"Kronen Zeitung" Will Be Fully Owned by the Dichand Family Again in the Future

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The Dichand family takes over the shares of the German Funke Group in Austria's most influential newspaper.

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The German Funke Group and Signa managers sell shares to the Austrian owners

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The two groups of shareholders of the Kronen Zeitung, Funke and Dichand, agreed last week to open a new chapter in the history of the ownership structure of this media house. The Funke Mediengruppe is now selling its 50 percent share. The Kronen Zeitung was refounded in 1959 by Hans Dichand as "Neue Kronen Zeitung", after it had already existed in the monarchy, but in between it was hired. By the way, the grandmother of today's editor Christoph …

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The family Dichand takes over the Kronen newspaper completely. What can that mean in times like this?Read the complete article on FALTER.at

horizont.net

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The largest daily newspaper in Austria has had a German co-owner since the 1980s. Now the media group Funke returns its half to the other owners.

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Crowning conclusion: The Funke Medien-gruppe sells its 50% share of the "Kronen Zeitung" to the Austrian publishing family Dichand. Funke wants to concentrate on the German market. Publisher Julia Becker is "very happy that together it has succeeded in bringing the 'Krone' back into the hands of the Dichand family in a friendly way". This ends a year-long dispute over the sheet, especially about profit guarantees for the Dichands. Still outstand…