Medienunternehmen

media company

noun MEH-dee-en-un-ter-nay-men Rare

Also means

media enterprise

Usage Note

Medienunternehmen is the neutral business term for any company whose core activity is media production or distribution; it ranges from small local publishers to large-scale broadcasting corporations.

Examples

"Das Medienunternehmen hat in den vergangenen Jahren mehrere Lokalzeitungen aufgekauft."

Natural Translation

The media company has acquired several local newspapers in recent years.

Literal Translation

The media-company has in the past years several local-newspapers bought up.

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