Ringier Serbia
The Belgrade-based company Ringier Serbia is the parent company of EURO BLIC PRESS registered in Banja Luka, the publisher of the daily EuroBlic newspaper.
Ringier Serbia was founded in 1996 as Blic Press d.o.o. From 2010-2022 it was part of the international Group Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, and since 2022 it is owned by the Swiss media group Ringier, which operates in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Ringier Serbia is a leading media company known for its wide portfolio of digital and print publications. Two advertising portals also operate within the Company: mojauto.rs and nekretnine.rs. Ringier Central and Eastern Europe, which owns the company in Serbia, is a family company, founded in 1833 in Zofingen, Switzerland as a publishing house and printing house. Today it is a multinational integrated media company and one of the most important media companies on the Swiss market, operating in Europe, Asia and Africa. Its portfolio includes around 110 brands from print and digital media, radio stations, ticketing, entertainment and e-commerce sectors, as well as leading online car, real estate and jobs advertising media. During 2020, around 6,800 employees in this company operating in 18 different countries generated an revenue of 953.7 million Swiss francs. Already today, 69 percent of the profit from business activities comes from the digital area, where Ringier is the leader among European media companies.
Mother Company
Ringier AG
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Limited Liability Company
Individual Owner
Die Mobiliar
Founded in 1826, Die Mobiliar is one of the leading Swiss insurance companies that provides operating, building, liability, vehicle, life and term, accident and health, transportation and travel insurance, as well as, comprehensive insurance and pension products, services, and consulting services. According to its 2022 annual report, it had 6226 employees.
Marc Walder
Marc Walder was a professional tennis player and actively competed in ATP tournaments between 1984 and 1991. Following shoulder injury, he entered journalism in 1992, writing for the sports section of Swiss daily newspaper Blick, published by Ringier. Few years later, he became the editor-in-chief of Ringier’s weekly magazine Schweizer Illustrierte. After he graduated from the Advanced Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School in Boston in 2008, Walder started rising through Ringier's ranks and was appointed Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Ringier AG in April 2012. In 2018, he became managing partner at Ringier as he acquired a 10% stake at the company.
He also serves as a board member of numerous tech companies, such as sportradar, sports technology company and SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Waldwer was awarded the honorary "Digital Economy Ambassador" prize for his commitment to the Swiss economy and the ICT sector in 2019.
Other Online Outlets
srpskainfo.com
bosnainfo.ba
Business
Publishing
Ringier Central and Eastern Europe AG (Switzerland)
General Information
Founding Year
1996
Affiliated Interests Founder
founder and first major owner of Blic Press, which later became Ringier Serbia. There is no publicly available biography.
Contact
Adress: Kosovska street 10, 11000 Beograd
E-mail: komunikacije@ringier.rs
Tax/ ID Number
4400816740005
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
910.277 USD / 1.57 mln BAM
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
24.569 USD / 42.382 BAM
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing data
Further Information
Meta Data
Ownership data from 2023 is sourced from the Banja Luka Commercial District Court Registry and is available through the court upon request. Media outlet was contacted on 8th of August 2023 and did not responded to our questions. Ownership data was obtained through a FOI request to the responsible municipal court on 11th of July 2023. Financial data is only available for EURO BLIC PRESS doo, not specifically for the EuroBlic outlet. The revenue and operating profit figures are from 2021obtained from Agency for intermediary, IT and financial services - APIF. The amounts have been converted into USD using the Central Bank's average exchange rate for December 31, 2021. Audience share information for the period between March 2022 and March 2023 was obtained from the IPSOS market research firm.
