Mediahuis is a newspaper & magazine publishing, distribution, printing, TV, radio and online media company founded in 2014 with assets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and Luxembourg. 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 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 Telegraaf Media Groep 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 and VP Exploitatie. These 3 shareholders are in turn mainly owned by the Van Puijenbroek family, Belgian Baert family and Mediahuis chairman Thomas Leysen. On 30 April 2019 Mediahuis acquired Independent News & Media for 145.6 million euro, which gave Mediahuis control over the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent, respectively Ireland's top-selling daily and Sunday newspaper, among other assets. In July 2019, Mediahuis were reported to be interested in acquiring JPIMedia. In April 2020, Mediahuis acquired Luxembourg's largest media groupSaint-Paul Luxembourg.
Telegraaf Media Groep
Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. is a large Belgian media company, since 2017 owned by Mediahuis, with activities in the Netherlands, with brands like De Telegraaf, the most popular newspaper in the Netherlands and TMG´s flagship publication, DFT, Telesport, Metro, Autovisie, Privé and VROUW; regional newspapers like Haarlems Dagblad and Noordhollands Dagblad; digital brands such as GeenStijl and Dumpert, and the national radio station Classic FM. In addition, TMG 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. As of 2016, TMG held a 23 % stake in a joint venture with Talpa Holding, which operates the radio stations Radio 538, Sky Radio, Radio Veronica, Radio 10 and thematic channels. In addition, the television channel TV 538. In 2012, TMG had acquired the free daily newspaperMetro. TMG acquired the weblog GeenStijl after initially buying an interest and Hyves, at that time still the most popular social network site in the Netherlands. TMG was formerly known as the NV Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf.
