Observed Signal · Jun 30, 2026 · Licensing · Source: Meedia · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Beautiful Minds Media to revive Glamour Germany
According to MEEDIA, Beautiful Minds Media has acquired the German license for the magazine Glamour and will continue the print title, the website and the Woman of the Year award. The first issue under the new license is planned for October 2026. Beautiful Minds — founded in 2021 by Dominik Wichmann, Robin Houcken, Petra Winter and Armin Roth after acquiring Madame — will also keep the Glamour editorial team and intends to continue the Glamour Shopping Week, expanding it with year‑round affiliate and e‑commerce activities. EV Media is expected to handle commercialization. Condé Nast had announced in April that it would discontinue Glamour Germany, citing unprofitability. The Woman of the Year award will pause this year and resume in 2027.
A license transfer preserves a known publisher brand and its audience, maintaining ad inventory and commerce assets (Shopping Week) that matter to advertisers and media buyers, but it is a sector-level commercial event rather than a major platform policy or technical change.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Beautiful Minds Media has acquired the German license for Glamour and will continue the magazine, the website and the Woman of the Year award.
- The first new issue under Beautiful Minds' license is scheduled to appear in October 2026.
- Beautiful Minds Media was founded in 2021 by Dominik Wichmann, Robin Houcken, Petra Winter and Armin Roth following their acquisition of Madame.
- EV Media is expected to handle the commercialization of Glamour, as it does for Beautiful Minds' existing titles.
- The Glamour Shopping Week will be continued and monetized with expanded affiliate and year‑round e‑commerce activities; the Woman of the Year award will pause in 2026 and resume in 2027.
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Condé Nast has struck a license deal that will keep the German edition of Glamour running, reversing an earlier decision to wind down the title in Germany. The announcement follows a prior statement from Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch that Glamour would be closed in Germany, Spain and Mexico, which had prompted expectations the brand would cease publication locally. The article reporting the reversal was published by Horizont on July 2, 2026 and written by Marco Saal. Specific commercial or operational terms of the license deal were not detailed in the provided excerpt.
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