Print media and publishers
The diversity of Berlin's book and print media market is unique in Germany. Small, innovative publishing houses operate alongside international scientific and trade publishers in Germany's capital.
Roughly 10,000 publications annually and more than 150 book and about 80 periodical publishers make Berlin the major publishing center in Germany. Axel Springer AG, a key media corporation in Europe and the largest German newspaper publisher, has its headquarters in Berlin. Springer Nature, Ullstein, Cornelsen, Suhrkamp, Walter de Gruyter, Egmont Ehapa and Hansa Verlag are also based in Berlin. All together, the regional books and periodicals sector encompasses more than 3,850 companies with around 19,000 employees.
Moreover, Berlin is the capital of bookstores and authors, with about 200 bookstores and 60 percent of the P.E.N. members living in Berlin. Major industry associations like the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers (Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger e. V. - BDVZ), the Association of German Magazine Publishers (Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger - VDZ) and the Federal Press Conference (Bundespressekonferenz) are also based in Berlin.
The diversity of the publishing landscape in the capital region is unique within Germany:
- 13 daily newspapers
- 9 weekly newspapers
- 2 Sunday editions
- numerous alternative weekly or local arts and events papers
- about 80 advertising journals
- numerous national general interest and specialty periodicals
As the metropolis in Germany in which the widest variety of magazines on lifestyle, arts and culture is published, the city is an ideal test market for new formats. Internationally renowned publishers of scientific and trade literature as well as non-fiction are also based in Berlin.
With about 317 printing facilities, Berlin is one of the four major German printing industry hubs next to Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Munich. Among the largest printing facilities in Berlin are the Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Axel Springer AG Druckhaus Spandau and BVZ Berliner Zeitungsdruck GmbH.
Berlin: europe's newspaper capital
Ten daily newspapers are based in Berlin, more than in any other European region (Berliner Kurier, Berliner Morgenpost, Berliner Zeitung, Bild, B.Z., Neues Deutschland, Tagesspiegel, taz, Die Welt). In addition, numerous scientific and specialty magazines are published in Berlin.
Worldwide demand for news from Berlin
News from the German capital is in demand worldwide: over 40 major German and international news agencies have offices in the German capital, including Reuters, dpa, AFP and ANSA.
More than 60 national and international television broadcasters, 94 regional daily papers and 20 national or international newspapers and magazines including DER SPIEGEL, Stern and DIE ZEIT maintain correspondents in Berlin or have a bureau there.
2,144 journalists are accredited with the Federal Press Conference (Bundespressekonferenz).
(Sources: Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, 2022; the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH)
