Bruno Gmünder Verlag

Bruno's GmbH (Bruno Gmünder GmbH) was a Berlin media company founded in 1981 as Bruno Gmünder Verlag. The German company produced media and products targeted toward gay men. Originally a book publishing house, the firm became a global market leader in the development of materials that supported gay self-confidence and lifestyle. The firm received majority ownership by Bruno Gmünder until 2011. After filing for bankruptcy in 2014, the firm was restructured and purchased again by the lawyer Frank Zahn with Bruno Gmünder as a minority shareholder. Bruno Gmünder Verlag was dissolved in 2017, with the retail division becoming the fashion and adult-toy vendor Bruno's and the publishing division sold to the publishing company Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH in September 2018.

From the Wikipedia article “Bruno's (German company)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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