The Styria Media Group AG, often referred to as just Styria, is an Austrian 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, Croatia and Slovenia, 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 euros in 2016. As of 2015, the Styria Media Group and the Moser Holding Aktiengesellschaft each own 50% of

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. 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

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regions of Austria, where they publish their flagship daily '' Kleine Zeitung'' and a number of regional weeklies. On a national level, the company publishes Vienna-based daily '' Die Presse'' and the weekly magazine ''

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''. In Croatia, Styria is the sole shareholder of the major daily newspaper '' Večernji list'' 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'' 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 Italy 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 Montenegro 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

;Daily newspapers *'' Die Presse'' (Austria) *'' Kleine Zeitung'' (Austria) *'' 24sata'' (Croatia) *''

'' (Croatia) *'' Večernji list'' (Croatia) *''

'' (Slovenia) *'' Žurnal24'' (Slovenia) *''

'' (Montenegro) ;Weekly newspapers * ''

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

References

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Styria Media Group AG
Companies established in 1869 Newspaper companies of Austria Magazine publishing companies Mass media companies of Austria Mass media companies of Croatia Mass media in Montenegro Mass media companies of Slovenia Mass media in Graz Companies based in Graz 1869 establishments in Austria {{Montenegro-media-stub