Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Regional newspaper publishers based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 225 regional newspaper publishers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 4,858 professional contacts across them, including 1,044 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.
This list covers regional newspaper publishers headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest regional newspaper publishers based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 301 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Die MADSACK Mediengruppe setzt auf das Zukunftspotenzial regionaler und lokaler Medien.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Medien - ein DuMont Unternehmen - sind die relevanten Informationsmanager für die moderne Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Freie Presse ist Sachsens auflagen- und reichweitenstärkste Zeitung!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mit dem Medienhaus Bauer, dem Verlag Rubens und temmingmedia hat Lensing Media starke Partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Die General-Anzeiger Bonn GmbH ist mit ihren regionalen Informationsangeboten führend in Bonn und der Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bremer Tageszeitungen AG (WESER-KURIER Mediengruppe) is a publishing company based out of Bremen, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aschendorff Medien vereint die wichtigsten Medien für das Lokalgeschehen in der Region Münsterland unter einem Dach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die DDV Mediengruppe, eines der großen Verlagshäuser in Sachsen, ist Herausgeber der SÄCHSISCHEN ZEITUNG, der MORGENPOST SACHSEN sowie der Newsportale SÄCHSISCHE.DE und TAG24.DE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Medienhaus Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH (LN) blickt auf eine über einhundertjährige Geschichte zurück.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Was als kleiner Zeitungsverlag mit Druckerei begann, hat sich in den vergangenen 130 Jahren zu einem der wichtigen mittelständischen Verlagshäuser in Deutschland entwickelt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Netzwerk Medienproduktion 🤝 Werbelösungen Events #Wir vernetzen Menschen, Medien und Märkte … …und das leben wir mit all unseren Medien und auf allen Kanälen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Holzmann Medien ist ein Familienunternehmen mit starken Print- und Onlinemarken, die zum großen Teil über Jahrzehnte gewachsen sind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Das Westfalen-Blatt ist eine deutsche regionale Tageszeitung mit Hauptsitz in Bielefeld.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die NORDSEE-ZEITUNG ist das führende Medium für Bremerhaven und den Landkreis Cuxhaven.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seit der Gründung 1835 steht der Schwarzwälder Bote als große regionale Tageszeitung für bedeutende Informationsdienstleistung in Baden-Württemberg.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Starker Journalismus für ganz Ostfriesland: Das ist unser Anspruch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OZ+| Was die Möwen morgens von den Dächern kreischen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Märkische Medienhaus mit Hauptsitz in Frankfurt (Oder) bildet gemeinsam mit dem Medienhaus Lausitzer Rundschau die größte Mediengruppe Brandenburgs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Die WAZ ist Deutschlands größte Regionalzeitung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) ist DAS Medienhaus in Nordhessen und Südniedersachsen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Der DONAUKURIER ist eine Tageszeitung der Mediengruppe Bayern.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Das Medienhaus Fränkischen Nachrichten publiziert relevante Nachrichten medienkanalübergreifend für die Region - in Zeitung, Web, NewsApp, Social, Anzeigenblatt, digitale…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Westdeutsche Zeitung GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ein Unternehmen der Stimme Mediengruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willkommen bei BZ.medien, dem relevanten Medienunternehmen aus Baden!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: regional newspaper publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names regional newspaper publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of regional newspaper publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name regional newspaper publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Regional newspaper publishers based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 225 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among regional newspaper publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “regional newspaper publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names regional newspaper publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among regional newspaper publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,044 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names regional newspaper publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many regional newspaper publishers are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 225 regional newspaper publishers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Madsack Mediengruppe, headquartered in Hannover, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most regional newspaper publishers?
Berlin leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Dusseldorf (4) and Hamburg (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,044 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 225 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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