The Styria Media Group AG, often referred to as just Styria, is an

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n media company founded in 1869 and based in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

. The company is one of the largest media companies in Austria,

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and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, and is also present in several other countries. Styria publishes a number of daily papers and weekly magazines, several news websites, and operates two radio stations and a television channel. They also incorporate seven book publishing companies. The group generated a market turnover of 420 million

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s in 2016. As of 2015, the Styria Media Group and the Moser Holding Aktiengesellschaft each own 50% of Regionalmedien Austria. This company publishes free (advertiser-funded) local newspapers throughout Austria. The company's original markets are the

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

and

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

regions of Austria, where they publish their flagship daily ''

Kleine Zeitung ''Kleine Zeitung'' (, ''Small Newspaper'') is an Austrian newspaper based in Graz and Klagenfurt. As the largest regional newspaper in Austria, covering the federal states Styria and Carinthia with East Tyrol, the paper has around 800,000 readers ...

'' and a number of regional weeklies. On a national level, the company publishes

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-based daily ''

Die Presse ''Die Presse'' is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Die Presse'' was first printed on 3 July 1848 as a liberal (libertarian)-bourgeoi ...

'' and the weekly magazine ''

Die Furche ''Die Furche'' is a weekly German language newspaper published in Vienna, Austria. The word ''Furche'' itself may be translated as furrow, with corresponding symbolic meaning. History and profile ''Die Furche'' was established in 1945. The paper ...

''. In Croatia, Styria is the sole shareholder of the major daily newspaper ''

Večernji list ''Večernji list'' (also known as ''Večernjak''; ) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb. History and profile ''Večernji list'' was started in Zagreb in 1959. Its ancestor ''Večernji vjesnik'' ("Evening Courier") appeared for the ...

'' and the daily tabloid '' 24sata''. In March 2008 they also acquired the business daily ''

Poslovni dnevnik ''Poslovni dnevnik'' () is a Croatian daily business newspaper published in Zagreb. The newspaper, billed as the first Croatian business daily, was originally launched in March 2004. The print edition is published five times a week, Monday through ...

''. In Slovenia, the company publishes the free daily newspaper ''

Žurnal24 ''Žurnal24'' in a Slovenian online newspaper. Until 2014, it was a free-press widely circulated daily newspaper published in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was the youngest daily newspaper in Slovenia, being launched by Styria Medien AG, an Austria ...

'' and owns a share in the major daily ''

Dnevnik Dnevnik means "The Daily" or "Daily News" in South Slavic languages. It can also be translated as "Diary". Closely related Slavic variants of the word are Deník (Czech) Dziennik (Polish) and Дневник (Russian). It may refer to: ;In broadc ...

''. In

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the company owns a majority share in the regional weekly ''Il Friuli'', which covers the

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region in north-eastern Italy. In March 2009 Styria also expanded into

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and acquired a minority share in the daily newspaper ''

Vijesti ''Nezavisni dnevnik Vijesti'' (; English translation: ''News'') is a Montenegrin daily newspaper. The paper is published and managed by an entity called Daily Press d.o.o. - a limited liability company based in Podgorica. The company's ownership ...

''. Around 2015 the company moved into the Styria Media Center in the Jakomini district of Graz.

Publications

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'' (Austria) *'' 24sata'' (Croatia) *''

'' (Croatia) *''

'' (Slovenia) *''

'' (Montenegro) ;Weekly newspapers * ''

'' (Austria) ;Magazines * '' Wiener''

References

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