Funke Mediengruppe
Source Passport
DE-M-00001-1
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- Legal name
- FUNKE Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Country
- Germany
- Type
- Multi-platform group
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Simone Kasik and Christoph Rüth (Geschäftsführung)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- Not yet
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number on record, not yet checked
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
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Who is it?
Origin
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(a)
- Brand names Pending check
- FUNKE
- Company registration number Pending check
- Amtsgericht Essen HRB 25935
- Registered address Pending check
- Jakob-Funke-Platz 1, 45127 Essen
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Owner type Petra Grotkamp Person Julia Becker Person Nora Marx Person Niklas Wilcke Person - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Parent group Pending check
- none (family-owned top holding; Komplementärin FUNKE Management GmbH, Essen HRB 25920)
2 sources
- FUNKE press release 'Neue Gesellschafterstruktur final', dated 12 Jan 2024, read 2026-10-20 (family around Petra Grotkamp holds 100%; names Petra Grotkamp, Julia Becker, Nora Marx, Niklas Wilcke; website funkemedien.de)
- FUNKE Mediengruppe Impressum on funke-eventcenter.de, read 2026-10-20 (legal name, Registergericht Essen HRB 25935, address, Komplementärin FUNKE Management GmbH HRB 25920, Geschäftsführung, supervisory board chair)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
EMFA Art. 6(1)(d), plus revenue mix
- State advertising and third-country public revenue
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 November 2026 | First published |
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