Axel Springer Verlag AG - SPR- Profile

Axel Springer Verlag AG. The Group's principal activities are printing, publishing and sale of newspapers, magazines, books and periodicals. The Group's activities are carried out through four divisions: Newspapers, Magazines, Printing and Services/holding. The Newspapers division include daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, national and regional subscription newspapers, free advertising publications and equity holdings in German newspaper publishing companies. The Magazine division publishes TV programming guides, women's magazines, men's magazines, family, finance, youth and music magazines. The Printing segment comprises printing plants in Germany. The Services/Holding segment comprises services such as customer service, value-added telephone services, TV productions, logistics, sales, direct marketing, insurance sales and commercial office buildings. The Group acquired Idealo Internet GmbH in 2006 and Jean Frey AG and T+M Verlagsgruppe in 2007. Newspapers accounted for 62% of 2006 revenues; Magazines, 33%; Services/Holding, 4% and Printing, 2%