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200 years for Cologne: into the future with tradition and innovation The history of Cologne as a location of print media has been closely connected with the history of the printing company M. DuMont Schauberg since the beginning of the 17th century. Documented sources indicate that in 1620 in Cologne a certain Bertram Hilden operated a printing works for commemorative publications and prayer books. This marks the start of the history of our company. His son printed and published 'Relationes extraordinariae'. In 1805, ownership of Kölnische Zeitung passed to Marcus DuMont. In particular in the second half of the previous century, it was the most highly regarded and powerful newspaper of the empire at the time. After the end of the Second World War, it ceased to appear on the market. In 1876, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger appeared as a local equivalent of the supraregional Kölnische Zeitung. Towards the end of the Second World War, it too had to cease publication and appeared again only after the ending of the requirement of daily newspapers to obtain a licence from the Allies in October 1949. After hard competition at the end of the 1950s, it developed into the leading newspaper in the region. In 1964, EXPRESS first appeared, with a circulation focusing mainly on the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bonn. In particular in Cologne, but also in other parts of Rhineland, EXPRESS could break the monopoly position of Bild-Zeitung and put itself at the forefront. With its acquisition of Mitteldeutsche Zeitung in Halle, which was to develop in esteem and circulation into a significant newspaper of eastern Germany, M. DuMont Schauberg made a move outside of its ancestral region for the first time after the reunification of Germany. As one of the fifth largest publishing houses, it takes part weekly publications and radio stations. The national activities of M. DuMont Schauberg include the Federal Gazette Bundesanzeiger as well as DuMont Book Publishing House and DuMont Calendar Publishing House. DeutschΙFlagΙHomepageΙContactΙSitemapΙksta.deΙexpress.deΙmz-web.deΙrundschau-online.deΙfr-online.de

200 years for Cologne: into the future with tradition and innovation

The history of Cologne as a location of print media has been closely connected with the history of the printing company M. DuMont Schauberg since the beginning of the 17th century.

Documented sources indicate that in 1620 in Cologne a certain Bertram Hilden operated a printing works for commemorative publications and prayer books. This marks the start of the history of our company. His son printed and published 'Relationes extraordinariae'.

In 1805, ownership of Kölnische Zeitung passed to Marcus DuMont. In particular in the second half of the previous century, it was the most highly regarded and powerful newspaper of the empire at the time. After the end of the Second World War, it ceased to appear on the market.

In 1876, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger appeared as a local equivalent of the supraregional Kölnische Zeitung. Towards the end of the Second World War, it too had to cease publication and appeared again only after the ending of the requirement of daily newspapers to obtain a licence from the Allies in October 1949. After hard competition at the end of the 1950s, it developed into the leading newspaper in the region.

In 1964, EXPRESS first appeared, with a circulation focusing mainly on the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bonn. In particular in Cologne, but also in other parts of Rhineland, EXPRESS could break the monopoly position of Bild-Zeitung and put itself at the forefront.

With its acquisition of Mitteldeutsche Zeitung in Halle, which was to develop in esteem and circulation into a significant newspaper of eastern Germany, M. DuMont Schauberg made a move outside of its ancestral region for the first time after the reunification of Germany.

As one of the fifth largest publishing houses, it takes part weekly publications and radio stations. The national activities of M. DuMont Schauberg include the Federal Gazette Bundesanzeiger as well as DuMont Book Publishing House and DuMont Calendar Publishing House.