From 2013 to 2023, it was a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

[3] Founded in 1992 in Prague, Mafra was acquired in 1994 by the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (RBDV)[4][5] (the publisher of the Rheinische Post), which bought Mafra from French press group Socpresse.

In 2013, Mafra was acquired by Czech holding group Agrofert, which is owned by Andrej Babiš.

Fully owned subsidiary Lidové noviny, a.s. publishes daily newspaper Lidové noviny with circulation of 44,000,[citation needed] 60% subsidiary Metro Česká republika, a.s. publishes a freesheet Czech edition of Metro with a circulation of 266,000.

[8] As of February 2011, Mladá fronta Dnes is the third most visited Czech website on the internet, with 3.7 million unique visitors per month.