GEO to debut in India before June

G+J International is venturing into the Indian market and will partner with the Outlook Publishing Group to publish GEO International in India under license. GEO India will make its debut in India before June 2008.

GEO India will be published in English based on the editorial concept of GEO International. GEO already has 16 editions being published worldwide and the Indian edition would be the 17th in its stable.

Other magazines published under license by OMG include Marie Claire besides having marketing and distribution arrangements with Businessweek and Newsweek. The group has also announced the launch of the Time Inc. publication, People, in India  

Torsten-Jörn Klein, G+J executive board member and CEO of G+J International, said: "We have entered the booming Indian market by adding another chapter to GEO's tale of success. I am delighted that we have found a partner in Outlook publishing who has a similar understanding of journalistic quality as Gruner +

Jahr. This won't be our last move in India, and GEO International's editor-in-chief Christiane Breustedt and director André Möllersmann will also continue to drive their unit's growth in 2008. G+J International continues on an expansionist course."

Maheshwer Peri, president & publisher Outlook Media said "We are excited to be tying up with G+J, Europe's largest magazine publisher with a strong parentage of Betelsmann, a €20 Billion Company. For us, GEO is a logical extension to tap the huge knowledge magazine space that the Indian market provides.

"With the launch of GEO in India, the knowledge and science magazine space which was occupied by imported international magazines. We are hopeful that GEO would attain similar success in the premium science space that it has in European markets."