The Media Union (German: IG Medien – Druck und Papier, Publizistik und Kunst) was a trade union representing German workers in the printing, paper, journalism and arts.
The union was founded on 15 April 1989 at a meeting in Hamburg, with the merger of the Printing and Paper Union and the Arts Union. The diversity of professions and job profiles that could be found in IG Medien was reflected in the nine sectoral groups: