Axel Springer SE investments
This article contains an overview of the holdings of the German media group Axel Springer SE . More information about the group can be found in the main article.
Regional newspapers
Until February 2009, the group held a long-term stake in Leipziger Volkszeitung (50%), Lübecker Nachrichten (49%) and Kieler Nachrichten (24.5%), which it sold to the Madsack publishing company. As part of the sale, Springer's stake in Rostocker Ostsee-Zeitung (50%) was also transferred to Lübecker Nachrichten.
In March 2009, what was then Axel Springer AG then sold its previously held shares in Pinneberger Tageblatt (23.44%) and Elmshorner Nachrichten (100%) to the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher .
In September 2013, the Harburger advertisements and news were discontinued, in which Axel Springer held a 24.8% stake.
On January 1, 2014, the renamed Axel Springer SE sold the regional newspapers Berliner Morgenpost , Hamburger Abendblatt and Bergedorfer Zeitung to the Funke Mediengruppe . Funke also took over the shares in Axel Springer SE in the advertising papers Berliner Woche , Spandauer Volksblatt , Hamburger Wochenblatt, Elbe Wochenblatt , Niendorfer Wochenblatt, Bille Wochenblatt and Echo Wochenblatt.
Printing houses
The group includes offset printing plants in Berlin-Spandau , Ahrensburg near Hamburg and Essen- Kettwig.
On January 1, 2005, Axel Springer Tiefdruck GmbH & Co. KG was founded to work in a joint venture with Bertelsmann AG (through arvato and Gruner + Jahr ). Arvato and Gruner and Jahr each held 37.45 percent and Axel Springer AG held 25.1 percent. On October 5, 2015, Bertelsmann announced the takeover of the shares in Axel Springer SE.
The gravure printing plants in Ahrensburg and Darmstadt were combined in the company. Between December 23, 2004 and May 3, 2005 this project was examined by the EU Commission under competition law and approved despite the estimated market share of almost 50 percent.
In the future, the gravure printing plants of the above-mentioned groups with locations in Itzehoe, Ahrensburg, Dresden, Darmstadt, Nuremberg and the printing plant under construction in Liverpool (Great Britain) will operate under the name Prinovis based in Hamburg.
Digital media
finanzen.net
With finanzen.net , Axel Springer operates a large German stock exchange portal . Also wallstreet: online belonged temporarily to the Springer group. The Axel Springer subsidiary Smarthouse Media GmbH provides the editorial content for both websites. She also develops and operates websites and web applications for banks such as BNP Paribas , The Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank .
Visual meta
On December 16, 2011, Axel Springer acquired the majority of the shares in Visual Meta GmbH. The two company founders of Visual Media, Robert M. Maier and Johannes Schaback, stayed with the company as managing partners.
autohaus24.de through subsidiary
On June 20, 2012, Axel Springer Auto Verlag increased its share in the new car portal autohaus24.de from 19.9% to 50%. The operator of the editorial car portal autobild.de took over the additional stake of 30.1% from Sixt subsidiary Sixt e-ventures, which then also held 50% of the shares in autohaus24.de.
meinestadt.de
Axel Springer and General Atlantic took over 100% of the shares in Allesklar.com AG ( meinestadt.de ) on August 21, 2012 . meinestadt.de offered information on more than 11,000 German cities and communities. Georg Konjovic became the new CEO.
Ozy.com
On October 6, 2014, Axel Springer SE increased its stake in the US online magazine Ozy.com to 16% for an investment of US $ 20 million. Before that, it already held a share of 0.6%. Ozy.com's value rose to approximately $ 120 million.
Business Insider
On September 29, 2015, Axel Springer SE announced that it had concluded a binding agreement to purchase 88% of the shares in the US company Business Insider Inc. After the purchase, Axel Springer SE will hold around 97 percent of the shares. The rest is owned by Jeff Bezos' personal investment firm .
Axel Springer Digital Ventures
In addition to acquisitions and strategic investments to expand the digital portfolio, Axel Springer also promotes the early development of new business models through its 100% subsidiary Axel Springer Digital Ventures. This happens e.g. Sometimes in the form of direct investments, or via the Axel Springer Plug and Play accelerator.
Immowelt Holding AG
On February 11, 2015, Axel Springer took a 55 percent majority stake in Immowelt Holding AG. Immowelt Holding AG is a merger of the Immowelt Group, to which the real estate portal immowelt.de belongs, and the Immonet Group with the portal immonet.de. In addition to Axel Springer, the shareholders of the Markt Group and the founders of Immowelt AG Carsten Schlabritz and Jürgen Roth are also involved in the joint venture .
stepstone.de
In 2004, Axel Springer took a 49.9 percent stake in the Internet job exchange stepstone.de (German StepStone subsidiary). Four years later, in 2008, Springer increased its stake in the parent company to 33 percent. A year later, Axel Springer received the majority in the company with 52.3 percent and for almost 25 million euros.
@Leisure
From November 2014 to May 2019, Axel Springer held 51 percent of @Leisure, a brokerage service for vacation properties. The company includes internet portals such as Belvilla, Casamundo, Ardennes Relais, EuroRelais, DanCenter and, since 2016, dream holiday apartments. Furthermore, @Leisure is involved in Dreamlines.de and Solegro. Axel Springer sold its stake in @Leisure to the Indian holiday home and hotel broker OYO Hotels and Homes in June 2019.
Further orientations
In addition to holding shares in publishing houses in Germany ( Axel Springer Auto Verlag ), Axel Springer AG holds shares in television and radio stations, sales companies and press wholesalers, online portals and publishers in other European countries. The following list does not claim to be complete.
| society | Proportion of (%) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Amiado AG | 100 | |
| Anima Publishers sro | 100 | |
| Antenna Bavaria | 16 | direct participation |
| AS TV-Produktions- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH | 100 | |
| AS Venture GmbH | 100 | |
| auFeminin.com SA | 100 | |
| Autohaus24 GmbH, Pullach | 50 | |
| Axel Springer Digital TV | 100 | |
| Axel Springer Digital TV Guide | 100 | |
| Axel Springer Digital Ventures | 100 | |
| Axel Springer Mediasales & Service GmbH | 100 | |
| BILD digital GmbH & Co. KG | 100 | |
| Celepedia - Room49 GmbH | 100 | |
| Eurobridge Inc. (New York, USA) | 100 | |
| Idealo Internet GmbH | 74.9 | |
| Immonet GmbH | 88.7 | |
| Kaufda - Juno Internet GmbH | 74.9 | |
| Ladenzeile.de - Visual Meta GmbH | 78 | |
| Sparheld International GmbH | 30th | via Idealo Internet GmbH; Renaming of meingutscheincode.de to sparheld.de in November 2013 |
| Melosch GmbH | 50 | |
| WORLD | 100 | |
| PACE Paparazzi Catering & Event GmbH, Berlin | 100 | |
| Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH & Co. KG | 12.4 | 59% stake in Radio NRW |
| Hit Radio FFH | 15th | direct participation |
| Radio ffn | 7.62 | direct participation |
| Radio Hamburg | 35 | direct participation |
| Smarthouse Media GmbH | 91 | majority, since 2000 |
| StepStone Germany GmbH | 100 | |
| Stuttgart Regional Radio GmbH & Co. KG | 10.3% | 65% stake in antenna 1 |
| Transfermarkt.de | 51 | |
| Traum-Ferienwohnungen GmbH | 25.5 | via @Leisure Group |
| Awin AG | 52.5 | |
| Zuio.tv - Zuio GmbH | 100 |
Participations in publishers abroad (selection)
| society | Proportion of (%) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Axel Springer France SAS | 100 | France |
| Axel Springer Polska Sp.z oo | 100 | Poland |
| Axel Springer Praha as | 100 | Czech Republic |
| Axel Springer Switzerland AG | 100 | Switzerland |
| Axel Springer-Hungary GmbH | ~ 94 | Hungary |
| Dogan TV A.Ş. | 19.9 | Turkey |
| Handelszeitung Fachverlag AG | 100 | Switzerland, through Handelszeitung and Finanzrundschau AG |
| HOBBY PRESS SA | 100 | Spain |
| Népújság Ltd. | 94 | Hungary |
| Petöfi newspaper and book publisher GmbH | 94 | Hungary |
| ZAO Axel Springer Russia | 95 | Russia, via AS Osteuropa GmbH |
On March 23, 2010, Axel Springer AG and the largest Swiss media company, Ringier AG, announced their intention to found a joint holding company based in Zurich , in which the two companies each hold 50 percent. Axel Springer AG is making a cash contribution of 50 million euros into the joint venture and also pays around 125 million euros in compensation to Ringier. In this holding company, which should go public in three to five years, the Eastern European activities of the two groups will be bundled. Axel Springer AG brings the business of its subsidiaries in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, Ringier its business in Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The two companies already have over 100 print titles (34 newspapers, 73 magazines) and over 70 online offers on the market in Eastern Europe (as of March 2010). With the joint venture , one of the largest media companies in Eastern Europe is created in one fell swoop, which is the clear market leader in tabloids across the board and one of the largest providers in the magazine segment. Based on the business figures for 2009, this would result in sales of around 414 million euros (601 million Swiss francs) and an EBITDA of 62 million euros (89 million SFr) and around 4,800 employees. On February 1, 2010, the holding company's CEO will be Florian Fels, who only changed from his position as CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Axel Springer Polska to Ringier at the beginning of 2010 and became CEO of the new Central Europe Group Management. Ralph Büchi, President of Axel Springer International, will become Chairman of the Board of Directors with equal representation. In 2002, Axel Springer AG was said to have been interested in buying Ringier AG. On July 1, 2007, Springer acquired the German-language TV program guides TELE , TV4 and TV2 from Ringier through its Swiss subsidiary Jean Frey AG .
Others
- 7 wholesalers
- Real estate fund investments
- PIN Group SA , no longer in existence
- PPS Press Program Service GmbH
- VVDG publishing and industrial insurance services GmbH
- Sales companies
Web links
- Media database - the media authorities. In: kek-online.de. Commission to determine the concentration in the media sector (KEK) and the media authorities - ALM GbR
- Annual financial statements 2016 (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bertelsmann takes over Gravure stake in Springer handelsblatt.com, October 5, 2015
- ↑ Axel Springer Finanz Verlag takes over wallstreet: online group. In: finanzen.net. March 7, 2007, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Smarthouse Media develops and operates websites and web applications for the largest financial institutions worldwide. (No longer available online.) In: Website Smarthouse GmbH. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015 ; Retrieved July 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Axel Springer acquires majority in Visual Meta GmbH Axel Springer SE. In: Axel Springer SE website. December 16, 2011, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Axel Springer Auto Verlag increases stake in autohaus24.de Axel Springer SE. In: Axel Springer SE website. June 20, 2012, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Axel Springer Digital Classifieds acquires meinestadt.de Axel Springer SE. In: Axel Springer SE website. August 21, 2012, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Germany's Axel Springer Invests In US Online Magazine Ozy. In: wsj.com. October 6, 2014, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Axel Springer acquires Business Insider. In: www.axelspringer.de. Retrieved October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Axel Springer Digital Ventures. (No longer available online.) In: www.axelspringer.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 20, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Immowelt and Immonet merge. In: presse.immowelt.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Springer participates in Stepstone. In: faz.net. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Axel Springer polishes its balance sheet. In: handelsblatt.com. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ @Leisure Group acquires dream vacation homes. In: axelspringer.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Springer takes over @Leisure - Netdoktor swallows med1. In: deutsche-startups.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Axel Springer sells @Leisure to OYO Hotels & Homes. In: axelspringer.de. Retrieved November 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Sparheld.de, Linguee, Elite Singles, tutoria, Doolao. In: deutsche-startups.de. December 11, 2013, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Ringier appoints Florian Fels to the group management. In: Website Ringier Group Communications. January 4, 2010, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Ringier CEO Unger: “A sale is not planned”. In: kleinreport.ch. January 4, 2010, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Media release from Axel Springer AG , March 23, 2010
- ↑ Media release from Axel Springer AG , March 24, 2010
- ^ Press release from Ringier AG ( Memento from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), March 23, 2010
- ↑ Springer apparently wants to buy Ringier , Spiegel Online , September 19, 2002
- ↑ Axel Springer buys Swiss TV guides from Ringier , media release by Axel Springer AG, June 21, 2007
