Styria Media Group

The Styria Media Group AG, or Styria, is named after the Austrian radio and print media in addition to the group one of the largest media groups in Austria.

The company, whose best-known media are the daily newspapers Kleine Zeitung and Die Presse is also active internationally. Especially in Slovenia and Croatia, the Group holds investments in broad-reach media.

History

The company was created in the Diocese of Graz- Seckau from the Catholic Preßverein founded in 1869. This team wanted to take the public interest journalistic tasks in a Christian spirit and promote, as it was called in a later policy text. The operation of the Preßvereinsanstalten was taken on January 1, 1870 with the opening of the club book printing. Since 1880, the institutions of the press association operating under the name Styria. Starting in 1886, the printing of Styria be allowed to call kk University printing office. In 1887 the company expanded by purchasing the book printer Gutenberg, 1893 Stiftersche printing office and bookstore in Jews castle was purchased. In the publishing appeared at that time mainly theological, popular, literary, historical literature and church music.

1904, the Kleine Zeitung was founded in Graz, which became subsequently the flagship of Styria. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company has several other regional newspapers, printing houses, book publishers and bookstores were. Due to its Catholic orientation of the company was in the years 1938-1945 " brought into line" and the traditional name Styria from all official company names eliminated. The Kleine Zeitung and other daily and weekly papers of the company were sent to the National Socialist German newspaper Southeast Verlags GmbH be compulsorily sold.

After the war, the Styria was new, the company was taken over by the rightful owner, the Catholic Press Association. The banned in May 1945 by the Soviet occupation authorities Kleine Zeitung could reappear in 1948 and contributed greatly to the economic boom of Styria. Other milestones of corporate development were to take over the main responsibility for the weekly newspaper The Furrow 1976 and the gradual takeover of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse tradition from 1991. 1997 the company was converted into a public limited company. 98.33 % of the shares are owned by the Catholic Media Association Foundation (formerly Catholic Preßverein Private Foundation ) and 1.67 % owned by the Catholic Media Association (formerly Catholic Preßverein ).

2001 Styria got in with the takeover of traditional newspaper Vecernji list in business abroad, followed in 2003 by the step in the Slovenian market. In the spring of 2009 the Regional Media Austria AG, a 50:50 joint venture between Styria and Moser Holding AG in the field of regional free weekly newspaper. On 16 July 2009 the company was renamed from Styria Medien AG in Styria Media Group AG.

In April 2012, the founding of Styria Digital Holding GmbH was. The subsidiary is responsible for the development of the online portfolios of the Styria Media Group AG.

Management

After the withdrawal of Styria CEO Horst Pirker in September 2010 whose agendas have been distributed to the two directors Wolfgang Bretschko and Klaus Schweighofer. Since December 2011 Malte von Trotha is a member of the board of the Styria. The Supervisory Board meets at least four times a year. After Styria Statute five members of the Supervisory Board are nominated by the owners, three members are appointed by the workforce. The members of the Supervisory Board are Johann Trummer (Deputy Chairman), Karl Schleinzer, Othmar Ederer, Friedrich Santner (Chairman ), Claus Albertani, Josef Klapsch and Michael Lohmeyer.

Media

To Styria include nine days newspapers, 17 weekly newspapers, 20 magazines, 16 customer magazines ( MCA), 14 regional magazines, 40 magazines in Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia ( Adria Media ), two Supplements, 15 online services, two radio stations, a TV station and eight book publishers such as Styria, Pichler, Carinthia, publishing Ingenium, Graz, the Kneipp publisher and the publisher Vecernjakova knjiga, Zagreb. In addition, the Group also include interests in printing, logistics, advertising and IT companies.

Newspapers

• 24 sata (Croatia )
• Die Presse ( Austria )
• Dnevnik (Slovenia )
• Kleine Zeitung ( Austria )
• Poslovni dnevnik (Croatia )
• Večernji list (Croatia )
• Vijesti (Montenegro )
• Economic Journal ( Austria )
• Žurnal 24 (Slovenia )

Weeklies

• The Furrow ( Austria )
• Graz ( Austria )
• Ooops (Slovenia )
• Il Friuli (Italy )
• Carinthian regional media ( Austria )

• Metropola (Croatia )
• Murtaler Zeitung ( Austria )
• Nedeljski Dnevnik (Slovenia )
• Private market ( Austria )
• WEEK Picture Post ( Austria )
• WEEK Enns ( Austria )
• WEEK Graz and surroundings ( Austria )
• WEEK Hartberger Bezirkszeitung ( Austria )
• WEEK Carinthia ( Austria )
• WEEK West Styria (Austria)
• WEEK formerly Obersteirer ( Austria )
• WEEK Weiz Newspaper / Gleisdorf week ( Austria )
• Žurnal (Slovenia )

Magazine

• Adria Media (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia)
• Alpe Adria Magazine ( Austria )
• Businesspeople ( Austria )
• Compliment ( Austria )
• DIVA ( Austria )
• Carinthian MONTH ( Austria )
• Miss ( Austria )
• Motorcycle Magazine ( Austria )
• SPORT active ( Austria )
• Sports Magazine ( Austria )
• Sports Week ( Austria )
• Styrian MONTH ( Austria )
• Tele ( Austria )
• TV tjedan (Croatia )
• VIENNA ( Austria )
• WIENERIN ( Austria )

Online Media

• Www.24sata.hr (Croatia )
• Diepresse.com ( Austria )
• Www.dnevnik.si (Slovenia )
• Www.kleinezeitung.at ( Austria )
• Www.boerse- express.com ( Austria )
• Www.vecernji.hr (Croatia )
• Willhaben.at ( Austria )
• Www.wirtschaftsblatt.at ( Austria )
• Www.woche.at ( Austria )
• Www.ichkoche.at ( Austria )
• Www.zurnal24.si (Slovenia )
• Www.bolha.com (Slovenia )
• Www.njuskalo.hr (Croatia )
• Www.sport10.at ( Austria )
• Www.wogibtswas.at ( Austria )
• Www.gutgemacht.at ( Austria )

Audiovisual

• Radio: Antenne Kärnten, Antenne Steiermark
• TV: Steiermark 1
• TV: Sat.1 Austria ( Austria )

Book publishers

• Styria premium Verlag ( Austria )
• Regional Styria Verlag ( Austria ) - in Carinthia, Edition Öberösterreich, and Styriaca Edition Tirol
• Kneipp Verlag ( Austria )
• Molden Verlag ( Austria )
• Pichler Verlag ( Austria )