation boating conceive cycle world field & stream flying marlin motorcyclist outdoor life popular photography popular science salt water sportsman saveur science illustrated sound & vision working mother yachting bonnier publications allt om historia bo bedre fhm norway id nyt national geographic penge og privat konomi popul r historia illustrerad vetenskap bonnier tidskrifter glamour sweden kamratposten mama teknikens v rld veckans aff rer veckorevyn books bonnier media deutschland arsedition carlsen piper westend bonnierf rlagen albert bonniers f rlag wahlstr m & widstrand other cappelen damm 50 % tammi tv mtv mtv3 sub ava mtv max mtv fakta mtv juniori mtv sport 1 mtv sport 2 tv4 group c more entertainment tv4 hd sjuan tv12 tv4 film tv4 fakta tv4 fakta xl tv4 sport tv4 komedi tv4 guld film sf studios sf bio sf anytime newspapers dagens nyheter expressen helsingborgs dagblad sydsvenskan business press rip ev b rsen dagens industri delov je vedomosti delovoy petersburg finance puls biznesu retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bonnier group & oldid 743912016 categories 1804 establishments in swedenbonnier groupmedia companies of swedenpublishing companies established in 1804bonnier familyhidden categories use dmy dates from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutscheestifran aislietuvi norsk bokm lnorsk nynorskportugu s suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 00 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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