Heise Group

In 1949, {{Interlanguage link|Heinz Heise (publisher)|lt=Heinz Heise|de|Heinz Heise (Verleger)|qid=Q1294779}} founded the publishing house named after him in Hanover-Badenstedt.{{Citation |first=Selmar |last=Bühling |title=Ein Wort zum Mitbegründer des Erfurter Heimatbriefs (Heinz Heise). |language=de |work=Erfurter Heimatbrief |issue=24 |date=1972-06-08 |pages=17–19}} The company's first product was an address book for the town of Bünde, later joined by the telephone directory for Einbeck. Gradually, other cities and regions were added to the product range. In addition, Heise expanded the program to include non-fiction topics, such as manuals on law. By 1960, sales had risen to over one million marks.

In 1972, Heinz Heise handed over the management of the company to his son {{Interlanguage link|Christian Heise (publisher)|lt=Christian|de|Christian Heise|qid=Q1080246}}. Under his leadership, a magazine for electronics and technology topics, was created. The first issue of the computer magazine c't appeared in 1983,{{Cite news |title=Digital ganz analog: Alles, was Sie über Computerzeitschriften wissen sollten. |language=de |newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=1998-12-11 |page=67}} followed by the professional magazine iX in 1988.{{Cite news |title=Kampf um iX: Ein Mittelständler stellt sich gegen die Börse. |language=de |newspaper=Frankfurter Neue Presse |date=2000-08-26 |page=2}} Both publications are still around today. Later, the IT sector was further expanded with the acquisition of the Heidelberg-based Dpunkt Verlag.{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Heise-uebernimmt-Mehrheit-von-Dpunkt-Verlag-35957 |title=Heise übernimmt Mehrheit von Dpunkt-Verlag. |language=de |website=Horizont |date=2022-02-28 |access-date=2022-04-14}}

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Heise expanded into the states of the former Eastern Bloc. In 1992, the company took over the long-established {{Interlanguage link|Hinstorff (publisher)|lt=Hinstorff|de|Hinstorff Verlag|qid=Q1619570}} publishing house in Rostock.{{Cite news |first=Stefanie |last=Büssing |title=190 Jahre Hinstorff-Verlag |language=de |newspaper=Ostsee-Zeitung |date=2021-09-02 |page=19}} Having previously invested in regional radio stations, Heise participated in the founding of {{Interlanguage link|Radio 21 (Germany)|lt=Radio 21|de|Radio 21 (Deutschland)|qid=Q1762269}}, a private radio station in Lower Saxony, in year 2000. Additionally, Heise invested in digital business models with partner publishers: {{Interlanguage link|Das Örtliche|qid=Q1171772}} and {{Interlanguage link|Das Telefonbuch|qid=Q17538967}} appeared online for the first time. The news portal heise.de was created and supplemented by Telepolis and other channels. The MIT magazine Technology Review, whose German-language version has been published by Heise since 2003, was widely recognized.{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Deutsche-Technology-Review-kommt-41852 |title=Deutsche Technology Review kommt. |website=Horizont |language=de |date=2003-01-10 |access-date=2022-04-14}}

In recent years, price comparison portals have taken on greater importance at Heise. The company has stakes in billiger.de,{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2009/02/26/prosiebensat1-verkauft-billigerde/ |title=ProSiebenSat.1 verkauft billiger.de. |language=de |website=deutsche-startups |date=2009-02-26 |access-date=2023-01-10 |first=Alexander |last=Hüsing}} guenstiger.de and geizhals.at.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/international/628363_IT-Verlag-Heise-uebernimmt-51-Prozent-von-geizhals.at.html |title=IT-Verlag Heise übernimmt geizhals.at. |language=de |website=Wiener Zeitung |date=2014-05-07 |access-date=2022-04-12}}

Heise publishes Das Örtliche and Das Telefonbuch as well as the Gelbe Seiten in joint editorial and publishing partnership with Deutsche Tele Medien. The media are published in printed form, as a web application and for mobile devices. In addition to a simple entry, Heise offers small and medium-sized companies a wide range of online marketing services.{{Cite web |first=Peter |last=Strahlendorf |url=https://www.new-business.de/medien/detail.php?nr=774328 |title=Heise Gruppe baut Agentur-Business aus. |website=new-business |language=de |date=2021-09-06 |access-date=2022-02-01}}

The IT news portal heise.de is leading in German-speaking countries.{{Cite web |first=Brian |last=Rotter |url=https://t3n.de/news/deutschen-top-25-tech-medien-netz-666374/ |title=Die deutschen Top 25 der Tech-Medien im Netz. |language=de |website=t3n |date=2015-12-18 |access-date=2022-04-10}} It also includes the media brands c't, iX, Make, Mac & i,{{Cite web |url=https://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Heise-startet-Ct-Ableger-rund-um-Apple-98328 |title=Heise startet c't-Ableger rund um Apple. |language=de |website=Horizont |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2022-04-10}} Technology Review, heise Autos, TechStage and Telepolis.{{Cite web |first=Jörg |last=Wirtgen |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/In-eigener-Sache-Gadget-Blog-TechStage-startet-1871584.html |title=In eigener Sache: Heise startet Gadget-Blog TechStage. |language=de |website=heise online |date=2013-05-28 |access-date=2022-04-14}}{{Cite news |first=Tilman |last=Baumgärtel |url=https://taz.de/Netzphilosophie/!1430209/ |title=Netzphilosophie |newspaper=Die Tageszeitung |date=1996-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-03 |page=16}} The company uses the brands both online and for magazines, as well as for events, especially congresses, conferences, seminars and workshops, including Heise Adacemy.

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