Mediahuis is a newspaper & magazine publishing, distribution, printing, TV, 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

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subsidiary. The headquarters of Mediahuis is in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

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. Corelio took 62% of the shares, Concentra the remaining 38%. In 2015, Mediahuis acquired the Dutch NRC Media group. In 2017 it acquired the Dutch

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and VP Exploitatie joined as third shareholder. It took 16.7% of the enlarged group. In January 2019, Corelio NV, the majority shareholder 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%). These 3 shareholders are in turn mainly owned by the

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family, Belgian Baert family and Mediahuis chairman

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. On 30 April 2019 Mediahuis acquired

for 145.6 million euros, which gave Mediahuis control over the

Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet new ...

and the

Sunday Independent (Ireland) The ''Sunday Independent'' is an Irish Sunday newspaper broadsheet published by Independent News & Media plc, a subsidiary of Mediahuis. It is the Sunday edition of the ''Irish Independent'', and maintains an editorial position midway betwee ...

, respectively Ireland's top-selling daily and Sunday newspaper, among other assets. In July 2019, Mediahuis were reported to be interested in acquiring

JPIMedia National World is a British multimedia company. The company was founded as JPIMedia Publishing Ltd in November 2018 following the acquisition of Johnston Press assets by its creditors. JPIMedia was purchased by National World PLC for £10.2 mill ...

. In September 2020, Mediahuis acquired the heavily loss-making NDC Mediagroep.

Mediahuis Nederland

Mediahuis Nederlands started as the NV Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf and was later coined Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. (TMG). In 2017 it was acquired by Mediahuis. It owns ''

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'', the most popular newspaper in the Netherlands, DFT, Telesport, Metro, Autovisie, Privé and Vrouw; regional newspapers including Haarlems Dagblad and Noordhollands Dagblad; digital brands including GeenStijl and

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, and the national radio station Classic FM. In addition, Mediahuis Nederland owns dozens of other brands that focus on local news, entertainment and e-commerce. Via Keesing Media Group, the company publishes international puzzle magazines and digital puzzles. TMG acquired the weblog

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after initially buying an interest and

Hyves Hyves was a social networking site in the Netherlands with mainly Dutch visitors and members, where it competed with sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Hyves was founded in 2004 by Raymond Spanjar and Floris Rost van Tonningen. The service ...

, at that time still the most popular social network site in the Netherlands. In 2012, TMG had acquired the free daily newspaper ''

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'' that folded in 2019. In 2016, TMG held a 23% stake in a joint venture with

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, operating radio stations

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, Radio 10 and thematic channels (only on Internet). In addition, the television channel

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Media Assets

Belgium

* ''

De Standaard ''De Standaard'' (meaning ''The Standard'' in English) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and F ...

'' * ''

Het Nieuwsblad ''Het Nieuwsblad'' (; en, The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports. History and profile In 1929, ''Het Nieuwsblad'' was published by ...

'' * ''

Gazet van Antwerpen The ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' (Antwerp Gazette, popularly named ''De Frut'', "sour head cheese") is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra. History and profile ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' was established in 1891. Its edit ...

'' * ''

Het Belang van Limburg ''Het Belang van Limburg'' (Dutch; literally ''The Interest of Limburg'') is a Dutch language regional newspaper in Belgium. History and profile ''Het Belang van Limburg'' was founded in 1933 as a merger of several weekly magazines. The paper ...

'' * ''Jobat'' (jobs website) * ''Jet'' (magazine) * ''Gotcha'' (classified magazine) * ''Zimmo'' (classified magazine) * ''Vroom'' (classified magazine) * ''InMemoriam'' * ROB TV, TV Limburg, ATV and TV OOST (Regional TV channels) * Radio Nostalgie (North and South) * Metro (stake) * De Vijver Media (stake) * Flanders Classics (stake)

Ireland

*''

'' *'' Sunday Independent'' *''

Sunday World The ''Sunday World'' is an Irish newspaper published by Independent News & Media. It is the second largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland, and is also sold in Northern Ireland where a modified edition with more stories r ...

'' *'' The Herald'' *Regional Irish newspapers

Germany

Aachener Zeitung ''Aachener Zeitung'' ( Aachen Newspaper, AZ) is a daily newspaper published in Aachen, Germany. It is printed, alongside the daily ''Aachener Nachrichten'' (AN), by Mediahuis in the Rhenish (format), Rhenish format. History The AZ was founded ...

Aachener Nachrichten ''Aachener Zeitung'' ( Aachen Newspaper, AZ) is a daily newspaper published in Aachen, Germany. It is printed, alongside the daily ''Aachener Nachrichten'' (AN), by Mediahuis in the Rhenish format. History The AZ was founded in 1946 as ''Aa ...

Netherlands

NRC Handelsblad ''NRC'', previously called ''NRC Handelsblad'' (), is a daily morning newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media. It is generally accepted as a newspaper of record in the Netherlands. History ''NRC Handelsblad'' was first published on 1 ...

* NDC mediagroep * Regional Dutch newspapers

References

External links

Mediahuis
*{{official website, http://corporate.tmg.nl/en 2013 establishments in Belgium Mass media companies of Belgium Dutch-language television networks Companies based in Antwerp

History

Mediahuis Nederland

Media Assets

Belgium

Ireland

Germany

Netherlands

See also

References

External links