RZ Regionalzeitungen

What RZ Regionalzeitungen does

RZ Regionalzeitungs GmbH is a private Austrian regional newspaper publisher headquartered in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg. The company operates five district-level weekly newspapers — Blättle (Bregenz), Dornbirner Anzeiger, Feldkircher Anzeiger, Walgaublatt (Walgau), and Bludenzer Anzeiger (Bludenz) — that collectively provide hyperlocal print and e-paper coverage across the Vorarlberg state. Its core technology is the meinbezirk.at-hosted e-paper webreader that delivers digital editions of all five titles alongside the physical weekly print distribution.

The business generates revenue from three streams: recurring print and digital newspaper subscriptions, advertising sold to local businesses in both print and digital formats, and vertical marketplace income from the westjob.at regional job portal and the anzeigen.rzg.at classifieds platform. Ancillary services include an email newsletter, a reader letters section, and a photo gallery for event coverage. The company serves two primary segments: local Vorarlberg residents seeking community news, sports, club announcements, church schedules, emergency-service directories, and weather; and local employers and SMBs purchasing print/digital advertising, recruitment listings, and classified placements.

The company maintains a small permanent staff and relies on a distributed freelance contributor model typical of weekly regional publishers. Strategic partnerships with Ländle TV for multimedia content and Sparkasse Feldkirch for co-marketing extend the platform's reach. There is no disclosed revenue, no funding activity, no M&A history, and no public management team information.

Name

RZ Regionalzeitungen

Legal name

RZ Regionalzeitungs GmbH

Website

https://rzg.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RZ Regionalzeitungen is a private Austrian regional newspaper publisher operating five weekly district newspapers (Blättle, Dornbirner Anzeiger, Feldkircher Anzeiger, Walgaublatt, Bludenzer Anzeiger) across Vorarlberg, serving local residents with print and e-paper subscriptions, local advertisers, and regional employers via its westjob.at job board.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Regional newspaper publishing
• Local news media
• Print journalism
• Digital e-paper
• Classified advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Feldkirch

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Newspaper Subscriptions: Physical newspaper delivery and readership for five local newspapers covering different districts of Vorarlberg (Bregenz, Dornbirn, Feldkirch, Walgau, Bludenz)
2. Digital Subscriptions: E-paper subscriptions and online content access for digital readership
3. Advertising: Print and digital advertising space sold to local businesses, including job listings through westjob.at platform and classified ads through anzeigen.rzg.at

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RZ Regionalzeitungen publishes five hyperlocal weekly newspapers (Blättle, Dornbirner Anzeiger, Feldkircher Anzeiger, Walgaublatt, Bludenzer Anzeiger) covering the districts of Vorarlberg, Austria, delivered both in print and as digital e-paper editions via the meinbezirk.at webreader. The company also sells classified advertising, operates the regional Westjob job board, and runs an email newsletter and reader letters section.

Product overview

RZ Regionalzeitungen is a regional newspaper publisher operating as a multi-product platform consisting of five local newspapers (Blättle, Dornbirner Anzeiger, Feldkircher Anzeiger, Walgaublatt, and Bludenzer Anzeiger) distributed across Vorarlberg, Austria. The company offers both print publications and e-paper digital editions, complemented by ancillary services including a classified ads platform (Kleinanzeigen), regional job exchange (Westjob), email newsletter subscriptions, reader letters submission, and photo galleries. The newspapers collectively cover news from Bregenz through Dornbirn, Feldkirch, Walgau, and Bludenz, providing local news, club updates, emergency services directories, church events, job listings, and weather forecasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blättle: Local newspaper covering Bregenz region
• Dornbirner Anzeiger
• Feldkircher Anzeiger
• Walgaublatt
• Bludenzer Anzeiger

Products and services

• Blättle (Local Newspaper - Bregenz) Weekly local newspaper for the Bregenz region providing local news, club updates, emergency services directories, church events, job listings, and weather forecasts for residents and local businesses.
• Dornbirner Anzeiger (Local Newspaper - Dornbirn) Weekly local newspaper for the Dornbirn area providing regional news, community updates, and local event coverage.
• Feldkircher Anzeiger (Local Newspaper - Feldkirch) Weekly local newspaper for the Feldkirch region delivering local news, club announcements, and community event information.
• Walgaublatt (Local Newspaper - Walgau) Weekly local newspaper covering the Walgau region, providing news from various municipalities and community events.
• Bludenzer Anzeiger (Local Newspaper - Bludenz) Weekly local newspaper for Bludenz covering regional news, events, and community information for the Bludenz area.
• Kleinanzeigen (Classified Ads Platform) Online classified advertising platform allowing users to book and publish small advertisements across various categories for the Vorarlberg regional market.
• Westjob (Regional Job Exchange) Regional job exchange platform connecting local Vorarlberg companies and employers with job seekers, covering positions from Bregenz through the Kummenberg region, Montafon, and Klostertal.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ländle TVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation between Regionalzeitungen and Ländle TV for multimedia regional content. Joint programming includes 'Ländle TV Fernsehgondel' series featuring local topics and community coverage, combining print journalism with television content.
• Sparkasse FeldkirchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdvertising partnership with Sparkasse Feldkirch for promotional content placement and co-marketing activities on regional news platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kronen Zeitung: Austria's largest daily newspaper with extensive regional sections including Vorarlberg. Competes with RZ for regional advertising dollars and provides a benchmark for print-to-digital transition in the Austrian market.
• meinbezirk.at (Rupertigau/Kremstal network): meinbezirk.at is Austria's largest network of regional/district online news portals and powers the e-paper webreader hosting RZ's five titles. It is both a technical platform partner and a broader competitor for regional digital advertising budgets.
• TIPS (Tips Zeitungen): TIPS is one of Austria's largest regional weekly newspaper groups, publishing titles across multiple federal states. While it does not specifically cover Vorarlberg, its weekly regional format, advertising model, and hyperlocal positioning make it a directly comparable business model.

Regional players

• Oberösterreichische Nachrichten: Upper Austria's regional newspaper with print, digital, and jobs platform. Closely mirrors RZ's weekly regional newspaper + jobs board structure, though at significantly larger scale.
• WOCHE (Steiermark): WOCHE is a regional weekly newspaper serving Styria with district-level editions and classifieds/job platforms. Operates in a different Austrian region than RZ but follows an essentially identical multi-district weekly newspaper + digital marketplace playbook.
• Salzburger Nachrichten: Austrian regional newspaper group serving Salzburg with print, digital subscriptions, and regional classifieds. Different geography but same multi-product regional media business model as RZ.

Emerging players

• willhaben: Austria's leading classifieds and marketplace platform. An emerging threat/adjacent to RZ's anzeigen.rzg.at classifieds offering, as it pulls local advertising and listings spend toward national digital platforms.

Others

• karriere.at: Austria's largest job platform. Adjacent competitor to RZ's westjob.at regional job exchange; not a direct newspaper peer, but competes for the same regional employer recruiting budget.

Direct peers

• Bezirksblätter Burgenland: Bezirksblätter is Austria's largest network of district-level newspapers, with a comparable weekly hyperlocal publishing model. RZ Regionalzeitungen's five-district structure mirrors Bezirksblätter's district-by-district coverage approach.
• Vorarlberger Nachrichten / Russmedia: Russmedia is the dominant regional media group in Vorarlberg, publishing Vorarlberger Nachrichten (daily) and VOL.at (digital). It is the most direct competitor to RZ Regionalzeitungen in the same geography, competing for the same local readers and advertisers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/rz_regionalzeitungen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rz-regionalzeitungen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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