Mediahuis
Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Media |
Founded | 1 January 2014[1] |
Headquarters | Belgium |
Products | Newspapers, magazines, distribution, printing, TV and online media |
Revenue | € 980 million (2020) |
€ 15 million (2020) | |
Owners | Mediahuis Partners NV (50.6% stake), Concentra (32.7% stake) and VP Exploitatie (16.7% stake).[2] |
Website | www |
Mediahuis (lit. 'Media House') is a European multinational newspaper and magazine publishing, distribution, printing, television, radio and online media company founded in 2014 with assets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany. Mediahuis publishes daily newspaper titles in Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland as well as regional titles, and is involved in broadcasting a number of Dutch and French language TV and radio stations.
Irish assets are held in
The headquarters of Mediahuis is in Antwerp.
History
Mediahuis was founded in January 2014 as a joint venture of two Flemish media corporations: Corelio and Concentra. They entered into a collaboration around their paper and digital publishing activities.[1] Corelio took 62% of the shares, Concentra the remaining 38%.
In 2015, Mediahuis acquired the Dutch
In January 2019, majority shareholder Corelio NV became Mediahuis Partners NV. Mediahuis Partners NV then held a 50.6% stake in Mediahuis, along with Concentra (32.7%) and VP Exploitatie (16.7%).[2] These three shareholders are in turn mainly owned by the Van Puijenbroek family, Belgian Baert family and Mediahuis chairman Thomas Leysen.[4]
On 30 April 2019 Mediahuis acquired
In July 2019, Mediahuis were reported to be interested in acquiring
In September 2020, Mediahuis acquired the heavily loss-making
Mediahuis Nederland
Mediahuis Nederlands started as the NV Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf[
TMG acquired the weblog GeenStijl after initially buying an interest and Hyves, at that time[when?] still the most popular social network site in the Netherlands.[citation needed] In 2012, TMG acquired the free daily newspaper Metro, which folded in 2019.
In 2016, TMG held a 23% stake in a joint venture with
Media assets
Europe
- EURACTIV
Belgium
- De Standaard[9]
- Het Nieuwsblad[9]
- Gazet van Antwerpen[9]
- Het Belang van Limburg[10]
- Jobat (jobs website)[9]
- Jet (magazine)[9]
- Gotcha (classified magazine)[9]
- Zimmo (classified magazine)[9]
- Vroom (classified magazine)[9]
- InMemoriam[9]
- ROB TV, TV Limburg, ATV and TV OOST (Regional TV channels)[9]
- Radio Nostalgie (North and South)[9]
- Metro (stake)[9]
- De Vijver Media (stake)[9]
- Flanders Classics (stake)[9]
Ireland
- Irish Independent[11]
- Sunday Independent[11]
- Sunday World[11]
- The Herald[11]
- Regional Irish newspapers[11]
Northern Ireland
Germany
- Aachener Zeitung[12]
- Aachener Nachrichten[12]
Netherlands
- De Telegraaf
- NRC Handelsblad[10]
- NDC mediagroep[13]
- Regional Dutch newspapers
Privé | JAAP.nl | Helders Weekblad | ||
Telesport | Huizenzoeker.nl | Het Gezinsblad | ||
VROUW | Speurders.nl | Laarder Courant de Bel | ||
Autovisie | Hyves Games | Denksport | ||
Metro | Blog Society | Nieuwsblad voor Castricum | ||
Sublime | Vacaturekrant.nl | Schager Weekblad | ||
Wendy | Nieuwsblad Santpoort en Velserbroek | Vecht Journaal | ||
Noordhollands Dagblad | IJmuider Courant | Weekblad voor Ouder Amstel | ||
Haarlems Dagblad | Baarns Weekblad | Westfries Weekblad | ||
Leidsch Dagblad | Stadsblad De Echo | Wieringer Courant | ||
De Gooi- en Eemlander | Witte Weekblad | Woonbode | ||
Dumpert | Haarlems Weekblad | Nieuwsblad voor Huizen | ||
Upcoming | Alkmaars Weekblad | Nieuwsblad De Kennemer | ||
De Duinstreek | De Krommenieër | |||
Das Kapital | De Gooi en Eembode | De Zaankanter | ||
GasPedaal.nl | De Koerier | |||
GroupDeal | Botentekoop.nl | |||
Relatieplanet.nl | CampersCaravans.nl | |||
De Telegraaf | Heemsteedse Courant | |||
De Financiële Telegraaf (DFT) | Haarlems Weekblad |
See also
- Dichtbij.nl
- Dumpert
References
- ^ a b c d e "History – Mediahuis". mediahuis.be. n.d. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ a b "Corelio NV becomes Mediahuis Partners NV". Mediahuis. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ Mediahuis neemt NRC over
- ^ Ellie Donnelly (2019-07-30). "Court approves INM takeover by Mediahuis". Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Mediahuis to buy Irish newspaper group INM for $163 million". Reuters. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ Mark Kleinman (2019-07-08). "Hedge funds in talks to sell i and regional newspapers". Sky News. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Mediahuis strengthens its European ambition with the acquisition of pan-European EURACTIV Media Network". EURACTIV. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (October 3, 2016). "Grote wijzigingen Nederlands radiolandschap" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Geschiedenis". corelio.be (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ a b "Home - Mediahuis". www.mediahuis.be. n.d. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ a b c d e "Assets National Newspapers". www.inmplc.com. n.d. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b "Mediahuis übernimmt Mehrheit im Medienhaus Aachen". medienhausaachen.de. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Meer informatie over NDC mediagroep". www.ndcmediagroep.nl. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.