Private (GmbH & Co. KG) | |
Industry | Mass media |
Founded | 1802 |
Founder | Bertram Hilden |
Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Christoph Bauer (CEO) |
Products | Broadcasting, publishing, cable, book clubs, music labels, radio, film-/TV-production |
Revenue | €671.25 million (2013) |
Number of employees
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4,254 (2011) |
Website | www.dumont.eu |
M. DuMont Schauberg is one of Germany's oldest and largest publishing houses. Founded by Bertram Hilden in 1620,Marcus du Mont acquired the Kölnische Zeitung in 1805 – then the business's main newspaper. The company has been run by the Neven du Mont family since then and 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.
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.
Newspaper and magazines published by M. DuMont Schauberg: