Axel Springer AG

Country: Germany

Region: Europe

Price: 195 EUR

Description:

Axel Springer AG is the largest newspaper publishing house and third-largest magazine publisher in Germany and one of the world’s leading media corporations. The company’s core business consists of newspapers, magazines and digital sales channels. The Group also operates modern printing plants and has sales organizations.

Outside Germany, Axel Springer publishes a total of more than 170 newspapers and magazines, incl. licensed editions, in 30 countries of the world. The company focuses in particular on the fast-growing markets of Eastern Europe. Axel Springer’s activities in Western Europe are focused on the markets of Switzerland, Spain, and France.

The growing digitization of the company’s core business is reflected in the expanded segment reporting. In order to present the business development of the fast-growing digital media more clearly, Axel Springer combined its existing, non-brand-related assets in the sectors of the Internet, TV and radio within the new segment Digital Media, starting in the 3rd quarter of 2007. Consequently, the business activities of Axel Springer are now divided into 5 segments: Newspapers, Magazines, Digital Media, Printing, and Logistics/Services/Holding.