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, film, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. According t ...

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

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part of

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. The daily newspaper '' Le Soir'' 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 DPG Media Group is a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark. It is owned by the Van Thillo family and employs some 6,000 people. Divisions The DPG Media Group operates through three national subsidiaries: * DPG Media ...

, 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'', 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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