The company has been run by the Neven du Mont family since 1805, when Marcus du Mont acquired the Kölnische Zeitung – then the business's main newspaper. M. DuMont Schauberg has acquired numerous local and national newspapers and magazines. DuMont Schauberg's father, Kurt Neven DuMont, was a member of the German Nazi party, while his publishing house promoted Nazi ideology.[3]
The company's headquarters is located in Cologne. The largest newspaper published by M. DuMont Schauberg is the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, published since 1876. It has the largest circulation in the Cologne/Bonn Region.[4]
On October 1, 2020, the media group gave itself a new structure under company law. In this restructuring, DuMont wants to transform itself from a consortium into a group of companies. In the process, a separate advisory board was created for the Regional Media business unit. This includes shareholder and supervisory board chairwoman Isabella Neven DuMont, DuMont CEO Christoph Bauer, and CFO Stefan Hütwohl; in addition, since 2021, media managers Britta Weddeling (Marvel Fusion) and Katja Nettesheim (Mediate and Culcha).[5]
Newspapers and magazines
Newspaper and magazines published by M. DuMont Schauberg:
The Berliner Zeitung is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner Verlag.
The Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. The Rundschau's editorial stance is social liberal. It holds that "independence, social justice and fairness" underlie its journalism. In Post-war Germany Frankfurter Rundschau was for decades a leading force of German press. Die newspaper was one of the first, which get licencened by the US military administration in 1945 and had a traditional stabel social democratic, antifascist and trade union stand. Starting with the decline of printed daily newspapers in the 2000s, the FR changed ownership several times, reduced its editorial team dramatically and today has little national significance.
Cologne Pride or Cologne Gay Pride is one of the largest gay and lesbian events organised in Germany and one of the biggest in Europe. Its origin is to celebrate the pride in Gay and Lesbian Culture.
Chrismon is a German Lutheran magazine appearing monthly as a supplement to the weekly journal Die Zeit and the daily newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungAltmark Zeitung, Die Welt, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Hannoversche Allgemeine, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger/Kölnische Rundschau, Kreiszeitung (Syke), Leipziger Volkszeitung, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Presse, General-Anzeiger, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Rheinische Post (Teilauflage), Welt am Sonntag, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung und Westfälischer Anzeiger. About 1.5 million copies are distributed monthly. It was founded in 2000 under the Name "Chrisma", and arose from the Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt. It is owned by the Evangelical Church in Germany.
The Hamburger Morgenpost is a daily German newspaper published in Hamburg in tabloid format.
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (KStA) is a German daily newspaper published in Cologne, and has the largest circulation in the Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide network of correspondents for local and regional news reporting.
The Neven du Mont family is a German noble family of French origin, whose members had served in the Kingdom of Prussia.
The Berliner Kurier is a regional, daily tabloid published by the Berliner Verlag GmbH for the Berlin metropolitan area in Germany. The paper was owned by M. DuMont Schauberg. and got sold in September 2019 to Holger Friedrichs.
The Mitteldeutsche Zeitung is a regional daily newspaper for southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Published in Halle with several local versions, the paper is owned by M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne.
The Theodor Wolff Prize is a German journalism prize. It has been awarded annually since 1962 in five categories, equal prizes of €6,000, by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers. In addition, at irregular intervals, journalists are awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for their life's work.
Ferdinand Franz Wallraf was a German botanist, mathematician, theologian, art collector and Roman Catholic priest. His collection formed the founding nucleus of the Wallraf–Richartz Museum.
Mediakraft Networks GmbH is a German multi-channel network based in Munich. The company publishes and markets online video content and operates YouTube creator networks in Germany. Mediakraft Networks maintains offices in Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Warsaw and Istanbul.
Wilhelm Unger was a German writer, journalist and theatre critic.
The Kölnische Rundschau is a regional, independent daily newspaper for the Cologne/Bonn area. It is edited by Cologne Heinen-Verlag, which has its own independent local editorial office. The production of the national section was taken over by the Bonn General-Anzeiger during the first quarter of 2010. In the first quarter of 2018, the joint edition with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger sold 251,994 copies, a loss of 40% since 1999.
Georg Quander is a German opera and film director, music journalist, writer and culture manager. From 1991 to 2002, he was artistic director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. From 2005 to 2013, he was councillor for arts and culture of the city of Cologne. Since 2018, he has been the artistic director of the Musikkultur Rheinsberg gGmbH.
The city of Cologne was significant to the development of the German colonial empire as a whole. During the period of New Imperialism, Cologne was one of the most important trading cities of the German Empire, and was thus the Rheinland's centre for expeditions and scientific colonialism.
Johanna Josefine Maria Alice Neven DuMont was a German women's rights activist and local and social politician. She was a co-founder of the Stadtverband Kölner Frauenvereine and a promoter of numerous social and cultural projects in Cologne. From 1919 to 1933, she was second chairwoman of the Stadtverband Kölner Frauenvereine. From 1930 to 1931 she represented the German People's Party in the Prussian provincial parliament.
Kurt Neven DuMont was a German newspaper publisher and Nazi Party member.
Alfred Eduard Maria Neven DuMont was a German publisher.
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