MAFRA is Czech media group

Media conglomerate

A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...

 oriented mainly on printed internet media. Company is subsidiary of the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (the publisher of the Rheinische Post

Rheinische Post

The Rheinische Post is a major German regional daily newspaper, published since 1946 by the Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft mbH company....

), that bought it from French press group Socpresse

Socpresse

Socpresse was a French corporation which controlled the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro, the weekly magazine L'Express, 40% of the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Valeurs Actuelles, and the football club FC Nantes. The company was acquired by the Dassault in September 2006...

 in 1994.
MAFRA is publishing daily newspaper MFDnes

Mladá fronta DNES

Mladá fronta Dnes, also known as MF DNES or simply Dnes , is the second most sold daily newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its name could be translated into English as Youth Front Today...

, as of March 2011 having the second largest newspaper circulation

Newspaper circulation

A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day. Circulation is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the...

 in Czech Republic - 224 thousands (first is tabloid Blesk

Blesk

Blesk is a daily tabloid newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its name translates as The Lightning. It has the highest circulation of any newspaper in the Czech Republic.It is owned by Ringier....

). Fully owned subsidiary Lidové noviny, a.s. is publishing daily newspaper Lidové noviny

Lidové noviny

Lidové noviny is a daily newspaper published in the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily. Its profile is nowadays a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right, conservative view...

 with circulation 44 thousands, 60% subsidiary METRO Česká republika, a.s. is publishing freesheet Czech edition of Metro

Metro International

Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41% since launch of the first newspaper edition in 1995. It is a freesheet, meaning that distribution is...

 with circulation of 266 thousands.

The internet division is as of February 2011 third most visited on Czech internet, with 3.7 millions unique visitors per month (first is seznam.cz

Seznam.cz

Seznam.cz is the most visited web portal and search engine in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1996 by Ivo Lukačovič in Prague as the fist web portal in the Czech Republic. In 2008 Seznam reached a turnover of around 1.7 billion CZK. Seznam started with a search engine and an internet version of...

). It includes web portal

Web portal

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s iDnes.cz and lidovky.cz, most of websites are under iDnes.cz.

Other assets include two printing works (in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 and Olomouc

Olomouc

Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...

), the TV music channel Óčko

Ócko

Óčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....

and the radio stations

Radio network

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Expresradio and Rádio Classic FM.