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I am deeply suspect of the description "Official". Is it sanctioned or endorsed by some government or notable association ? It might be authoritative, without being official. Please expand on this.-- Richardb43 ( talk) 08:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll try to clear up the back and forth over the logo and other information:
There are two companies that, until recently, regularly referred to themselves as "Media Control". One of them is Media Control GmbH & Co. KG, the other is Media Control® GfK International GmbH. Media Control GmbH & Co. KG is the original company founded by Karlheinz Kögel in 1976. Media Control® GfK International GmbH was founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Media Control GmbH & Co. KG and GfK SE (then: GfK AG).
However, this article is named "Media Control Charts" and as such should reflect who is responsible for those. Currently tasked with gathering and publishing the official German charts is Media Control® GfK International GmbH, as the article already states. Media Control GmbH & Co. KG is not currently involved. Historical information regarding Media Control GmbH & Co. KG's involvement in the German charts probably deserves at least a dedicated paragraph in the article. Maybe the company even deserves its own article, they have other projects, too. Perhaps an article for each company would be in order, to clearly delineate who does what.
Recent developments have prompted the disputed changes: In 2013, after 10 years of shared ownership, Media Control® GfK International GmbH became a wholly-owned subsidiary of GfK. Before, some offices were shared, the "Media Control" name was freely used by both entities and especially internet activities were intermingled. Today, the street address (and thus, the HQ picture), the logo, homepage link and the "Managing director of Media Control GmbH & Co. KG" all reflect things not associated with the "Media Control Charts". As such, they are going to be updated/removed again in the near future. Please refrain from reverting them again.
Since I'm aware that as an employee of the company in whose favor this article is going to be changed, this might look biased, I'll add these sources to clarify further:
I'll add that the anonymous IP from which the previous edits were made is used by Media Control® GfK International GmbH's offices.
Christian at MC GfK ( talk) 18:05, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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