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Mediahuis NV
Company typePrivate company
IndustryMedia
Founded1 January 2014 [1]
HeadquartersBelgium
ProductsNewspapers, magazines, distribution, printing, TV and online media.
OwnersMediahuis Partners NV (50.6% stake), Concentra (32.7% stake) and VP Exploitatie (16.7% stake) [2]. These 3 shareholders are in turn mainly owned by the Van Puijenbroek family, Belgian Baert family and Mediahuis chairman Thomas Leysen. [3]
Websitewww.mediahuis.be

Mediahuis is a newspaper & magazine publishing, distribution, printing, TV, radio and online media company with assets in Belgium, Netherlands and Ireland. 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 Independent News & Media subsidiary. Dutch assets are held in a Telegraaf Media Groep subsidiary.

The headquarters of Mediahuis is in Antwerp.

History

Mediahuis was founded in 2014 [4] 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. VP Exploitatie took 16.7% of the enlarged group.

In January 2019, Corelio NV, majority shareholder in the Belgian-Dutch group Mediahuis, becomes Mediahuis Partners NV. Mediahuis Partners NV currently holds a 50.6% stake in Mediahuis, along with Concentra (32.7%) and VP Exploitatie (16.7%). [5]

On 30 April 2019 Mediahuis agreed to acquire Independent News & Media for 145.6 million euro.[6] 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. [7]

Media Assets: Ireland

See main article: Independent News & Media.

Media Assets: Dutch and Belgium

For Dutch assets see main article: Telegraaf Media Groep

References

  1. ^ https://www.mediahuis.be/en/company/history/
  2. ^ https://www.mediahuis.be/en/corelio-nv-becomes-mediahuis-partners-nv/
  3. ^ https://www.independent.ie/business/media/court-approves-inm-takeover-by-mediahuis-38358574.html
  4. ^ https://www.mediahuis.be/en/company/history/
  5. ^ https://www.mediahuis.be/en/corelio-nv-becomes-mediahuis-partners-nv/
  6. ^ "Mediahuis to buy Irish newspaper group INM for $163 million". Reuters. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  7. ^ https://news.sky.com/story/hedge-funds-in-talks-to-sell-i-and-regional-newspapers-11758841
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Assets National Newspapers". www.inmplc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n http://corelio.be/bedrijfsinfo/geschiedenis/
  10. ^ a b c https://www.mediahuis.be//

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