De Persgroep
De Persgroep is a media company from Belgium owned by the Van Thillo family. In 1978 the family obtained 60 percent of shares in the Flemish oriented publishing company Hoste. When in 1990 the rest of the shares were acquired, the company’s name was changed to De Persgroep. In 2013 the group’s annual turnover was 901 million euros.[1]
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History
PCM Publishing
PCM Publishing was created by the merger of two companies: Perscombinatie and Meulenhoff & Co. Perscombinatie (de Volkskrant, Trouw and Het Parool) acquired in 1994, the majority stakes in Meulenhoff & Co. They changed their name to PCM. From that moment became the publication of newspapers and books, the core activity of PCM.[2]
In late 1995 PCM acquired the Nederlandse Dagbladunie (TVNZ and Algemeen Dagblad) and became publisher of four of the five national newspapers, four regional titles and their door-to-door papers in the Randstad. After a brief but intense adventure with a foreign investment company, in 2003 Het Parool sold to the Belgian media company De Persgroep NV. In 2005, the Algemeen Dagblad and the four regional newspapers were housed in AD New Media BV, in which PCM had an economic interest of 63%.[2]
Acquisition
In July 2009, De Persgroep acquired a majority stake in PCM Publishing, forming the subsidiary De Persgroep Nederland,[2] A number of transactions were connected to the main acquisition.
PCM sold in July 2009, the house-to-house papers of PCM Local Media to Wegener. Shortly after acquired PCM the stakes of Wegener (37%) in AD New Media BV. The acquisition included also the printimg house of Wegener in The Hague. PCM sold the NRC Handelsblad and nrc.next for 70 million euros to Egeria,[1] as well as the PCM Algemene Boeken (b.o. Meulenhoff & Co). As a result, became Persgroep Netherlands the publisher of Algemeen Dagblad, de Volkskrant, Trouw and Het Parool.[2]
TV and radio stations
De Persgroep and Roularta Media Group own 50 percent shares each of Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (VMMa). VMMa, in turn, is the owner of television and radio stations:
TV
Radio
- Q-music (Belgium)
- Q-music (Netherlands, as of mid-2005)
- Radio BemBem (children's radio, digital/cable), defunct
Newspapers
Belgium
The newspaper in Belgium owned by the company are as follows:[3]
- Het Laatste Nieuws, daily
- De Morgen, daily
- Vacature.com, job vacancies paper, weekly
- De Tijd, financial daily (co-owned by Rossel)
- L'Echo, French-speaking daily (co-owned by Rossel)
Netherlands
- Algemeen Dagblad, daily
- Het Parool, daily (co-owned by Stichting Democratie en Media)
- Trouw, daily
- de Volkskrant, daily
Denmark
- Berlingske, daily
- Århus Stiftstidende, daily
- BT, daily
- Dagbladet Holstebro, daily
- Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern, daily
- Dagbladet Struer, daily
- Folkebladet Lemvig, daily
- Randers Amtsavis, daily
- Viborg Stifts Folkeblad, daily
- Weekendavisen, weekly
Magazines
One of the company’s subsidiaries Magnet Magazines publishes the following magazines:
- Dag Allemaal[4]
- TV-Familie / Blik
- Joepie
- Goed Gevoel
- Genieten
- Netwerk (until 2007)
- Uw Vermogen
- Woef
- Intermediair
Zone/magazines, free city papers
In May 2015 De Persgroep acquired four magazines all of which had been owned by Sanoma, namely Humo, Story, TeVe Blad and Vitaya.[4]
Other activities
In 2002 De Persgroep entered the book publishing sector.[5] The company also began to deal with DVD distribution.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Dutch) Wilco Dekker, "Persgroep geïnteresseerd in overname NRC," De Volkskrant (8 May 2014). Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Over de Persgroep: Historie," De Persgroep Nederland. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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