Media Union

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The Media Union GmbH , based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a media company with an approximate annual turnover of 1.5 billion euros .

Publishing holdings

The nucleus of Medien Union GmbH is the daily newspaper Die Rheinpfalz , based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. This newspaper was founded in 1945 by the publisher Josef Schaub , the father of today's main shareholder of the Medien Union, Dieter Schaub , with the consent of the French occupying power at the time. Based on this newspaper, today's media union was gradually formed through acquisitions.

A managing director of the Rheinpfalz-Gruppe is the chairman of the management of the Süddeutscher Verlag .

Medien Union GmbH holds 44.36% of the shares in Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding GmbH (SWMH), which publishes, among other things, the Stuttgarter Nachrichten and the Stuttgarter Zeitung . The Süddeutsche Zeitung , the largest national subscription daily newspaper in Germany, has owned 18.75% of the SWMH since 2002, and 81.75% with effect from February 29, 2008.

Medien Union GmbH also includes Freie Presse based in Chemnitz and the Westermann printing and publishing group based in Braunschweig , as well as Jobware Online-Service GmbH based in Paderborn and Walhalla-Fachverlag in Regensburg.

Radio holdings

In addition, the media group is involved in a number of radio stations through its subsidiary Moira Rundfunk GmbH (as of 2005, source: KEK ):

From 2001 to 2009, managing director of MOIRA was Steffen Müller , today managing director of HKM Medien and two broadcasters.

In May 2015, MOIRA Rundfunk GmbH left Rockland Radio , with HKM Medien and the Rhein Main publishing group increasing their shares in Rockland Radio.

owner

Dieter Schaub and his family are the main owners of Medien Union GmbH. The other shareholders include the descendants of the other Rheinpfalz co-founders (Arthur Lenk, Hans Wipprecht, Xaver Resch and the Nagel family).

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  1. ↑ Press release LMK: Medien Union leaves Rockland Radio - shareholders HKM and VRM take over shares . In: radiowoche.de . May 4, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.