Update 2007: Top 100 Media Companies in germany (from Horizont)

with data on turnover 2005 - 2007, a breakdown in category (if available), number of staff, shareholder ...

Rank 1: Bertelsmann AG - 2. 8 % (to previous year)
Rank 2: Pro Sieben Sat 1 Media AG + 29.0 %
Rank 3: Axel Springer AG + 8.5 %
Rank 4: Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck + 10.9 %
Rank 5: ZDF + 0.1 % --->

Compiled by Horizont, one of our b2b papers for marketing, advertising and media.

You can download it from here, split in two PDFs

part 1: Die größten deutschen Medienhäuser 2007 (Rank 1-40)
part 2: Die größten deutschen Medienhäuser 2007 (Rank 41-100)

Yes it is a bit difficult (need to register - for free, must have cookies on ..). If you have difficulties getting the charts, let me know!