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23-590: The company's network of brands includes more than 60 publications, 100 websites, Motor Trend's Video on Demand channel, branded and licensed products, live events and competitions, as well as TV and radio programs. TEN's total audience is 158 million. In 2013, the company signed a deal with the Bonnier Corporation , where they sold Dirt Rider , Motorcyclist , Sport Rider , Motorcycle Cruiser , Hot Bike , Baggers , Super Streetbike , Street Chopper , and ATV Rider , and they bought Sound + Vision and

46-1186: A United States publishing company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bonnier Group Bonnier AB ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbʊ̂nːiːr] ), also the Bonnier Group , is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family . The company was founded in 1804 by Gerhard Bonnier in Copenhagen , Denmark, when Bonnier published his first book, Underfulde og sandfærdige kriminalhistorier . Gerhard's sons later moved to Sweden. The Bonnier book publishing companies in Sweden that are part of book publishing house Bonnierförlagen now include Albert Bonniers förlag , Wahlström & Widstrand , Forum, and Bonnier Carlsen, as well as other book publishers and imprints in Sweden. Bonnier Tidskrifter publishes magazines, including Veckans Affärer , Damernas Värld , Amelia , Sköna hem , Teknikens Värld , Resume , nearly

69-1016: A dozen crossword magazines, and the tablet magazine C Mode . Other subsidiaries include the film production companies SF Studios and Sonet Film ; daily newspapers Dagens Nyheter , Expressen , Sydsvenskan and Helsingborgs Dagblad ; business daily Dagens Industri ; and medical journal Dagens Medicin . In Denmark, operations include magazine publisher Bonnier Publications, which has subsidiaries in Norway, Finland and Sweden; business daily Dagbladet Børsen ; film distributors SF Film and film producers SF Film Production. Finnish operations include book publishers Tammi and WSOY ; plus magazines from Bonnier Publications and film productions by FS Film. In Germany, Bonnier Media Deutschland includes Ullstein Buchverlage , Piper Verlag , Thienemann Verlag and Carlsen Verlag , among others. In Malta , Bonnier owned Evoke Gaming Ltd. This

92-459: A range of action sport magazines focused on motorcycling, as well as a number of niche travel and lifestyle titles. Book publisher Weldon Owen was also part of the company. In 2013, Bonnier signed a deal with Source Interlink where they bought motorcycle franchises Dirt Rider , Motorcyclist , Sport Rider , Motorcycle Cruiser , Hot Bike , Baggers , Super Streetbike , Street Chopper and ATV Rider , whereas they sold Sound & Vision and

115-816: Is also behind several digital startups, including the tablet publishing platform Mag+ and children's toy app producer, Toca Boca (sold in 2016 to Spin Master ). In 2017, the Bonnier Motorcycle Group bought the AMA EnduroCross Championship , an off-road motorcycling series. The group also promotes the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, HighPipe, Track Day Shootout, Adventure Rally Series and Hot Bike Tour. Also in 2017, Bonnier sold Nordic Cinema Group to AMC Theatres . On 20 July 2018, Telia Company announced

138-595: Is controlled by around 75 family members, including some seventh-generation heirs. Some well-known relatives and descendants of the Bonnier family include: In January 2007, the Bonnier Magazine Group agreed to acquire 18 magazines that Time Inc. was divesting. The estimated price was US$ 225 million in cash and the assumption of about US$ 42 million in unfulfilled subscription liabilities (subscriptions already paid but not yet delivered.) The magazines in

161-666: The Transworld titles. In September 2012, it was announced that Source Interlink Media (SIM) made a strategic investment in San Francisco technology company CoverHound to power its insurance searches. Through its GrindMedia action sports division, SIM signed a deal with the Bonnier Corporation in May 2013, where they sold Dirt Rider, Motorcyclist, Sport Rider, Motorcycle Cruiser, Hot Bike, Baggers, Super Streetbike, Street Chopper and ATV Rider, whereas they bought Sound + Vision and

184-514: The SVOD service as "The Netflix for Gearheads." On August 3, 2017, Discovery Communications announced it would acquire a majority stake in TEN, and contribute its automotive-oriented cable network Velocity into the company. The venture's goals is to create a larger, multi-platform presence for the company's brands, with a particular emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming products. On April 10, 2018, it

207-552: The TransWorld Group titles to Source Interlink , and in turn acquired Source Interlink's motorcycle magazines. That month, it also sold The Parenting Group to Meredith Corporation ; its publications were immediately shut down, and subscribers were transferred to other Meredith-owned publications. In June 2015, Bonnier Corp. was defrauded of $ 1.5 million through a phishing e-mail scam emanating from China that targeted its accounting department. The perpetrators hacked into

230-555: The TransWorld franchise. Bonnier’s publishing in the United Kingdom has two main divisions: Igloo Books and Bonnier Books UK. A number of imprints operate within each division, most notably: Blink, Autumn Publishing, Hot Key Books, John Blake Publishing, Embla, Templar Publishing and Piccadilly Press, Zaffre and Studio Press. In 2015, Bonnier UK acquired commercial fiction publisher Totally Entwined. Weldon Owen UK and US

253-467: The TransWorld franchise. In 2015, NBC Sports shuttered its action sports division, and sold the Dew Tour to TEN. On August 17 of that same year, TEN launched its subscription video on demand service Motor Trend OnDemand, which was the first SVOD service aimed at automotive enthusiasts. TEN CEO Scott Dickey described this community as "underserved and starved for premium video content" while positioning

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276-427: The company announced that 19 of the 22 magazines published by the company would be discontinued that month, including Automobile . Source Interlink was an American magazine publishing and logistics company. It owned Source Interlink Distribution and Motor Trend Group . It maintained a strong position in automotive and action sports media, publishing a variety of magazines including Motor Trend , Hot Rod , and

299-471: The company began to reposition and restructure its operations, and began to brand itself as an "outdoor adventure company" to emphasize its events, focusing specifically upon core verticals of marine recreation (including boating, sailing, and fishing), hunting, and travel. The company then sold remaining of its non- Marlin branded magazines to Firecrown in 2023. Publication owned by Bonnier LLC: Events operated by Bonnier LLC include: This article about

322-561: The email of Bonnier Corp. CEO Dave Freygang and sent instructions to the accounting department to transfer the funds to a Chinese bank account. Bonnier Corp. said money was electronically sent in two $ 1.5 million wire transfers four days apart. The second transfer was able to be recalled before it was received, but the first transfer could not be recovered. In October 2020, Bonnier sold a number of its major magazines, including Popular Science , Popular Photography , Outdoor Life , and Field & Stream , to North Equity LLC. In 2022,

345-711: The inability of Source Interlink Distribution to pay $ 19 million in revenues owed for second quarter 2014 sales and $ 7 million for sales booked in previous quarters. The publishing arm would be rebranded under the umbrella of TEN: The Enthusiast Network after shuttering several Source Interlink Media titles, including Popular Hot Rodding , Rod & Custom , High Performance Pontiac , Custom Classic Trucks , 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility , Mud Life , 5.0 Mustangs and Super Fords , Modified Mustangs & Fords , Camaro Performers , GM High-Tech Performance , Import Tuner , and Honda Tuning . In addition to editorial staff, there were further layoffs in art and production staff that

368-1139: The magazine publishing industry, leading to the decline or closure of several well-known titles. Formed in 2007 after Bonnier Group 's acquisition of publishing assets from Time , today it operates events within the vertical of outdoor recreation . The company was formed in March 2007 as the U.S. subsidiary of Bonnier Group, after it acquired the 18 magazines of the Time Warner divisions Time4 Media (owner of publications such as Transworld Skateboarding ) and The Parenting Group (owner of publications such as Parenting ) for $ 200 million, and combined them with its 50% stake in World Publications . In June 2009 Hachette Filipacchi sold American Photo, Boating , Flying , Sound & Vision , and Popular Photography to Bonnier. In April 2013, Bonnier sold its skiing publications, including Skiing and Warren Miller Entertainment , to Active Interest Media . In May 2013, Bonnier sold Sound & Vision and

391-468: The package employed 550 people and included Outdoor Life , Popular Science , Field & Stream , Ski , Yachting , and Transworld Snowboarding , as well as 11 other titles that were part of Time Inc.'s Time4 Media Group. Also included were Parenting and Babytalk , which were part of the Parenting Group. That price was believed to be a multiple of about 11 times cash flow for

414-556: The proposed acquisition of the Bonnier Broadcasting Group (which owns TV4 AB , MTV Oy and C More Entertainment ) from Bonnier. The acquisition was completed on 2 December 2019. On 6 February 2020, Bonnier Books UK launched literary imprint, Manilla Press. In October 2024, the UK division announced a restructuring with four imprints (Nine Eight, Heligo, John Blake and Black & White London) suspended. Bonnier

437-744: The suite of TransWorld brands. On August 19, 2013, GrindMedia announced that production of Skateboarder will cease on October 15, 2013. The Skateboarder announcement was followed by the closure of other publications, such as Modified , Mini Truckin ', Bound By Ink , GEEK , and Law of Attraction , in January 2014. Former Skateboarder editor-in-chief Jamie Owens was announced as the new editor-in-chief of TransWorld SKATEboarding in October 2013. On May 29, 2014, Source Interlink CEO Michael L. Sullivan announced that its distribution arm would soon cease operations. Time, Inc. had withdrawn its business over

460-680: Was announced that the company had been renamed Motor Trend Group effective immediately, and that Velocity would be rebranded under the Motor Trend name later in the year. In 2017, TEN sold the AMA EnduroCross Championship to the Bonnier Motorcycle Group . TEN also sold Baseball America and Slam . In March 2018, TEN sold Sound & Vision and Stereophile , along with related magazines and websites, to AVTech Media Ltd. In February 2019, TEN sold its adventure sports portfolio to American Media . In December 2019,

483-509: Was divested in late 2017. In January 2007, the Bonnier Magazine Group acquired 18 magazines from the American media company Time Inc. (at the time owned by Time Warner ) and merged the operations with other publishing companies to create the U.S. based Bonnier Corporation . As a result, Bonnier Corporation owns over 40 magazines, including Popular Science , Saveur , Field & Stream , Outdoor Life and Popular Photography ,

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506-428: Was later explained by VPs and executives as needed cuts to keep TEN on a sustainable path since losing the large distribution arm of its core business to reach the claimed audience in its dwindling circulation and online presence. Bonnier Corporation Bonnier LLC (formerly Bonnier Corporation ) is an American "outdoor adventure" company that originally operated numerous U.S.-based media brands but struggled in

529-994: Was sold to Insight Editions in 2018. Former operations include Piccolia in France and Five Mile Press in Australia which have both been liquidated. Bonnier Publishing USA was formed in August 2016, then composed of the publisher Weldon Owen and the children's publisher, Little Bee. The president of Little Bee, Shimul Tolia, became the CEO of this group. Bonnier Publishing USA was sold to its management in 2019. Bonnier owns business newspapers in Estonia ( Äripäev ), Lithuania ( Verslo žinios ), Poland ( Puls Biznesu ) and Slovenia ( Finance Business Daily ), as well as medical journals in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, and Slovenia. Bonnier

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