Koninklijke Wegener NV was a Dutch publisher of newspapers. It was the largest publisher of daily regional newspapers, free local newspapers and special interest magazines in the Netherlands. It also sold internet products and graphical products. The company ceased to exist when it was acquired by Belgian media company

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in 2015.

History

The origin of Wegener can be found in November 1903.

Johan Frederik Wegener Johan * Johan (given name) * Johan (film), ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** Johan (album), ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunav ...

began in

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...

with a news and magazine advertising business. Wegener started a newspaper that would later become the ''Apeldoornse Courant''. The Wegener corporation as it exists today came from fusions and takeovers. In August 1999, VNU, another Dutch publisher, sold all its newspapers (''BN/DeStem'', ''Brabants Dagblad'', ''Eindhovens Dagblad'' and ''De Gelderlander'') to Wegener. This strongly enforced the position of Wegener on the Dutch media market. Since 6 February 2007 all Wegener newspapers are in tabloid format. It is the "largest publisher of regional newspapers and door-to-door papers in the Netherlands".

Companies

Wegener consisted of about 40 businesses, both in the Netherlands as in some other European countries. * De Gelderlander *

De Stentor ''De Stentor'' is a Zwolle-based Dutch regional newspaper, appearing in several editions, in the Eastern part of the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign stat ...

Brabants Dagblad ''Brabants Dagblad'' is a daily Dutch newspaper. It is distributed in the center and northeast of North Brabant, in 's-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg and their surrounding regions. The paper's office is in 's-Hertogenbosch. History 18th century Th ...

* BN/De Stem / PZC *

De Twentsche Courant Tubantia ''De Twentsche Courant Tubantia'', commonly known as ''Tubantia'', is a Dutch daily newspaper owned by DPG Media. In 2016 it was distributed in 91,313 copies in the regions of Twente and Regge valley. Its headquarters are in Enschede Enschede ...

Eindhovens Dagblad ''Eindhovens Dagblad'' is a daily Dutch newspaper based in the city of Eindhoven. In 2017 it had a circulation of about 80,000. History ''Eindhovensch Dagblad'' first appeared on 23 December 1911. In 1963 it was bought by the owner of its comp ...

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Wegener Multimedia Wegener may refer to: Astronomy * 29227 Wegener, a main-belt asteroid * Wegener (lunar crater) * Wegener (Martian crater) Places * Wegener Range, an Antarctic mountain range * Mount Wegener, an Antarctic mountain in the Read Mountains in t ...

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Wegener Grafische Groep Wegener may refer to: Astronomy * 29227 Wegener, a main-belt asteroid * Wegener (lunar crater) * Wegener (Martian crater) Places * Wegener Range, an Antarctic mountain range * Mount Wegener, an Antarctic mountain in the Read Mountains in t ...

Wegener Golf Wegener may refer to: Astronomy * 29227 Wegener, a main-belt asteroid * Wegener (lunar crater) * Wegener (Martian crater) Places * Wegener Range, an Antarctic mountain range * Mount Wegener, an Antarctic mountain in the Read Mountains in t ...

* JobTrack *

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* Funda N.V. Wegener used to own ''AD Nieuwsmedia'' (the company that publishes ''Algemeen Dagblad'' and four regional newspapers by Wegener)together with PCM, another Dutch publisher, from 2005 to 2009. This publisher encompassed twenty regional editions of the ''Algemeen Dagblad'' newspaper. In 2009 Wegener sold ''AD Nieuwsmedia'' to PCM.

Shareholders

Wegener was taken over by the British

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corporation on 18 May 2008 for the sum of 800 million euros. Mecom used to own 86.4% of the company. Mecom eventually sold its shares to

in 2015 for 245 million euros.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wegener (Company) Apeldoorn Companies based in Gelderland Companies formerly listed on Euronext Amsterdam Publishing companies established in 1988