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The mediagroup M. DuMont Schauberg (MDS) publishes the subscription newspapers Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Kölnische Rundschau and the newsstand newspaper EXPRESS in the city of cologne. In Saxony-Anhalt, MDS publishes the subscription newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung in Halle/Saale. Further MDS holds 50 percent of the amont of shares of the Druck- und Verlagshaus Frankfurt am Main GmbH (Frankfurter Rundschau) plus one vote.
Moreover the group participates in the Israeli Ha'aretz Group in Tel Aviv by holding 25 percent of their stocks. Since 2009 the Presse- und Medienhaus Berlin (including the subscription titles Berliner Zeitung, Berliner Abendblatt and the newsstand newspaper Berliner Kurier and Hamburger Morgenpost) belongs to MDS. The Heinen publishing company is involved in this interest by holding a 35-percent-participation.

MDS is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Germany and is involved in numerous advertising newspapers, internet activities, radio broadcasters and TV stations.

MDS's national activities include the Bundesanzeiger Verlag, the DuMont Literature and Art Publishing Company as well as the DuMont Calendar Publishing Company.