Founded in 1869, Styria Medien AG is one of the leading Media Groups in Austria, Croatia and Slovenia. With 3.200 employees altogether, the concern generated a market turnover of 439 million Euros in 2007*. Styria incorporates along with others, 8 daily and 16 weekly newspapers, 20 magazines, 18 customer magazines (MCA), 7 weekly magazines (KRM), more than 30 magazines in Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia (Adria Media), 2 supplements, 15 online services, 2 radio and 3 TV programmes and 9 book publishers.

The Styria Medien AG sees itself as a content company and regards production, selection, valuation, development and interpretation of content for different media products, as its main business. This is managed in the form of texts, graphics, pictures and sound.

Furthermore the Styria Medien AG dedicates much entrepreneurial attention to all those areas with a large significance to the success of the main areas of competence –with independence also in mind - such as newspaper print, logistic and information technology.

The states of Steiermark (Styria) and Carinthia are the main regional markets where the Styria Medien AG claims leadership in every area of media. Meaning the daily, weekly and monthly newspapers, online services, private radios and private television. The complete Austrian market has also notably increased in importance for the business group, as involvement with the “Presse”, the “Wirtschaftsblatt”, the “Furche” and the magazine group “Styria Multi Media” as well as by “tele” and “SAT 1 Österreich” shows.

In Croatia Styria Medien AG is the sole shareholder of the traditional daily newspaper “Vecernji list” and has launched the most successful newspaper in the country with the daily newspaper “24 sata”. Additionally, Styria Medien AG holds a majority interest in Croatias´ first business daily newspaper “Poslovni dnevnik”.

Styria Medien AG plays an important role in Slovenia above all with the dynamic and innovative “Zurnal” Group. The Group consists of the successful free weekly newspaper “Zurnal”, the relatively young free daily newspaper “Zurnal 24” and the exciting news platform “zurnal24.si”. Furthermore in participation with the large Dnevnik Group – the most well-known is the daily paper with the same name – an important step was achieved in a particularly robust South Eastern European market. Further steps should ensue”.

*In the stated turnover the sold shares of Croatian kiosk chain TISAK have already been taken into consideration (-67 million € compared to previous year).