Media house Aachen
| Medienhaus Aachen company with limited liability | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1975 |
| Seat | Aachen , Germany |
| management | Andreas Müller (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | 186 |
| sales | EUR 60.78 million |
| Branch | Media / services |
| Website | www.medienhausaachen.de |
| Status: January 24, 2020 | |
The media house Aachen GmbH , 2019 newspaper publisher Aachen GmbH , is a regional media company in the area Aachen - Düren - Heinsberg . The publishing house's core journalistic products are the two daily newspapers, Aachener Zeitung and Aachener Nachrichten .
history
Aachen news
During the last months of the war and after the Allied troops marched into Aachen, the first newspaper no longer controlled by the National Socialists appeared under the name Aachener Nachrichten . With the first issue of January 24, 1945, the military government linked the hope that “the Aachener Nachrichten will mark the beginning of the reconstruction of a free German press”. Initially, American press officers checked the contents of the paper, which passed into German hands on June 27, 1945 with License No. 1. The aim was to build on the tradition of the Aachener Anzeiger, founded in 1872, and the Politisches Tagesblatt, founded in 1878 and published until September 1944. Both were shaped by the work of the La Ruelle and Cerfontaine publishing families. In 1996, the Rheinische Post media group joined the publishing company of Aachener Nachrichten and replaced the descendants of the founding generation of the Cerfontaine family.
Aachen newspaper
The next issue of the Aachener Volkszeitung appeared on March 6, 1946 , initially twice a week with four pages and a circulation of 53,000 copies. The British military government granted the founders Johannes Ernst, Jakob Schmitz, Albert Maas and Josef Hofmann license no. 8 after the Second World War for the publication of a Christian-Democratic daily newspaper. Despite the difficult material situation, seven local editions were made in the Aachen administrative district . From 1948 the people's newspaper was printed on its own rotary press, and from 1950 it appeared six days a week. With the inauguration of the publishing house on Theaterstrasse in March 1951, the construction phase was completed. On the 50th anniversary of the license being granted on March 6, 1996, the Aachener Volkszeitung was renamed the Aachener Zeitung .
Newspaper publisher Aachen
In January 1975 the editors of the Aachener Zeitung and the Aachener Nachrichten decided to merge the two daily newspapers. The concept envisaged a merger of the advertising business and administration as well as the joint use of technical systems and sales organizations. The editorial offices of both daily newspapers remained independent and in competition with one another. Zeitungsverlag Aachen GmbH was founded in May 1975 , in which currently (2020) the Aachener Verlagsgesellschaft 70 percent and the Aachener Nachrichten Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.KG , which in turn is a 100% subsidiary of the Rheinisch-Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH , the holding company of the Rheinische Post media group , is, holds 30% of the shares. The Aachener Verlagsgesellschaft itself is wholly owned by the founding families Ernst, Hofmann and Maas from the Aachener Zeitung . In 2003, the economic development of the daily newspapers in Germany made it necessary to cut the structures of the Aachen newspapers in order to secure the existence of the two titles. A partial amalgamation of the jacket and individual local sections of both daily newspapers was implemented.
media
Medienhaus Aachen specializes in various types of media, with roots in the traditional newspaper business. Over the years there were other printed products, such as advertising papers and magazines, but also digital media.
Regional daily newspapers
The journalistic core products of the newspaper publisher Aachen are the two daily newspapers "Aachener Nachrichten" and "Aachener Zeitung". These appear with a total of 17 local editions in Rhenish format in the Aachen city region and the Düren and Heinsberg districts . With around 100,000 copies, they say they reach around 300,000 readers a day.
Advertising papers
The two free advertising papers "Super Sonntag" and "Super Wednesday" are published by the subsidiaries Super Sonntag Verlag GmbH and Verlag Aachener Werbung GmbH & Co. KG . Every Sunday around half a million of the “Super Sunday” are delivered to households in the Aachen city region and the Heinsberg and Düren districts. By contrast, until June 2020, “Super Wednesday” was published with around 230,000 copies a week exclusively in the Aachen city region and was then taken off the market.
Magazines
"Print'n'press Verlag GmbH" is a subsidiary of Medienhaus Aachen, which publishes magazines on a monthly basis. The city magazine "Klenkes" offers content on the topics of culture and events. With the annual magazines "GastroGuide Euregio", "FreizeitGuide Euregio" and two line extensions for hiking and cycling, the publisher specializes in topics such as gastronomy and leisure from Aachen and the Euregio Maas-Rhine .
Further prints published by Medienhaus Aachen are the annual magazines “Studieren in Aachen”, “Aachen Kompakt”, “Aczente Kultursommer”, “Getting older in Aachen” as well as the twice a year magazine “RWTH Themes” and the alumni magazine “RWTH keep in touch ".
Digital media
aachener-Zeitung.de and aachener-nachrichten.de
With the online news portals "www.aachener-zeitung.de" and "www.aachener-nachrichten.de" the online presence of the two daily newspapers is presented, in which daily local and regional topics are presented. The portals are optimized for mobile devices and offer multimedia content such as images and videos that are accessed by around 1 million interested parties every month. In September 2013, the media company introduced paid content based on the freemium model to its online offerings . Since then, regional content in particular has only been accessible against payment by subscription or day pass.
ePaper and ePaper apps
The print editions of the daily newspapers “Aachener Zeitung” and “Aachener Nachrichten” as well as the advertising papers “Super Sonntag” and until June 2020 “Super Wednesday” are or were also available to subscribers as e-papers on the Internet. The corresponding apps make it possible to read the digital edition via mobile devices. The city magazine “Klenkes” can also be accessed digitally as klenkes.de or klenkes-neo.de .
FuPa.net
The regional soccer portal " FuPa.net " is a hands-on portal for amateur soccer players . In March 2013, Medienhaus Aachen launched the platform for the Mittelrhein Football Association together with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and the Bonner General-Anzeiger . The support of the portal and the amateur footballers of the Aachen-Düren-Heinsberg region lies with the media company in Aachen. Users post reports, photos, live tickers and club information that are clicked on around 6 million times.
Aachen-gedenken.de / Aachen-gratulum.de
The two portals “aachen-gedenken.de” and “aachen-gratulum.de” offer users the opportunity to publish their family advertisements online and to express their condolences or send out congratulations there. In addition, the portals offer topic-related information and contacts via business directories.
OecherDeal
With the aim of setting up a regional online couponing site , Medienhaus Aachen founded DealWorx GmbH & Co. KG in June 2011 together with the Aachen entrepreneur Markus Hahmann von der Linnepe . Vouchers for discounted activities, goods and other services are offered daily on the “www.oecherdeal.de” platform. After a successful start, the campaign was expanded to include the sister platforms “heinsbergerdeal.de”, “duerenerdeal.de” and “beldeal.be” (for East Belgium ). Since the end of 2012, the deal portal solution has also been used as software-as-a-service by other regional daily newspaper publishers.
In a broader sense, this category also includes the regional online ad portal “ Kalaydo ” and the job exchange for trainees “Acubi.de”.
radio
The publisher holds shares in the local radio station Antenne AC as well as a 5% share in the regional radio station 100'5 Das Hitradio via PFD Pressefunk GmbH .
Services / Subsidiaries
Medienhaus Aachen Dialog GmbH
The wholly owned subsidiary of Medienhaus Aachen deals with telephone and personal customer care. A dedicated telephony team processes customer inquiries from subscribers to the Aachen daily newspapers, the acceptance of advertisements for the daily newspapers and the advertising papers as well as inquiries about event tickets.
The media company can be contacted personally by customers at various service points, where tickets can be sold, advertisements can be placed and subscriptions can be changed or concluded.
Euregio Druck GmbH
"Euregio Druck GmbH" is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aachener Verlagsgesellschaft mbH . Newspapers and newspaper-like products are produced daily on the production facilities in two printing towers, each with eight printing positions, using the web offset newspaper printing process. 45,000 newspapers per hour can be printed on the printing machines at a speed of 12.75 meters per second.
Medienhaus Aachen Event GmbH
Once active on the market as "Euregio Messen GmbH", the wholly owned subsidiary was renamed "Medienhaus Aachen Event GmbH" in December 2019. It organizes events and fairs in the Aachen-Düren-Heinsberg region, including the annual “Euregio Wirtschaftsschau” and the “Euregio Bauweltmesse” in Aachen, as well as the design and lifestyle fair “Tasteful”, the “RegioHochzeit” fair, the “Aachener Real Estate Fair ”, the“ Aachen Career Day ”and the“ Paw & Co. ”pet fair.
The "Medienhaus Akademie" is dedicated to the topic of advanced training. In the seminars of "Horizont Wissen" various trainings, workshops and lectures are offered, which are aimed at professionals, career changers or young professionals.
Euregio MH Boten GmbH
The “Euregio MH Boten” is a wholly owned subsidiary of “Medienhaus Aachen GmbH”, which specializes in postal services. 800 regional customers are served with the Aachen-Düren-Heinsberg letter and parcel service brand. Up to 80,000 shipments are sorted and distributed in the sorting center every day. In addition to mail and parcel delivery, additional services such as printing, folding and inserting mail items are part of the service of the letter and parcel service.
Temporary employment agency MPE
At the beginning of 2010 it became known that the publishing house intends to employ new employees in the specially founded temporary employment agency “Medien-Personalservice Euregio” (MPE). According to the works council, the salary of employees should be 20 percent below the editor's tariff. According to the management, the new company will not only be used to reduce costs. It is also planned to work for other media companies.
Web links
- Medienhaus Aachen GmbH website
- Aachener Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Aachen , company announcements and financial figures on northdata.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ZEITUNGSVERLAG AACHEN limited liability company Annual financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 in the electronic Federal Gazette
- ↑ milestones. In: Medienhaus Aachen. Accessed January 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ milestones. In: Medienhaus Aachen. Accessed January 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ milestones. In: Medienhaus Aachen. Accessed January 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Medienhaus Aachen - Offer overview 2020. Accessed on January 24, 2020 .
- ^ Farewell to "Super Wednesday" , press release from Medienhaus Aachen on June 1, 2020
- ^ "Klenkes" family moves to Medienhaus Aachen , press release from Medienhaus Aachen from October 1, 2017
- ↑ GastroGuide for Aachen and Euregio - gastroguide-euregio.de. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ FreizeitGuide for Aachen and Euregio - freizeitguide-euregio.de. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Latest News | Aachen newspaper. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Latest News | Aachen news. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ^ FuPa West Rhine. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Find Family Listings - All Bereavements. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Find Family Ads - All the happy ads. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ DealWorx Dealer Portal. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Home - Welcome to Euregio Druck GmbH. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ https://medienhausaachen-event.de/. Accessed January 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Medienhaus Aachen enters the mail and parcel business , in the Postmarkt magazine 01/2016
- ↑ Monika Lungmus: "Temporary work with ex-Volos", in: journalist , March 2010, p. 32