Groupe Rossel (full name : Rossel & Cie, S.A.) is a major

media group A media conglomerate, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. According to the ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

, the French-speaking part of

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. The daily newspaper ''

Le Soir ''Le Soir'' (, "The Evening") is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing ...

'' is one of their main and most successful publications. The other daily the company owns is the subsidiary SudPresse, which publishes daily newspapers including ''

La Capitale ''La Capitale'' is a Belgian daily regional newspaper, specializing in the region around Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English na ...

'' and '' La Meuse''. Together with De Persgroep, Rossel purchased the two broadsheets ''

De Tijd ''De Tijd'' (, ''The Times'') is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics. It is printed on salmon pink paper since May 2009, following the example of its colleagues ''Financial Times'', ''Het Financieele Dagblad'', '' FT ...

'' and ''

L'Echo ''L'Echo'' is a Belgian business newspaper, published by Mediafin and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. It is the French counterpart of the Flemish daily '' De Tijd'' which is its sister paper. History and profile ''L'Echo'' originat ...

'', and merged them into the new

Mediafin Mediafin is a Belgian media group. The company was established in 2005 when it was bought by De Persgroep and Rossel. Its name was switched from Publisher Tijd to Mediafin. De Persgroep and Rossel hold a fifty percent stake in Mediafin. In 2018 ...

. Rossel also owns several French newspapers, including '' La Voix du Nord''. Rossel led a consortium that acquired the French magazines ''

Psychologies ''Psychologies'' is a monthly women's magazine dedicated to personal development and well-being, published by Rossel. History ''Psychologies'' was founded in 1970 by Jacques Mousseau. Sales rose to 70,000 copies. In 1997, the magazine was boug ...

'' and ''Première''.

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