Company Structure




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Company Structure

Axel Springer is Germany’s largest newspaper publisher and third-largest magazine publisher. It is also one of Europe’s leading media companies.

Axel Springer creates and distributes high-quality information and entertainment in newspapers, magazines, and digital distribution channels.

The company’s broad portfolio encompasses successfully established multimedia brand families such as BILD and DIE WELT, as well as newspapers, magazines, and online offerings to suit a wide range of interests and information needs, plus investments in TV and radio companies.

Company Structure
  • The segment Newspapers National encompasses all the German newspapers and advertising supplements.
  • The segment Magazines National all the magazines distributed in Germany.
  • All the newspapers and magazines published outside Germany have been consolidated within the segment Print International.
  • The Digital Media segment encompasses all the online activities in Germany and abroad, also including, for example, the portals of the BILD Group and the WELT Group, as well as the activities and investments in the TV/radio sector.
  • The Services/Holding segment comprises the Group’s own newspaper printing plants as well as the internal departments of Logistics and Distribution, and various service and holding company functions.

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