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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.

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.

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.

New Life in Danish Women's Magazine Market with Liv

By Bert Menninga on 2010-12-01
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Targeted to women in their 40s, the new Liv magazine will launch in February in Denmark. Editor-in-chief Ann Qvist explains.

Benjamin Media in Denmark is launching a new lifestyle magazine for women 40 and over: Liv. The new magazine, which has been in the planning for six years, will hit the newsstands on Feb. 10, 2011.

Spis Bedre Does Well in Denmark But Leaves Norway

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-08
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Food title Spis Bedre will focus on its nearly 100,000 readers in Denmark.

After six successful years, food magazine Spis Bedre is now Denmark's No. 1 magazine focusing on just food, with 97,000 readers. However in Norway, the title hasn't had the same power, so owner Bonnier Tidskrifter has decided to discontinue the magazine after the third issue of 2011. 

Bonnier Publications Launches Populär Vetenskap

By Bert Menninga on 2010-10-29
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The first issue of Swedish Populär Vetenskap - Popular Science - hits the newsstands Nov. 2.

The newest magazine from Bonnier Publications International, Populär Vetenskap, is a cooperation between Illustrerad Vetenskap (Science Illustrated) - the most read magazine in the Nordic countries - and the American Popular Science, which reaches some 7 million readers.

BoligPluss Gets Danish Cousin

By Linnéa Pontvik on 2010-06-28
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Bonnier Publications' Norwegian interior design magazine BoligPluss to launch in Denmark.

After several successful years in Norway, Bonnier Publications' interior design magazine BoligPluss is expanding to Denmark. Bonnier Publications has previously taken a number of successful Danish magazine concepts to the Norwegian market, but this is the first time a Norwegian magazine is being "exported" to Denmark. The first issue will come out in October.

I Form's Kvindeløb Races Attract 35,000

By Bert Menninga on 2010-05-31
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I Form magazine has made a hit with its women's Kvindeløb races, which are held throughout Denmark and Sweden.

Seven years ago, when Denmark's i Form fitness magazine started up its first women's race - the i Form Kvindeløb, some 3,000 Danish women took part. The race went through Copenhagen, and the women could run either 5K or 10K. Since then, the race has taken off, with counterparts in the three next biggest cities in Denmark and in September 2009, in the Swedish city of Malmö.

Micropayments for D.I.Y. Danish Website

By Bert Menninga on 2010-03-25
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Do-it-yourself magazine Gør Det Selv upgrades its website with thousands of helpful guides for subscribers and non-subscribers alike.

Bonnier Publications' do-it-yourself magazine Gør Det Selv has relaunched its website with a new micropayment system. While magazine subscribers can now download up to 25 step-by-step guides per week and store them in their personal profiles for free, non-subscribers can purchase the guides for DKK 20.