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{{Short description|German media conglomerate}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
| logo = Heise_Gruppe_Marke_2023.svg
In 1972, Heinz Heise handed over the management of the company to his son {{Interlanguage link|Christian Heise (publisher)|lt=Christian|de|Christian Heise|WD=Q1080246}}. Under his leadership, a gh fmagazine for electronics and technology topics, was created. The first issue of the computer magazine [[c't]] appeared in 1983,<ref>{{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}}</ref> followed by the profesgh gfDeutsche-Technology-Review-kommt-41852 |title=Deutsche Technology Review kommt. |website=Horizont |language=de |date=2003-01-10 |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref>▼
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| image = Heise Gruppe Zentrale 2022.jpg
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| type = [[Private company|Private]] (GmbH & Co. KG)
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| predecessor = Verlag Heinz Heise
| founded = {{Start date and age|1949}} in [[Hanover]], Germany
| founder = Heinz Heise
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| hq_location_city = Hanover
| hq_location_country = Germany
| area_served = {{Unbulleted list|Germany|Austria|Switzerland}}
| key_people = Ansgar Heise<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/5229-ansgar-heise.html |title=Ansgar Heise |publisher=Kress |accessdate=2022-04-13}}</ref>
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| owner = Heise family
| num_employees = 1,085
| num_employees_year = 2020
| revenue = [[Euro|€]]193.8 million
| revenue_year = 2020
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| website = {{URL|www.heise-gruppe.de}}
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'''Heise''' (officially ''Heise Gruppe'') is a German [[media conglomerate]] headquartered in [[Hanover]]. It was founded in 1949 by Heinz Heise and is still [[Family business|family-owned]]. Its core business is directory media as well as general-interest and specialist media from the fields of computer technology, information technology and network culture. Another focus of its business activities is portals for price and product comparisons.
== History ==
In 1949, {{Interlanguage link|Heinz Heise (publisher)|lt=Heinz Heise|de|Heinz Heise (Verleger)|WD=Q1294779}} founded the publishing house named after him in [[Hanover]]-Badenstedt.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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|WD=Q1080246}}. Under his leadership, a
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|WD=Q1619570}} publishing house in Rostock.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Stefanie |last=Büssing |title=190 Jahre Hinstorff-Verlag |language=de |newspaper=Ostsee-Zeitung |date=2021-09-02 |page=19}}</ref> 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)|WD=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|WD=Q1171772}} and {{Interlanguage link|Das Telefonbuch|WD=Q17538967}} appeared online for the first time. The news portal ''heise.de'' was created and supplemented by [[Telepolis]] and other channels. The MIT magazine [[MIT Technology Review|Technology Review]], whose German-language version has been published by Heise since 2003, was widely recognized.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In recent years, price comparison portals have taken on greater importance at Heise. The company has stakes in ''billiger.de'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''guenstiger.de'' and ''[[Geizhals|geizhals.at]]''.<ref>{{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 |
== Publications ==
▲In recent years, price comparison portals have taken on greater importance at Heise. The company has stakes in ''billiger.de'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''guenstiger.de'' and ''[[Geizhals|geizhals.at]]''.<ref>{{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 |accesg
Heise publishes ''Das Örtliche'' and ''Das Telefonbuch'' as well as the [[Yellow pages|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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