M. DuMont Schauberg

M. DuMont Schauberg is one of Germany's oldest and largest publishing houses. It was founded by Bertram Hilden in 1620.^[2]

Advertising for Dunlop Tyres (1925)

M. DuMont Schauberg

Company type	Private (GmbH & Co. KG)
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1802
Founder	Bertram Hilden
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Christoph Bauer (CEO)
Products	Broadcasting, publishing, cable, book clubs, music labels, radio, film-/TV-production
Revenue	€671.25 million (2013)
Number of employees	4,254 (2011)
Website	www.dumont.de

Relief of Marcus du Mont on the DuMont-Brunnen in Cologne^[1]

DuMont Headquarter in Cologne

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:

• Berliner Kurier (circulation 2010: 123,010, ownership: 65%)
• Berliner Zeitung (circulation 2010: 147,993, ownership: 65%)
• Express (circulation 2015: 132,836 ownership: 100%)
• Frankfurter Rundschau (circulation 2008: 152,500, ownership: 50.1%)
• General-Anzeiger (circulation 2008: 82,176, ownership: 18%)
• Hamburger Morgenpost (circulation 2010: 112,935, ownership: 100%)
• Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (circulation 2010: 337,390 incl. Kölnische Rundschau, ownership: 100%)
• Kölnische Rundschau
• Live! (circulation ca. 50.000)
• Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (circulation 2010: 230,028, ownership: 100%)
• Naumburger Tageblatt (circulation 2008: 14,450, ownership: 24.9%)
• Netzeitung (in German)

See also

• Haaretz
• Bertelsmann
• Cologne