Mediahuis
Mediahuis is a newspaper and broadcast media company with assets mainly in Belgium, Netherlands and Ireland. Mediahuis publishes 14 daily news titles in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as regional titles, and is involved in broadcasting a number of Dutch and French language TV and radio stations. [1] The group owns 29.9% of Irish media company Independent News & Media who publish national and regional newspapers in Ireland.
Newspaper publications include De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, De Telegraaf, NRC Handelsblad, NRC Next, several Dutch regional newspapers, the job recruitment platform Jobat, the free magazine Jet and classified magazines/folders Gotcha, Zimmo, Vroom and InMemoriam.
The headquarters of Mediahuis is in Antwerp, where the editors of Het Nieuwsblad and Gazet van Antwerpen are edited. De Standaard is produced in Brussels and Het Belang van Limburg in Hasselt.
History
Mediahuis was founded in 2013 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 Telegraaf Media Groep.
On 30 April 2019 Mediahuis agreed to acquire Independent News & Media for 145.6 million euro.[2] The deal will give Mediahuis control over the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent (Ireland), respectively Ireland's top-selling daily and Sunday newspaper, among other assets.
In July 2019, Mediahuis were reported to be interested in acquiring JPIMedia. [3]
References
- ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/inm-sets-date-for-high-court-to-seek-approval-for-mediahuis-deal-1.3958007
- ^ "Mediahuis to buy Irish newspaper group INM for $163 million". Reuters. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ https://news.sky.com/story/hedge-funds-in-talks-to-sell-i-and-regional-newspapers-11758841
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