GEO magazine may return to Russia

In Russia, the release of GEO, Gala Biographia and Geolenok, which stopped at the end of 2015, may resume.

The fact that these magazines will be closed became known last fall, the last GEO number went on sale in mid -December. In Russia, under the license of the largest Gruner + Jahr publishing house, magazines were published by Axel Springer Russia , which was sold by the ACMG media group Alexander Fedotova.

Now she, reports Kommersant with reference to a source on a media market, is going to purchase a license from GEO, Gala Biographia and Geolenok from Gruner + Jahr .

According to the register of Roskomnadzor, in January 2016, the GEO license, Gala Biographia and Geolenok were re -registered, as their founder, the AC RUS Media joint -stock company, which is part of ACMG , was indicated as their founder.

Earlier it was reported that the former general director of the BurDA publishing house Arnd Folker Listenik claimed the purchase of magazines, but refused it. The Russian media businessman, who was offered to purchase licenses, stated that the business model of GEO and Gala Biographia has no future.

According to TNS Russia , the audience of Gala Biographia in May -October 2015 amounted to 751 thousand people, GEO - 1.2 million people.