NOZ MEDIEN

What NOZ MEDIEN does

NOZ MEDIEN is a german media group consisting of publishing companies, radio & tv station and multiple digital assets.

Name

NOZ MEDIEN

Legal name

NOZ MEDIEN

Website

http://www.noz-medien.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Short description

NOZ MEDIEN is a german media group consisting of publishing companies, radio & tv station and multiple digital assets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Media Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regional/Sub-National Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAM)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper publishing
• Digital news media
• Multimedia journalism
• Advertising sales
• Subscription media

Headquarters

HQ city

Osnabrück

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Print Media Sales: Sale of daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, and magazines through subscriptions and single-copy sales.
2. Digital Subscriptions: Digital content access through noz.de and other digital platforms, providing news on all devices.
3. Advertising Revenue: Regional advertising sales across print and digital media properties, marketed through dedicated Vermarktung divisions in each region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

NOZ MEDIEN is a German regional media group that publishes daily newspapers (Tageszeitungen), weekly newspapers (Wochenzeitungen), and magazines, and operates digital news platforms (noz.de) and audio content channels across 5 German federal states. The company also provides regional advertising sales services through dedicated Vermarktung divisions covering Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Product overview

NOZ/mh:n MEDIEN is a German regional media group comprising approximately 50 companies operating across 5 German states (Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bremen, and Hamburg). The group operates a multi-platform portfolio combining traditional print media (daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines) with digital offerings (noz.de news portal, audio content). The media brands include NOZ MEDIEN for Lower Saxony, sh:z for Schleswig-Holstein, and medienhaus:nord for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, all coordinated under the unified mh:n MEDIEN structure. The group also includes M-TOURS Erlebnisreisen for travel services and operates marketing divisions for each regional footprint.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• sh:z - das medienhaus: Regional media house for Schleswig-Holstein offering newspapers and digital content.
• medienhaus:nord

Products and services

• Daily Newspapers (Tageszeitungen) Daily newspaper publications distributed across the group's regional footprint in Lower Saxony and northern Germany, providing regional and international news coverage to readers through subscriptions and single-copy sales.
• Digital News Platform (noz.de) Digital news portal (noz.de) providing news across all devices, serving regional readers in northern Germany with continuous digital access to news content.
• Audio Content Audio content offerings including podcasts and audio journalism as part of the multimedia strategy, providing news and stories in audio format for on-the-go consumption.
• Weekly Newspapers (Wochenzeitungen) Weekly newspaper publications serving local communities within the group's coverage area in northern Germany, providing in-depth local news and community stories.
• Magazines Magazine publications offering in-depth reporting and feature content on regional and thematic topics.
• Nordsee-Zeitung Regional newspaper brand serving the North Sea coastal region, part of the NOZ/mh:n Medien group, providing local news and information to coastal communities.
• Regional Advertising Services (Vermarktung) Dedicated regional advertising sales services through three Vermarktung divisions (NOZ MEDIEN for Lower Saxony, sh:z for Schleswig-Holstein, medienhaus:nord for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), enabling local and regional businesses to reach audiences through print and digital media channels.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2026NOZ Digital received the Google Cloud Innovator Award 2026 for infrastructure modernization, indicating a strategic cloud infrastructure partnership with Google Cloud.
• M-TOURS ErlebnisreisenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Partnership to drive digital reader trips. M-TOURS Erlebnisreisen and Nordsee-Zeitung collaborate on digital reader travel offerings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Funke Mediengruppe: One of Germany's largest regional newspaper groups publishing titles across multiple Bundesländer with a comparable multi-platform print/digital portfolio. Highly analogous operating model and target reader base to NOZ MEDIEN.
• Madsack Mediengruppe: Regional German newspaper publisher operating daily titles, digital platforms, and advertising sales across northern and eastern Bundesländer. Closely comparable multi-state regional media group structure to NOZ MEDIEN.
• DuMont Mediengruppe: Privately held German regional media group operating newspapers, digital platforms and advertising marketing — directly comparable in business mix and German Mittelstand structure.
• Rheinische Post Mediengruppe: Regional German newspaper publisher with integrated digital and advertising sales operations. Comparable multi-platform regional publisher profile to NOZ MEDIEN.
• Süddeutscher Verlag / Süddeutsche Zeitung: Publisher of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and digital news offerings with significant advertising sales. Closely comparable in product mix (subscription-based daily newspaper plus digital) and audience model.

Regional players

• Mediengruppe Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten: Regional publisher of daily newspapers in northern Germany, overlapping with NOZ MEDIEN's Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern footprint. Comparable local journalism and subscription business.
• Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ / Funke): Regional newspaper group under Funke Mediengruppe covering North Rhine-Westphalia. Comparable regional publisher model even though operating in a different German geography.

Broad incumbents

• Axel Springer: Germany's largest digital-leaning media publisher (Bild, Welt). Operates a much broader portfolio but overlaps with NOZ MEDIEN in newspaper publishing, digital news and advertising sales.
• Holtzbrinck Publishing Group / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Diversified German publishing group including FAZ, with national newspaper, digital and advertising operations. Comparable in core newspaper and digital subscription model, but at significantly larger national scale.

Others

• Shz / Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag: Already part of the NOZ/mh:n group via the sh:z sub-brand; included as a peer reference for Schleswig-Holstein regional press economics. Direct intra-group peer illustrating unit-level comparability.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/nozmedien
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/noz-medien
• Instagraminstagram.com/noz_medien

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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