Private company
Funke Mediengruppe
German media and newspaper company
Funke Mediengruppe (formerly WAZ-Mediengruppe) is Germany's third-largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The group's largest paper is Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the largest newspaper in the Ruhr metropolitan region.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersEssen1
- Websitewww.funke-mediengruppe.de
- Legal formGmbH & Co. KGaA1
- Kind of organizationPartnership limited by shares1
- LEI5299001YFI4K7JBARO853
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressJakob-Funke-Platz 1, 45127 Essen, Germany3
- Registered withLocal Court Essen, HRB 259353
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Funke Mediengruppe (formerly WAZ-Mediengruppe) is Germany's third-largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.2
Corporate structure
Funke Mediengruppe sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Funke Mediengruppe Essen, Germany
- Funke Digital Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- WerStreamt.es Subsidiary · Germany
- 24 Chasa Owned · Bulgaria
- Berliner Morgenpost Owned · Germany
- Braunschweiger Zeitung Owned · Brunswick, Germany
- Hamburger Abendblatt Owned · Germany
- Harz Kurier Owned · Osterode am Harz, Germany
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Owned · Germany
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Funke Mediengruppe reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- 24 Chasa
- Berliner Morgenpost
- Braunschweiger Zeitung
- Hamburger Abendblatt
- Harz Kurier
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- Funke Digital
- WerStreamt.es
Also owns
- 24 Chasa
- Berliner Morgenpost
- Braunschweiger Zeitung
- Hamburger Abendblatt
- Harz Kurier
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2012Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.funke-mediengruppe.de1
- WikipediaFunke Mediengruppe
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ137317
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataFunke Mediengruppe on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFunke Mediengruppe on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsFunke Mediengruppe photo by NatiSythen, CC BY-SA 3.0