Rheinische Post media group

Rheinische Post media group
legal form	GmbH
founding	1946 (foundation of the holding company in 1995)
Seat	Dusseldorf, Germany
management	Johannes Werle (chairman), Patrick Ludwig (vice chairman), Hans Peter Bork
Number of employees	Around 5,000 (at home and abroad)
Branch	Media & Services
Website	www.rheinischepostmediengruppe.de

The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe is a media company based in Düsseldorf. Rheinisch-Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, founded in 1995, acts as the holding company. The media group is one of the five newspaper publishers with the highest circulation in Germany.

history

In 1946,  the Rheinische Post was one of the first newspapers in the British zone to receive  its license after the Second World War. The founders of the new, Christian-oriented newspaper were the journalist and newspaper publisher  Anton Betz , the former mayor of Düsseldorf and later Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia,  Karl Arnold,  and the lawyer  Erich Wenderoth . In the meeting room of the Düsseldorf city council, Anton Betz received the license for the newspaper, which initially could only appear twice a week. The newspaper had a circulation of 235,000 copies, one copy cost 20  pfennigs . The headlines read: "Extreme efforts to supply Germany" and "Reduction of food rations".

In 1971, the media group established the  Anton Betz Foundation of the Rheinische Post eV  to promote science and research. The foundation, which  bears the name of the founding publisher  Anton Betz , helped in particular with the establishment and expansion of the  University of Düsseldorf . In the following years the media group expanded its activities on a national level. In 1994 she also oriented herself abroad and took over the Mafra publishing group in the Czech Republic. In 1999 the group acquired shares in the Polish newspaper Express Bydgoski , and a year later in the Polish newspaper Nowosci Toruń . Further foreign investments followed in 2005 with the acquisition of shares in the Dutch advertising newspaper publisher Nederlandse Weekbladen Groep (NWG) and in 2009 with the participation in the Slovakian publishing house Petit Press ( SME ). In 2013 the media group sold its activities in the Czech Republic to the Agrofert holding company owned by Andrej Babiš , and in 2014 the remaining foreign activities in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia were sold.

Business areas

Daily newspapers

Rheinische Post

With around 276,000 copies, the Rheinische Post reaches around 731,000 readers every day.

Saarbrücken newspaper group

Since January 1, 2013, the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe has been the majority shareholder of the Saarbrücker Zeitung publishing house and printing company with around 2,700 employees. The Saarbrücker newspaper group includes the three daily newspapers Saarbrücker Zeitung , Trierischer Volksfreund and Pfälzischer Merkur , various magazines, advertising papers , websites and iPads as well as IT and logistics service providers.

Aachen news

The Aachener Nachrichten reach with its eight local editions daily more than 115,000 readers in the Aachen region and the districts of Düren and Heinsberg. An online portal and an ePaper complement the printed edition. The Aachener Nachrichten Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG (ANV) has been part of the Rheinische Post media group since 1996. The media group has a 30 percent stake in Zeitungsverlag Aachen (ZVA) through the ANV . This publishes the Aachener Nachrichten, the Aachener Zeitung and other newspaper titles in the city of Aachen and the surrounding area.

General-Anzeiger Bonn

In April 2018, the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe announced that an agreement had been concluded with the shareholders of the Bonner newspaper printing and publishing house H. Neusser GmbH, which publishes the General-Anzeiger Bonn , on the acquisition of all shares in this company. On May 15, the Federal Cartel Office approved the sale; the transaction was completed on June 1, 2018.

Advertising newspaper publishers

Panorama Werbungblatt GmbH, Düsseldorf

Panorama Werbungblatt GmbH bundles the advertising paper activities of the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe and the publishing group W. Girardet. Titles such as the Düsseldorfer Anzeiger, the Stadt-Spiegel for Krefeld, Mönchengladbach and Viersen and the Extra-Tipp editions for Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Viersen, Willich and Meerbusch are published every midweek and weekend. This results in a total weekly circulation of around 1.5 million copies.

Kurier Verlag GmbH, Neuss

Kurier Verlag reaches around 145,000 households with its advertising papers on Wednesdays and Saturdays in Neuss, Kaarst, Grevenbroich, Rommerskirchen and Jüchen.

Niederrhein Verlag and Medienservice GmbH, Duisburg

With stadt-panorama , Niederrhein Verlag und Medienservice GmbH reaches 370,000 households on the Lower Rhine and in the cities of Duisburg, Dinslaken, Voerde, Moers, Kamp-Lintfort, Neukirchen-Vluyn and Rheinberg every Wednesday. LN - Der Sonntagmorgen is published on the left Lower Rhine with a circulation of 145,000 copies.

Wuppertaler Rundschau mbH, Wuppertal

The Wuppertal Rundschau Verlagsgesellschaft mbH a circulation of each Wednesday and Saturday approximately 168,000 copies.

Saarbrücken newspaper group, Saarbrücken, Trier, Cottbus

The Saarbrücken newspaper group has six publications in the field of advertising papers. In Saarland, the subsidiary Saarländische Wochenblatt Verlagsgesellschaft (SWV) publishes the Wochenspiegel on Wednesdays and Die Woch on Saturdays . Die Woch is also published at the Trier location , along with the Volksfreund-TIPP .

Digital media

RP Digital

RP Online is the online presence of the Rheinische Post daily newspaper.

RP Digital Solutions

RP Digital Solutions is an online marketing agency of the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe for small and medium-sized companies .

Rheinische Post App

The Rheinische Post app is available on both iOS and Android devices.

Digital offers from the Saarbrücken newspaper group

The Saarbrücker newspaper group has regional online offers in its distribution area (Saarbrücker Zeitung, Pfälzischer Merkur, Trierischer Volksfreund). The group also acts as a solution provider for apps and services in its areas of distribution.

Market group

The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe has a 50 percent stake in Markt Gruppe Holding, which is managed in a strategic partnership with the Munich-based Ippen media group. The Markt Gruppe brings together national and regional online portals; this includes the classifieds portal markt.de, stellenangebote.de and yourfirm.de as well as the regional portal kalaydo.de. The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe holds shares in motoso, Hamburg, and VRS Media, Bremen, through the Markt Gruppe.

Trade media

DVV Media Group GmbH, Hamburg

DVV publishes a total of more than 50 newspapers, magazines, newsletters, specialist books and directories and operates 35 websites and portals with all information on the topics of logistics and transport, shipbuilding and shipping, rail technology and public transport, internal and external security as well as travel and meetings. The DVV Media Group also organizes seminars, congresses and trade fairs. In addition, the DVV Media Group holds 100 percent of the shares in DVV Media UK, Road Transport Media, Air Cargo Media in London, NT Publishers in Rotterdam and T&M Media in Darmstadt. DVV originally stood for Deutscher Verkehrsverlag.

radio

The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe holds shares in local radio stations in North Rhine-Westphalia such as For example, Antenne Düsseldorf , Antenne Niederrhein , Radio 90.1 , to the broadcaster radio NRW , the regional broadcaster “ 100.5 - das Hitradio ” and to Antenne Thuringia .

Translations and document management

In Luxembourg, the media group has a majority stake in the Saarbrücker newspaper group in Amplexor (formerly euroscript), a global translation and document management service provider with more than 1,800 employees at 40 locations in 22 countries.

Services

Rheinisch-Bergische-Druckerei GmbH

Rheinisch-Bergische-Druckerei GmbH is a subsidiary of the Rheinische Post Mediengruppe and has a production facility in Düsseldorf-Heerdt.

RP AdLog GmbH

The Rheinische-Bergische Zeitungsvertriebs GmbH & Co. KG is responsible for delivering the Rheinische Post as well as national print media and magazines from other publishers six days a week. 3,200 newspaper couriers are responsible for deliveries in 11 delivery companies.

delta market research

The Society for Market Research, Analysis and Consulting is an independent institute for research and analysis projects. The delta team focuses on print, online and mobile media, advertising and communication.

circ IT GmbH & Co. KG

Circ IT offers publishers the following services: hardware such as telephones and data centers, systems for organizational operations, editorial systems and archive solutions, journalistic portals for the Internet and smartphones and project management for the introduction of new products.

property

The Schadow-Arkaden are a shopping center in Düsseldorf. Around eight million visitors visit the media group's 17,500 square meter shopping gallery. Their properties also include a holiday home in the Allgäu: Haus Edelweiss in Oberstdorf with a total of 21 four-star + apartments.

literature

• Karl Bringmann, Max Nitzsche , Fritz Ramjoué (eds.): Festschrift for Anton Betz. Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf 1963.
• Anton Betz: Time and Newspaper. Notes from eight decades, 1893–1973. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1973.
• Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf and Rheinische Post (ed.): 1946 New beginning: Life in Düsseldorf. Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf 1986.
• The stake in City Vision was sold, see p. Commercial register A of the Mönchengladbach Local Court, HRA 6122

Web links

• Rheinische Post media group. Retrieved October 14, 2013 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Moneyhouse. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Company knowledge. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
3. ↑ dnv-online. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Eurotopics. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
5. ^ Rheinische Post media group. Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 
6. ^ Saarbrücken newspaper group. Retrieved May 13, 2013 . 
7. ↑ extract Commercial Register B, District Court Aachen . HRB 960, August 3, 2016.
8. ↑ Aachen News. July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016 . 
9. ↑ On our own behalf: Bonner General-Anzeiger becomes part of the Rheinische Post media group Report of the Rheinische Post from April 27, 2018, accessed on April 28, 2018
10. ↑ Helge Matthiesen : To the Rheinische Post - Federal Cartel Office approves takeover of the General-Anzeiger . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . Bonner newspaper printer and publishing house H. Neusser GmbH, Bonn May 16, 2018 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed June 6, 2018]).
11. ↑ Helge Matthiesen : On our own behalf - "That goes well together" . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . Bonner newspaper printer and publishing house H. Neusser GmbH, Bonn June 6, 2018 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed June 6, 2018]).
12. ↑ Panorama Werbungblatt GmbH. Retrieved May 13, 2013 . 
13. ^ Kurier Verlag GmbH. Retrieved July 29, 2016 . 
14. ↑ weekly mirror. Retrieved May 20, 2016 . 
15. ↑ The week. Retrieved May 20, 2016 . 
16. ↑ The week. Retrieved May 20, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Lusatian Week. Retrieved May 20, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Online Marketing Agency - RP Digital Solutions. In: RheinischePostMediengruppe.de. Retrieved August 23, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Mr. Düsseldorf. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 18, 2016 ; accessed on February 18, 2016 . 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.  
20. ^ Regional newspapers: "Rheinische Post" buys "Saarbrücker Zeitung". In: Handelsblatt.com. September 8, 2012, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
21. ↑ Rheinische Post joins Markt.Gruppe. In: Meedia.de. February 8, 2013, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
22. ^ Verdi (ed.): Quarterly report on the German media industry: takeover and holdings . April 22, 2016.
23. ^ T&M Media GmbH & Co. KG. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 3, 2016 ; Retrieved August 3, 2016 . 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.  
24. ^ DVV Media Group GmbH. Retrieved July 29, 2016 . 
25. ↑ amplexor. Retrieved January 5, 2017 . 
26. ^ Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei GmbH. Retrieved May 24, 2012 . 
27. ↑ Delivery network. Retrieved January 6, 2014 . 
28. ↑ delta market research. Retrieved May 13, 2013 . 
29. ↑ circ IT GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved May 13, 2013 . 
30. ^ Schadow Arkaden. Retrieved May 13, 2013 .