{{COI|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Friedhelm Erich Haak | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = Moormerland | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Publisher | years_active = | known_for = Madsack Publishing | notable_works = }}
'''Friedhelm Erich Haak''' (born 11 November 1945 in Moormerland/Boekzetelerfehn) is a German newspaper publisher, media entrepreneur and consultant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/4676-friedhelm-haak.html|title=Dr. Friedhelm Haak|last=|first=|date=|website=Kressköpfe|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ''Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack'' from 2006 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Deutschland-Welt/Friedhelm-Haak-scheidet-als-Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender-der-Mediengruppe-Madsack-aus|title=Friedhelm Haak legt Amt nieder|website=HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine|language=de|access-date=2020-03-25|archive-date=2013-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702161022/https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Deutschland-Welt/Friedhelm-Haak-scheidet-als-Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender-der-Mediengruppe-Madsack-aus|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 1983, Haak became managing director for finance and audiovisual markets at Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack. One year later he founded the TV production company TVN Group Holding as founding managing director for Madsack, which realised the broadcasting of several regional programmes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-04|title=Sat.1 Norddeutschland verlängert und erweitert Produktionsauftrag für TVN|url=https://www.film-tv-video.de/business/2016/01/05/sat-1-norddeutschland-verlangert-und-erweitert-produktionsauftrag-fur-tvn/|access-date=2020-03-25|website=film-tv-video.de|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In 1995, Haak took over the chairmanship of the Madsack Group Board of Directors.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Niedersachsen/Friedhelm-Haak-feiert-seinen-65.-Geburtstag|title=Friedhelm Haak feiert seinen 65. Geburtstag|website=HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine|language=de|access-date=2020-03-25|archive-date=2019-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002204920/https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Niedersachsen/Friedhelm-Haak-feiert-seinen-65.-Geburtstag|url-status=dead}}</ref> The same year he initiated the art prize of the Leipziger Volkszeitung together with Bernd Radestock, which subsequently gained international importance.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Der LVZ-Kunstpreis wird zum zwölften Mal vergeben|url=https://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Kultur-Regional/Der-LVZ-Kunstpreis-wird-zum-zwoelften-Mal-vergeben|access-date=2020-03-25|website=LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lvz.de/Specials/LVZ-Aktionen/LVZ-Kunstpreis|title=LVZ-Kunstpreis|website=LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung|language=de|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> After eleven years as CEO, Haak moved to the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board in 2006 and was succeeded by Herbert Flecken.<ref name=":2" /> Haak then became self-employed as a media consultant and worked mainly in the field of strategic management consulting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/haak-madsack-szene|title=Wichtig, mindestens ein E-Paper zu haben|date=2013-08-05|website=Gründerszene Magazin|language=de|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> Haak is an art collector and is also involved in the renovation of the Anzeiger-Hochhaus in Hanover, among other things. On his behalf, the Mendini brothers of architects designed the Mendini-House, a corner property in the city centre for media use.<ref name=":2" /> Friedhelm Haak is a member of the Board of Trustees of the MHHplus Foundation of Hannover Medical School and of the Senate of the International Foundation for Neurobionics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhh-plus.de/die-stiftung/gremien/stiftungsrat/|title=Stiftungsrat - Förderstiftung MHH plus|website=www.mhh-plus.de|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> Haak was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Humboldt University Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hu-stiftung.de/wir-ueber-uns/kuratorium/|title=Stiftung Humboldt-Universität: Kuratorium|website=www.hu-stiftung.de|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> in Berlin from 2013 to 2019 and a member of the Association of Northwest German Publishers (VNZV) as well as a member of the supervisory board of the Deutsche Presse-Agentur from 2005 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdzv.de/nachrichten-und-service/branchennachrichten/artikel/detail/neue_aufsichtsratsmitglieder_fuer_dpa/|title=Branchennachrichten|last=BDZV|website=BDZV|language=de|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>
== Scientific publications == * Friedhelm Haak: ''Computergestützte Informationssysteme in Regierung und Verwaltung: Strukturen, Konzepte und ihre gesellschaftspolitischen Implikationen'', Zentrum Berlin für Zukunftsforschung e.V., 1973 == Literature == * Simone Benne, Henning Queren, Thomas Düffert, Sven Fischer: ''Friedhelm Haak – eine Karriere bei Madsack,'' Mediengruppe Madsack, 2013. == See also == * Leipziger Volkszeitung * Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten == References == <references />
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