Lüdenscheider Nachrichten

What Lüdenscheider Nachrichten does

Lüdenscheider Nachrichten operates come-on.de, a regional digital news portal serving the Märkischer Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a geographic focus on Lüdenscheid, Volmetal, and Lennetal. It is operated by Märkischer Zeitungsverlag and sits within the WA Mediengruppe portfolio, with possible broader linkages to IPPEN.MEDIA. The platform delivers local news, sports, politics, culture, event coverage, and community information targeted at residents of the region, supplemented by a paid Abo subscription service, ePaper digital edition, and reader-specific features such as Leserreisen (reader trips).

The core product is a CMS-driven digital news publishing platform with article, photo, and video content, live ticker coverage of local events (e.g., AOK-Firmenlauf with 7,200+ participants), and a digital media store (store.come-on.de). The platform has been extended into an integrated community media ecosystem: a job marketplace (Stellenmarkt via localjob.de and nrw-jobs.de), local radio integration (Radio MK), weather forecasting, digital flyers (Prospekte & Sonderthemen), a partner search feature (Heimatflirt), and e-commerce-adjacent product recommendations. Distribution channels include the website, email newsletters, social media, and a separate digital media storefront.

The business model is a hybrid of consumer subscriptions (Abo with ePaper and premium content), display and classified advertising, and adjacent monetization through job listings, digital flyers, and reader travel packages. The target customer is the end consumer (local residents of Märkischer Kreis), sold via a self-serve/PLG digital portal with freemium content access and a paid subscription product. No revenue, headcount, or pricing details are publicly disclosed.

Name

Lüdenscheider Nachrichten

Legal name

Märkischer Zeitungsverlag

Website

https://come-on.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1854

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lüdenscheider Nachrichten operates come-on.de, a regional digital news portal serving residents of Lüdenscheid and the wider Märkischer Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with subscription, ePaper, and advertising-based monetization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Newsletter Publishing Platforms (MPACAIAA), News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Regional news
• Local journalism
• Online news portal
• German newspaper
• Digital media

Headquarters

HQ city

Meinerzhagen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

Core offering

Lüdenscheider Nachrichten is a regional German newspaper and associated digital news portal that delivers local news, sports, event coverage, and community information for the Märkischer Kreis region in North Rhine-Westphalia. The publication operates the "come-on.de" online platform, providing daily editorial content alongside classified listings such as jobs, real estate, and vehicles.

Product overview

come-on.de is a regional online news portal operated by Märkischer Zeitungsverlag, providing local news coverage for the Märkischer Kreis region including Lüdenscheid, Volmetal, Lennetal, and surrounding municipalities. The platform operates on a core news portal architecture complemented by subscription services (Abo/ePaper), job marketplace (Stellenmarkt), photo/video galleries, weather service, and local radio integration. The offering is a unified media platform combining editorial content with community features including event coverage, classifieds, and reader services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Rheinische Post: Large NRW regional publisher with digital portal and subscription model covering politics, sport and lifestyle — competes with come-on.de for statewide and national-news readership from the same regional audience.
• Westfalenpost: Established Hagen-based regional daily with broader NRW coverage and a digital subscription product; competes for the same advertisers and reader attention in Märkischer Kreis.
• Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Major Cologne-based regional publisher operating a digital-first news portal, ePaper and subscription stack — comparable in product architecture though serving a larger metropolitan geography.

Direct peers

• Siegener Zeitung: Independent regional daily covering the Siegen-Wittgenstein area adjacent to Märkischer Kreis, with a comparable hyper-local digital news portal, ePaper and subscription offerings.
• Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ): Flagship title of WA Mediengruppe serving the wider Ruhr/NRW region; operates the same come-on-style digital portal, ePaper and subscription structure, making it the closest internal benchmark for audience monetization.
• Westfälische Rundschau: Regional NRW daily also owned by WA Mediengruppe, covering neighboring regions with the same digital-plus-print subscription model and shared IPPEN.MEDIA tech stack — directly comparable in audience and product mix.

Regional players

• Sauerlandkurier: Regional news outlet serving the Sauerland area bordering Märkischer Kreis, with overlapping local sports, event and community coverage aimed at a similar demographic.
• Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger: Local newspaper for the Iserlohn area immediately adjacent to Lüdenscheid, covering overlapping Märkischer Kreis / NRW topics with a similar community-news positioning.

Others

• IPPEN.MEDIA: Digital publishing network referenced in come-on.de's ownership commentary that provides shared CMS, ad-tech and content infrastructure to regional titles — comparable as an enabling/partner layer rather than a competitor.
• NRW-Jobs (localjob.de): Local job marketplace already integrated into come-on.de; comparable as an adjacent vertical monetization partner rather than a news competitor, and a candidate for deeper product overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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