rnd.de
The Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) is an association of around 60 small and medium-sized regional newspapers based in Hanover. Most of the members' regional content is produced in-house, but all members are also supplied with national content by an RND central editorial team. RND operates its own newsroom in Hanover, its own capital city office in Berlin and maintains a "worldwide network of correspondents". According to its own information, RND is one of the largest editorial networks in Germany with a daily print run totalling 2.3 million copies.
While the members of RND publish their printed versions in their own names, there is an additional online news portal, rnd.de, which bears the name of the network.
Madsack's largest single shareholder is ddvg (Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft), which is 100 per cent owned by the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany). This ownership structure is repeatedly the subject of discussions about the influence of political parties on media companies. Today, only Sylvia Madsack, the daughter of founder Erich Madsack, is still active in the company.
Audience Share
0.48%
Ownership Type
private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Freemium
Media Companies / Groups
Mediengruppe Madsack
Ownership Structure
rnd.de is operated by RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Madsack publishing company. The Madsack Group is owned by various owners, with major holdings including the SPD publishing group ddvg and the daughter of the founder, Sylvia Madsack.
In addition to RND Redaktions-Netzwerk Deutschland GmbH, there are two other companies: RND Berlin GmbH, which is responsible for operating the capital city office, and RND One GmbH. RND Berlin GmbH is only 75 per cent owned by Madsack. The remaining 25 per cent is owned by DuMont, a Cologne-based media company. However, only the Madsack Media Group is listed as the responsible company in the imprint.
Voting Rights
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Individual Owner
Group / Individual Owner
Ursula Maisel
Ursula Maisel (born 1943) is a partner in VerlagsgesellschaftMadsack GmbH & Co. KG. There is hardly any public information about her. The addition "for the Koller family company" appears in a number of documents, but Maisel herself is listed as a limited partner in the commercial register.
Minor Shareholders
In addition to the three owners listed, a significant portion of Madsack GmbH & Co. KG is in free float, whereby with the exception of the share held by Gebrüder Gerstenberg GmbH & Co. KG (7.3%), all shares amount to less than five per cent. It is also worth noting that almost all of these shares are held by private individuals, not companies.
General Information
Founding Year
2013
Affiliated Interests Founder
RND was founded by the Madsack Mediengruppe in 2013. The online version rnd.de followed in 2019.
Madsack Media Group is a Hanover-based media group founded by August Madsack. It is responsible for several hundred publications, making it one of the largest media groups in Germany. According to its own figures, it reaches around 2.5 million readers every day. Its portfolio includes not only print products of all kinds, but also investments in radio and television stations as well as shares in companies outside the media sector, such as property companies and investment companies.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
CEO of the Madsack Group since 2013. Also a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) since 2015. From 2016 to 2022, Düffert was a member of the Executive Committee of the German Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV) before resigning in protest against the then Chairman Mathias Döpfner.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Editor-in-chief of the RND since 2023. She also heads the RND's Berlin office.
Editor-in-chief of RND since May 2024. He previously worked for manager magazin as editor-in-chief for more than ten years.
Affiliated Interests other important people
the daughter of Madsack founder Erich Madsack. She is the only member of the founding family still involved in the company. In 2023, she set up a foundation to promote journalism.
Contact
RND RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland GmbH
August-Madsack-Straße 1
30559 Hannover
Tel: 0511 / 5453 8000
E-Mail: info@rnd.de
Website: rnd.de
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
The percentage of audience reach refers to the Nielsen survey of unique users, retrieved via the KEK media database.
As RND Redaktionsnetzwerkdeutschland GmbH is part of the Madsack Mediengruppe group of consolidated companies, it does not publish its own annual financial statements. Its profits and/or losses are included directly in the consolidated results of the Madsack Media Group, meaning that it is not possible to provide separate information on sales, revenues and advertising income.
