Strong media in just one combination 

FUNKE MEDIA Nordrhein-Westfalen’s titles permeate the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region like no other media company. That makes them a unique and, above all, strong partner. The 5 titles reach 1.60 million people in the circulation area. (Source: ma TZ 2022). 

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Information | Opinion | Entertainment. 
FUNKE MEDIEN in NRW

NRW is the most populous and densely populated of all 16 German states. A diverse and colorful state. This is reflected in the media portfolio of FUNKE MEDIEN in North Rhine-Westphalia: With a rich editorial offering at the highest journalistic level, we meet the demands of the people in NRW for information and entertainment, for quality and variety. Every day, on all channels. 

Daily newspapers 

The region’s leading daily newspaper titles are the flagship and traditional heart of FUNKE’s media in North Rhine-Westphalia. Every day, they provide millions of people with the latest news, analyses and background information. With their credible and journalistically high-quality reporting, they make an important contribution to journalistic diversity and the basic supply of information to citizens. They accompany the people of North Rhine-Westphalia through their everyday lives, helping them to classify events and form an opinion. 

Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ)

The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung is not only the origin of today’s FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE – it is also Germany’s largest regional newspaper. It is the leading daily newspaper in the metropolitan areas of Essen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg, Oberhausen and Mülheim. In its entire circulation area – from southern Münsterland to Niederberg, from the Lower Rhine to the Unna area – WAZ reaches around one-third of the population. 

Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung (NRZ)

Opinionated, independent, close to the people. The NRZ is the metropolitan medium for the Rhenish Ruhr region and the state capital of Düsseldorf, and also the hometown newspaper for the Lower Rhine region between Kleve and Moers. With its in-depth and serious reporting, the NRZ provides information on everything that is important locally, regionally and in the world. 

Westfalenpost (WP)

„Voice of the homeland – echo of the world“ is the title of Westfalenpost, founded in 1946. As the largest newspaper in South Westphalia, it is still commited to this reputation today: Westfalenpost sees itself as a mouthpiece and advocate for the people in the region, and at the same time as a civic quality newspaper with the perfect mix of information and entertainment. Every day it bridges the gap from neighborhood festivals to big politics, from the Sauerland to the celebrity beach. The WP, as readers call it in short and familiar terms, is the local paper with heart, mind and foresight.  

Westfälische Rundschau (WR)

The Westfälische Rundschau with its headquarters in Dortmund, has been published since 1946. Its circulation area extends from the metropolitan area of Dortmund through the eastern Ruhr region and into southern Westphalia. The WR offers comprehensive local reporting in the independent cities of Dortmund and Hagen, in the districts of Unna, Olpe, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerlandkreis and Märkischer Kreis. To this end, it cooperates with other publishing houses and newspapers, including the Westfalenpost (WP), which also belongs to FUNKE MEDIEN NRW. 

Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger* (IKZ)

Iserlohn, Letmathe and Hemer – three cities, three local sections. Even though Letmathe has been part of the Iserlohn city area since 1975,  the IKZ offers Iserlohners, Letmathers and Hemeraners their own local section. With its offering, the IKZ provides citizens in Iserlohn and the surrounding area with the latest news, competent analyses and important background information from the region, Germany and the world. 

(* Minority shareholding)

WELT AM SONNTAG is the most important weekend read for discerning readers. It stands for outstanding journalistic expertise and regularly offers strong investigative stories from business and politics. 

The editorial diversity of WELT AM SONNTAG includes analyses and forecasts from the world of finance, exciting sports reports, as well as exclusive articles on style and culture, real estate, travel and motoring.

WELT AM SONNTAG appears with one issue each on Saturday and Sunday. This gives readers more flexibility to start their reading pleasure with WELT AM SONNTAG as early as Saturday.

From Monday to Friday, DIE WELT concisely presents the news events and debates of the day. In a slim paper, it relies on pointed texts and a stringent structure that bundles content on a single topic. It is weighty without being heavy.

WELT’s classifieds are characterized by competent editorial staff and a wide range of advertisements. Our customers can choose from a wide variety of ad formats to reach the high-class target groups of both titles.

A detailed overview of prices, special topics and current offers can be found on the following category pages.

We will be happy to advise you individually on our digital classified offers.

upday – Europe’s most popular news app, provides nearly 6 million unique users in Germany each month, with news tailored to their personal interests, curated from hundreds of reputable sources and by our own editorial team, which compiles around the clock the top news of the day.

Thanks to the clear presentation of full-screen maps and to an intuitive app operation, our clients benefit from high-performance native integrations, in high-quality and in an innovative environment with a high-affinity user basis.

• Handpicked top and breaking news by our editorial team (Top News) and a personalised feed (My News) powered by a smart algorithm keep readers always informed.
• 100% brand safety
• Just in Germany more than 450 high-quality publishers integrated.
• Clear presentation of news and ads on full screen cards – no scrolling,
  no below the fold placements.
• Ads are integrated natively into the news stream.
• No overlay formats for an ideal user experience

We think bigger | We have a passion for writing | ​We turn facts into feelings | We are big images | ​
We are news | We are always everywhere

Through high topicality, commitment and unparalleled proximity to the reader, BILD knows how to get to the heart of news, background information and entertainment from all areas of political and social life every day. BILD turns facts into emotions, moving 7.35 million people every day.*

Readers are treated to a canny mix of current political and entertaining topics, providing a well-structured overview of what’s going on.​

The removable sports section, the heart of the paper in the centre of BILD am SONNTAG, appeals to readers with the latest match results and analyses, as well as emotional interviews and reports.​

Every Sunday BILD am SONNTAG reaches 6.20 million readers*, and it is also Germany’s most quoted Sunday newspaper**.

* ma 2023 Pressemedien I
** Media-Tenor Zitate-Ranking (Jan. – Dez. 2022)

BILD is the leading multimedia medium in Germany. BILD knows what moves people, what creates friction. Fast, up-to-date and varied. BILD gives advertising customers direct access to high-reach environments. Because: nobody has more daily reach! An average of 3.85 million UU visit the BILD home every day.

BILD HomeRun

With Germany’s strongest HomeRun you are guaranteed to reach 17 million AIs! From classic to attention-grabbing – we have the right advertising media for your campaign.

BILD Run

The BILD Run bundles all channel start & article pages and scores in both sizes with increased viewability values and maximum attention. With 8 million AIs, the BILD Run Max. offers customers another wide-reach product and a real alternative to HomeRun.

Choose from our 19 regional editions or 10 Nielsen booking units to reach our readers with your advertising message.

Editorial concept

We give people what moves them.

We think big. We don’t give up until we find what people in Germany really care about.

We write with passion.
We can’t help it. And we wouldn’t have it otherwise. We pour our blood, sweat and tears into what we do.

We turn facts into feelings.
Information is just information until we feel it. We give facts a human face.

We are always everywhere.
Good journalism has no reservations. Because only those in the midst of it all are listened to. And those who listen are in the midst of it all.

We are like big pictures.
We create pictures with words. And we show pictures that leave you speechless.

Key Figures BILD Nielsen and Regional editions

Sources: *IVW II/2023 (Mon-Sat), **ma 2023 Tageszeitungen

With an inspiring and moving mix of national reporting, regional coverage and local news, Berliner Morgenpost is an indispensable guide through the capital.

Berliner Morgenpost’s online service offers up-to-date regional and national reporting and a wide range of other services. For a mobile generation: With Berliner Morgenpost Mobil our users are kept up to date at all times – no matter where they are.

Its optimal media mix allows you to reach your target groups with pinpoint accuracy. Regardless of the medium, newspaper, Internet or mobile – our product family offers you a customised cross-media presence.

It is a leading publication which, as a citizen newspaper, seeks dialogue with its readers and shapes public opinion with good journalism. Whether in the form of news, background reporting or expert analysis, Braunschweiger Zeitung offers its readers reliable information on politics, business, culture, sport and local affairs.

On Saturdays, the weekend supplement and an extensive column section also appear, attracting attention with numerous special forms of advertising in the job, car and real estate markets.

Our numerous print services are ideally complemented across the media by our service portals and magazine and news portals, as well as our mobile and out-of-home range. A presence on our platform helps you maximise your reach of relevant target groups on all channels.

24/7 but never 08/15: That is Berlin and that is the B.Z.!

As “Die Stimme Berlins”, B.Z. is THE journalistic mouthpiece of Berliners and knows what moves them – and has done so for over 140 years. It presents news from Berlin and Brandenburg, reports, sports, culture as well as the scene and offers current print and digital real-time journalism quickly to the point as a newspaper, stationary or mobile.

5 reasons for the B.Z: 

• B.Z. has the fastest editorial staff in the city.
• B.Z. readers feel confident about the reliability of the newspaper’s reports and articles.
• B.Z. offers optimal placements in a local Berlin environment.
• B.Z. publishes a variety of special topics and offers diverse special formats.
• B.Z. readers find advertising in the newspaper informative and stimulating to buy.

News, stories and service on all channels are delivered by the daily newspapers of FUNKE Mediengruppe. The high journalistic quality of our work is the sound foundation for our success and the guarantee for deep roots in the individual regions. The FUNKE daily newspapers achieve the highest regional daily newspaper reaches and with their regional strength are also relevant nationally.

• Reach: 3.30 million readers*
• sold circulation: 771.053 copies**
• including over 100 local editions

5 absolutely top locations

The Rhine-Ruhr, Berlin and Hamburg regions are the top 3 Nielsen metropolitan areas in Germany. Braunschweig (Brunswick) and Thuringia are two highly attractive, up-and-coming economic regions with many companies and a strong focus on research and innovation.

source *ma 2022 Tageszeitungen, **IVW II/2023 Mon.-Sat., Mon. – Sun.

Hamburg and the Hamburger Abendblatt belong together – like wind and waves, like captain and crew, like mast and mainsail. A city and its newspaper. A heart and a soul. Because the people of Hamburg want to know what’s happening in their city. From housing and transport to refugees and referendums: whatever moves Hamburg is dealt with in the Hamburger Abendblatt – both in the printed edition and on abendblatt.de. Multifaceted and with a strong local focus, it reports on all aspects of the city; on its people and on their stories.

Not only on the Hamburg pages, but also in the culture, economy, sports, opinion and topic sections, the city on the river Elbe always stands in the centre. And at the weekend you get an extra portion of Hamburg: exclusive news, background reports and the versatile magazine mehr hamburg.

The Bergedorfer Zeitung/Lauenburgische Landeszeitung is the leading local information medium in the eastern metropolitan region of Hamburg. It is published every day in the municipal district of Bergedorf and in the southern parts of the districts of Stormarn and the Duchy of Lauenburg – with in-depth reports on events in Bergedorf, Vierlanden and Marschlanden, Reinbek, Glinde, Geesthacht, Schwarzenbek, Lauenburg and the neighbouring communities.

Put your promotional message to work here now!

We are firmly established in our homeland and feel committed to the state and to its people. We are passionate about innovative ideas for Thuringia.

With the strong newspaper brands Thüringer Allgemeine, Ostthüringer Zeitung, Thüringische Landeszeitung and a diverse digital portfolio, we offer the people in our distribution area, the Free State and beyond a wide range of journalistic content.

Our three titles appear with 36 local booking units in 33 local editions for readers in Thuringia. With its diverse range of firmly established regional and local multimedia brand families, FUNKE Media Thuringia offers over 8 popular print, online and mobile brands.

Take advantage of our excellent reach to target your customers.

WELT stands for a broad range of print, digital and TV publications. WELT covers all journalistic formats – from news and opinions to documentaries.Every story – whether in text, video, photo or live reports – follows the claim to inform reliably and user-oriented and to inspire our audience equally with passionate journalism, innovative products and the joy of experimentation.

CLIMATE NEUTRAL WELT AM SONNTAG

WELT AM SONNTAG is the most important weekend read for discerning readers. It stands for outstanding journalistic expertise and regularly offers strong investigative stories from business and politics. The editorial diversity of WELT AM SONNTAG includes analyses and forecasts from the world of finance, exciting sports reports, as well as exclusive articles on style and culture, real estate, travel and motoring.  

WELT AM SONNTAG is published with one issue on Saturday and one on Sunday. This gives readers more flexibility to start their reading pleasure with WELT AM SONNTAG as early as Saturday. 

WELT AM SONNTAG is aimed at the target group of decision-makers in their private lives who want to spend their weekends in a relaxed reading atmosphere, catching up on business and politics and devoting themselves to their personal reading interests, e.g. culture, style or travel. 

The content of WELT AM SONNTAG is restaged in tabloid format in WELT AM SONNTAG Kompakt for a young, well-educated and urban target group. The WELT AM SONNTAG booking unit comprises WELT AM SONNTAG on Saturday and WELT AM SONNTAG on Sunday incl. WELT AM SONNTAG Kompakt.

CLIMATE NEUTRAL DIE WELT 

DIE WELT concisely presents the news events and debates of the day from Monday to Friday. In a slim paper, it relies on trenchant texts and stringent structure that bundles content on a single topic. It is weighty without being heavy. 

Two top issues are presented on the front page, each including a commentary. On pages 2 and 3, a “newspaper within a newspaper” offers the most important news from around the world and all departments at a glance, and sets a clear focus with the “topic of the day”.

DIE WELT is aimed at the target group of decision-makers who want to be optimally informed in a limited timeframe during the week. It offers concentration on the essentials and provides its readers with a path through the flood of information. 

DIE WELT is published Monday – Friday.

WELT Print Total (climate neutral)

WELT Print Total comprises the booking unit WELT AM SONNTAG plus DIE WELT. Advertisements in the booking unit WELT Print Total are published within 14 days (Saturday/Sunday and Monday to Friday). 

DIE WELT – the national quality newspaper is one of the leading daily newspapers in Europe. DIE WELT focuses on what constitues the strength of a modern daily newspaper: the written word. More major themes, more thoroughly researched and more extensively commented – newspaper as it must be today.

WELT AM SONNTAG is the most important weekend read for discerning readers and is considered one of the best designed newspapers in the world. At the same time, WELT AM SONNTAG is an writers’ paper that emphasises polished writing and sound arguments. Surprising background stories, up-to-date analysis, exclusive interviews and entertaining topics with high standards define the editorial spectrum.

Our regional editions:

• DIE WELT & WELT AM SONNTAG Hamburg
• WELT AM SONNTAG North Rhine-Westphalia
• WELT AM SONNTAG Bavaria

Key Figures regional editions

Sources: *IVW II/2023, **ma 2023 Presse II