Funke Mediengruppe
Funke Mediengruppe (formerly ''WAZ-Mediengruppe'') is Germany's third largest newspaper and magazine publisher with a total of over 500 publications in eight countries. WAZ-Mediengruppe is privately held by the Funke family and is headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The group's largest paper is '' Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'', the largest newspaper in the Ruhr metropolitan region. Other properties in Germany include the TV magazine ''Gong'' and the woman's magazine '' Die Aktuelle''. Besides Germany, Funke Mediengruppe has publications in Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Albania, and Russia. The company formed Media Print Macedonia and owns several newspapers and magazines in Macedonia. It also partially owns the Austrian '' Kronen Zeitung'' and ''Kurier''. In December 2010 WAZ Mediagroup sold all its assets in Bulgaria to a joint venture between Austrian investors and local tycoons. Until then the company had owned the two largest daily newspapers ''Trud'' and ''24 h ...
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