What Börsen-Zeitung does

Börsen-Zeitung is a German financial-news publishing house that has published a daily financial newspaper in continuous daily production since 1952 and serves as the official publication organ ("Amtliches Publikationsorgan") of all six German stock exchanges (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Baden-Württemberg). The brand is operated by Herausgebergemeinschaft WERTPAPIER-MITTEILUNGEN Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG, a Frankfurt-registered GmbH & Co. KG positioned as a brand of the WM Gruppe, and targets capital-market professionals, institutional investors, banks, and capital-market-oriented private investors. Editorial operations are anchored by a named roster of ~30+ journalists organised into dedicated sections (Banken, Konjunktur, Unternehmen, Kapitalmärkte, Recht, Finanzen & Technik, English) and supported by 11 foreign editorial offices (New York, Washington, London, Brussels, Paris, Milan, Shanghai, Tokyo, Madrid, Zurich) and 4 German regional offices (Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Hamburg).\n\nThe product surface is multi-channel and centred on a proprietary content and subscription platform. The boersen-zeitung.de web property and E-Paper (accessible via web, iOS "Börsen-Zeitung Kiosk" app, and Android app, restricted to one user across three concurrent devices) are orchestrated through the myBöZ registered-user account, which combines a 5-articles-per-month freemium quota, 12-month reading history, personal watch list, custom email alerts, and access to the Wertpapier-Informationssystem (WPI) securities database. Adjacent subscription verticals include ESG PRO (sustainability coverage with biweekly newsletter and "Nachhaltiges Investieren" podcast) and Private Markets (VC/PE/private debt/real estate/infrastructure with weekly newsletter and "Beyond Billions" podcast). The content stack also includes six email newsletters (BZ Update, Closing Bell, Inside Börsenplatz in cooperation with finanzen.net, Beyond Billions, Private Markets, BZ English, plus the €69/month paid "Banken. Märkte. Regulierung."), three original podcasts (#7TageMaerkte, Nachhaltiges Investieren, Beyond Billions) hosted on Podigee and syndicated to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Deezer, the searchable Online-Archiv, and the Börsen-Zeitung LIVE events and seminars business (Bankentag, Kapitalertragsteuertag, Restrukturierungs-Konferenz, in-house trainings).\n\nThe business model is a hybrid of subscription, advertising, B2B partnership, transactional document service, and events. Recurring revenue comes from term and open-ended print/digital subscriptions (cancellable with 4 weeks' notice, with a 50% student discount), €1/4-week digital trials, the paid €69/month regulatory newsletter, and the B2B Partner-Modell targeting Small & Mid Cap issuers with logo placement, financial-notice publication, AGM copies, a 10% advertising discount, and digital add-ons. Advertising spans display and image ads in print, digital, newsletters, podcasts, e-paper, special supplements (Sonderbeilagen, Verlagsbeilagen, Börsen-Zeitung SPEZIAL), advertorials, and obituary ads. Transactional revenue is generated via the pay-per-download Dokumentservice for prospectuses, annual/company reports, and financial notices, processed through PayPal. Events revenue (paid attendance, sponsorship, exhibition) and podcast/newsletter sponsorship round out the model. Payment and access infrastructure is outsourced to plenigo, PAYONE, and PayPal; data feeds are sourced from dpa-AFX and TradingView; GDPR compliance is managed through Cookiebot, with the Hessian data-protection authority as the supervisory body.

Name

Börsen-Zeitung

Legal name

Herausgebergemeinschaft WERTPAPIER-MITTEILUNGEN Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://boersen-zeitung.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Börsen-Zeitung is a German financial-news publisher operating a daily print newspaper and multi-channel digital platform serving capital-market professionals, institutional investors, and capital-market-oriented private investors. Founded in 1952, it is the official publication organ of all six German stock exchanges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial News Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

Keywords

• Financial news publishing
• Capital markets journalism
• Securities information system
• Financial media subscriptions
• Investment conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print and digital subscription revenue: Recurring revenue from paid subscriptions to the print edition, the digital edition, the e-paper, and dedicated thematic newsletters (e.g., "Banken. Märkte. Regulierung." at €69/month). Unbefristete (open-ended) subscriptions can be cancelled with 4 weeks' notice to the end of a contract month.
2. Document service / pay-per-download (PayPal billing): Per-download fees for individual documents such as prospectuses, annual/company reports, financial notices, and other announcements, billed via PayPal in the name and on the account of Börsen-Zeitung.
3. Advertising (display, classifieds, advertorials, special publications): Display and image advertising in the daily print edition, in the digital channels (boersen-zeitung.de, newsletters, podcasts, e-paper), in special supplements (Sonderbeilagen, Verlagsbeilagen, Börsen-Zeitung SPEZIAL), in advertised obituaries (Nachrufanzeigen), and in advertorial formats. "Beileger" inserts on financial-market topics are also sold.
4. Partner-Modell (Small & Mid Caps program): B2B partnership program offering listed companies (especially Small & Mid Caps) recurring logo placement, financial notice publication, complimentary newspaper copies for shareholder meetings, a 10% advertising discount, and optional digital benefits (article push, reprint license, e-paper subscription).
5. Events, seminars and conferences (Börsen-Zeitung LIVE): Revenue from paid attendance, sponsorship, and exhibition at conferences, seminars, inhouse trainings, and workshops (e.g., "Der Bankentag der Börsen-Zeitung", "Kapitalertragsteuertag", "Restrukturierungs-Konferenz").
6. Podcast and newsletter sponsorship: Sponsored podcast episodes (e.g., "Beyond Billions", "Nachhaltiges Investieren") and text/banner advertising in the newsletter portfolio (BZ Update, Inside Börsenplatz, BZ Closing Bell, Beyond Billions).

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Börsen-Zeitung publishes a daily German-language financial newspaper and operates a multi-channel digital content platform (boersen-zeitung.de, E-Paper, iOS/Android apps, newsletters, podcasts) dedicated to financial markets, capital markets reporting, securities information and industry events. Its offering is bundled around paid subscriptions, a securities information system (WPI), a paid document-retrieval service, advertising, and a B2B events/conferences business serving capital-market professionals and listed issuers.

Product overview

Börsen-Zeitung is a German financial-news publishing house operating a multi-channel platform that combines a daily print newspaper (published since 1952 and the official publication organ of all German stock exchanges) with a digital ecosystem anchored on the boersen-zeitung.de website, the Börsen-Zeitung E-Paper (with the iOS "Börsen-Zeitung Kiosk" and Android apps), the myBöZ user/subscription account system, the WPI Wertpapier-Informationssystem, and the paid boersen-zeitung.de Dokumentservice for single-document retrieval. On top of this core platform, the publisher runs a set of dedicated subscription products and verticals — most notably ESG PRO and Private Markets — together with a broad newsletter portfolio (BZ Update, CLOSING BELL, Banken. Märkte. Regulierung., Inside Börsenplatz with finanzen.net, Beyond Billions, Private Markets, BZ English), three podcasts (#7TageMaerkte, Nachhaltiges Investieren, Beyond Billions), the Börsen-Zeitung LIVE events and seminars business, and recurring print products (Börsen-Zeitung Spezial, Sonderbeilagen, and the "AAA" partner model for small and mid caps).

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Brands

• Börsen-Zeitung: The primary financial newspaper brand and official publication organ of all German securities exchanges, published by the Herausgebergemeinschaft WERTPAPIER-MITTEILUNGEN Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG.

Products and services

• Börsen-Zeitung (Print Edition) Daily German-language financial newspaper published since 1952, described as the only 'pure' financial newspaper in Germany and the official publication organ of all German stock exchanges (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Baden-Württemberg), targeted at financial and capital-market professionals.
• boersen-zeitung.de Main online portal of the Börsen-Zeitung publishing house, providing news, analysis, market data and editorial content organised into sections including Meinung & Analyse, Banken, Konjunktur, Unternehmen, Kapitalmärkte, Personen, Finanzen & Technik, Recht and English; with dedicated subscription areas Private Markets, ESG PRO and Podcast.
• Börsen-Zeitung E-Paper Digital replica edition of the Börsen-Zeitung available via the boersen-zeitung.de/epaper area, the WebApp at epaper.boersen-zeitung.de and the 'Börsen-Zeitung Kiosk' mobile app, with cross-device synchronisation restricted to one authorised user and three concurrent devices.
• Börsen-Zeitung Kiosk (iOS App) iOS E-Paper app for the Börsen-Zeitung, available on the Apple App Store, providing access to the digital newspaper edition.
• Börsen-Zeitung (Android App) Android E-Paper app for the Börsen-Zeitung, available on the Google Play Store, providing access to the digital newspaper edition.
• myBöZ User Account Free registration-based user account powering the boersen-zeitung.de subscription system: provides a monthly quota of five free premium articles, a reading history (auto-deleted after 12 months), a personal watch list of saved articles and an E-Mail Alert engine driven by user-defined search terms.
• WPI Wertpapier-Informationssystem Securities information system ('Wertpapier-Informationssystem') providing access to securities master data, hosted at wpi.boersen-zeitung.de and offered free of charge to Börsen-Zeitung subscribers on request.
• boersen-zeitung.de Dokumentservice Pay-per-document service in the publicly accessible part of boersen-zeitung.de that provides paid single retrieval of prospectuses, annual and company reports, financial announcements and other publications, with billing handled via PayPal.
• ESG PRO subscription product Subscription product line dedicated to ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) topics, with dedicated news, analysis, a biweekly ESG newsletter and the 'Nachhaltiges Investieren' podcast.
• Private Markets subscription product Subscription product line covering venture capital, private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure, including the weekly 'Private Markets' newsletter and the 'Beyond Billions' podcast.
• BZ Update Newsletter Free daily Börsen-Zeitung newsletter sent at 15:00 covering the most important financial and economic topics of the day, including reading recommendations and an outlook for the following day.
• Börsen-Zeitung CLOSING BELL Newsletter Free Börsen-Zeitung newsletter sent on stock-market days at 18:00 covering end-of-day market developments; bookable separately as an advertising placement.
• Banken. Märkte. Regulierung. Newsletter Biweekly paid Börsen-Zeitung newsletter (€69.00 per month, cancellable monthly) providing information on financial-market regulation developments from Berlin and Brussels, available as a 4-week test for €1.
• Inside Börsenplatz Newsletter Free twice-weekly newsletter (Monday and Friday) published in cooperation with finanzen.net, providing insights on the financial market and the exchange, with exclusive background information and price-relevant information for investors.
• Beyond Billions Newsletter Free weekly Börsen-Zeitung 'Private Markets' newsletter published every Friday, parallel to the 'Beyond Billions' podcast, covering venture capital, private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure topics.
• BZ English Newsletter Free monthly Börsen-Zeitung English-language newsletter providing information on new investment trends, strategies and products in the financial markets.
• #7TageMaerkte Podcast Weekly Börsen-Zeitung podcast covering the financial markets, distributed via Podigee and syndicated to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Deezer.
• Nachhaltiges Investieren Podcast Börsen-Zeitung podcast on sustainable investing, distributed via Podigee and syndicated to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Deezer; also referenced as part of the ESG PRO offering.
• Beyond Billions Podcast Börsen-Zeitung podcast focused on Private Markets topics (venture capital, private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure), available for sponsorship and listed in the digital media kit.
• Börsen-Zeitung LIVE (Events & Seminars) Business events arm of Börsen-Zeitung based in Frankfurt, organising paid seminars, conferences, courses, in-house trainings and workshops for the financial market with sponsorship and exhibition options; events include Der Bankentag der Börsen-Zeitung, the Kapitalertragsteuertag and the Restrukturierungs-Konferenz.
• Partner-Modell (Small & Mid Caps Programme) B2B partnership programme offering listed companies, especially Small & Mid Caps, recurring logo placement, financial notice publication, complimentary newspaper copies for shareholder meetings, a 10% advertising discount, and optional digital benefits (article push, reprint licence, e-paper subscription).
• Online-Archiv (boersen-zeitung.de Search) Searchable online archive of Börsen-Zeitung editorial content, accessible via the boersen-zeitung.de/suche page and filterable by time period (last 24 hours, week, month, year or any time).

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Emerging players

• n-tv: German 24-hour financial and news TV channel with a strong digital news presence. Overlaps with Börsen-Zeitung on real-time German financial-news coverage and competes for the same advertising pool, particularly in the B2C financial-news segment.

Direct peers

• Wirtschaftswoche: German weekly business and finance magazine published by Handelsblatt Media Group. Targets the same German capital-market professional and executive audience as Börsen-Zeitung with a similar mix of news, analysis, and paid subscriptions.
• finanzen.net: Germany's leading retail financial-portal for quotes, news, and tools. Already a co-publishing partner with Börsen-Zeitung on the Inside Börsenplatz newsletter, making it both a peer (overlapping audience in German financial-news consumption) and an existing commercial partner.
• Handelsblatt: Germany's leading German-language financial and business newspaper, headquartered in Düsseldorf. The most direct head-to-head competitor to Börsen-Zeitung in the German professional financial-news segment, with a larger paid-subscriber base and a broader business-news footprint.
• Manager Magazin: German-language monthly business and finance magazine covering capital markets, corporate strategy, and executives. Comparable to Börsen-Zeitung in audience (German capital-market professionals and executives) and in monetizing premium analysis through subscriptions and events.

Broad incumbents

• Reuters: Global financial-news wire and consumer-facing financial-news site. Overlaps with Börsen-Zeitung on international financial-news coverage and is a default source for German institutional readers, although Reuters does not produce German-language editorial at Börsen-Zeitung's depth.
• Süddeutsche Zeitung: Germany's largest broadsheet with a substantial business and finance section. Targets a similar upper-middle-class professional readership in Germany and competes for both advertising budgets and subscription share of wallet.
• Bloomberg: Global financial-news and data powerhouse with Bloomberg Terminal, Bloomberg Professional Services, and a large newsroom. Competes with Börsen-Zeitung for the attention of German institutional readers who consume international financial news and data alongside German capital-market coverage.
• The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones): Flagship global financial daily from Dow Jones/News Corp. A direct competitor for German institutional and corporate readers of English-language financial news, and an obvious cross-sell or partnership candidate for the BZ English newsletter audience.
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ): Major German national daily with a substantial business and financial section based in Frankfurt. Competes for the same Frankfurt-based financial-professional reader as Börsen-Zeitung but with a much broader general-interest scope and a significantly larger newsroom.

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Investors

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