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Rheinische Post Media Group

German mid-sized media company based in Düsseldorf that publishes the Rheinische Post and other titles.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe is a mid-sized media company headquartered in Düsseldorf. It publishes the Rheinische Post, described as the highest-circulation daily newspaper in the Rhineland, and also publishes the Bonner General-Anzeiger in North Rhine-Westphalia. The group states it employs around 3,000 people in Germany and abroad, and describes itself as regionally rooted while internationally active. Its activities span daily newspapers, radio, specialist media, digital media, and services including call center, publishing services, and printing.

History

The Rheinische Post Mediengruppe is a mid-sized media company based in Düsseldorf. It publishes the Rheinische Post, which it describes as the highest-circulation daily newspaper in the Rhineland, and also publishes the Bonner General-Anzeiger in North Rhine-Westphalia. The group states that it employs around 3,000 people in Germany and abroad, and that its home remains Germany and the region. Its portfolio includes daily newspapers, radio, specialist media, digital media, and services such as call center, publishing services, and printing. The group is majority-owned in the Saarbrücker Zeitungsgruppe, which publishes Saarbrücker Zeitung, Trierischer Volksfreund, and Pfälzischer Merkur. It holds a stake in markt.gruppe Holding and is involved in 16 radio stations and eight German advertising paper publishers. Its Pre-Press-Services GmbH, originally founded as an offshoot of the group's publishing production, has since 2009 also produced for external clients and since 2014 has included commercial advertising processes and insert services.

Products and positioning

Regional rootedness with international activity; described as one of the five highest-circulation newspaper publishers in Germany.

Product categories. Daily newspapers · Radio · Specialist media · Digital media · Printing · Publishing services

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