Audax Groep is a Dutch print media and retail company, active also in Belgium. The publishing arm publishes magazines. It also produces and prints books, calendars, and flyers for other companies and builds websites. The Audax headquarters are located in Gilze .
38-522: Audax was founded in 1958 by Jacques de Leeuw. Jacques de Leeuw led the company until 2017 when he was replaced by his son, Hubert de Leeuw. In 2018, Audax sold magazine publisher Cascade to DPG Media , parting from magazines Primo , Eos , Bahamontes , Motoren & Toerisme and For Girls Only . But for Primo , DPG sold these magazines again. In November 2020, Audax Publishing published 11 magazines. Its most notables titles were HP/De Tijd , Weekend, Party, and Mijn Geheim. Most titles were acquired from
76-484: A management bailout of the newspaper, in effect terminating its ownership of PCM in return for the rights to publish Het Parool . The bailout took effect on 1 January 2003. PCM was subsequently acquired by British-based investment group Apax Partners , which led to substantial debts and significant problems for the company. To strengthen this new ownership base, De Persgroep , the biggest newspaper publisher in Belgium,
114-558: A new company, De Deeluitgeverij, and a fourth, popular science title Eos, was sold to the new Eos Wetenschap vzw . In 2016, De Persgroep carried out several acquisitions in the Netherlands. Now part of its portfolio: website Hardware.info , B2B marketing company Synpact, and online video platform MyChannels . In Belgium De Persgroep acquired financial comparison website Spaargids.be . With virtual network operator Mobile Vikings [ nl ] , an additional telecom brand
152-620: A second newspaper, De Morgen . Also in 1987, De Persgroep was one of nine publishers involved in the foundation of the Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (VTM), the first and main commercial TV broadcaster in Flanders. The channel was launched on 1 February 1989. Each publisher originally owned 11.1% of the new company's shares. On 30 January 1995, Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij launched a second TV channel, Ka2 (now VTM 2 ). In 1992, De Persgroep launched Goed Gevoel ,
190-399: A steady decline in subscriptions and circulation, which persisted for almost four decades. In 1968 Het Parool started the publishing company Perscombinatie ( English : Press Combination) with competitor De Volkskrant , mainly to join investment in new printing presses. In 1973 Trouw , also a former resistance paper, joined the corporation. At the start of Perscombinatie, Het Parool
228-595: Is 144, down from 170 in November 2020. DPG Media DPG Media Group is a Belgian media group . It is active in Belgium, the Netherlands , and Denmark . The exact ownership structure is not clear; it is believed that the group is mainly owned by the Belgian Van Thillo family. The company employs about 6,000 people. The DPG Media Group operates through three national subsidiaries: In 1987
266-499: Is a Dutch bookseller. In addition to books it sells newspapers, magazines, stationery , computer software , and cards. Bruna was founded in 1868 as a bookselling and publishing firm. The company was led by Henk Bruna from 1935 to 1982. ֿIts head office was in Houten until spring 2019, when as a cost-cutting measure it relocated to Amsterdam. In early 2017, the book chain was in serious financial trouble; its main stockholders came to
304-501: Is an Amsterdam -based daily newspaper . It was first published on 10 February 1941 as a resistance paper during the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945). In English, its name means The Password or The Motto . The paper was preceded by a stenciled newsletter which was started in May 1940 by Frans Goedhart . In late 1940, Wim van Norden joined the group of producers of
342-668: Is located. De Persgroep acquired Mecom Group in 2014, thereby adding Wegener, publisher of regional newspapers in the Netherlands, to its assets. The acquisition also included Berlingske Media a Danish media group particularly known for the Berlingske newspaper, one of the world's oldest, and the popular tabloid paper B.T. . De Persgroep sold Midtjyske Media, Berlingske Media's regional newspaper division, to Jutland Funen Media in 2015. In 2015, Sanoma 's Belgian division sold four magazines ( Humo , Story , TeVe Blad and Vitaya magazine ) to De Persgroep. Vitaya magazine
380-696: Is published by a newly established nonprifit, Het Vrije Woord. The Algemene Kiosk Onderneming (AKO) is a Dutch kiosk/bookstore chain. The company was founded in 1878 as the Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming . Many shops are located at railway stations. A typical shop stores 1,500 books and 2000 magazines. Dutch and international newspapers, magazines, and books are sold. The stores also sell basic office supplies, greeting cards, lottery and football pool tickets, gift cards, tobacco products, light beverages, and sweets. In April 2023 it had 66 stores, down from 72 stores in November 2020. Bruna
418-654: The Finnish Sanoma concern. In 2019 Hubert de Leeuw was replaced by Casper de Nooijer. In 2020, Hubert de Leeuw took over the lead again. In May 2021 Audax published an intention to sell off the Marskramer, Novy and Prima stores it had acquired in 2019. In August 2021, these were acquired by the toy chain Otto Simon . On 1 April 2022, HP/De Tijd left the Audax Groep after 31 years. Since then, HP/De Tijd
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#1732798648324456-670: The Randstad . PCM sold its stake in Het Parool to De Persgroep in 2002, making it De Persgroep's first foreign investment. PCM was acquired by British-based investment group Apax Partners in 2004. In 2005, Algemeen Dagblad and four regional newspapers were housed in AD New Media BV with PCM holding a 63% interest in the venture. In July 2009, De Persgroep acquired a majority stake in PCM Publishing and renamed
494-628: The Reguliersgracht , in the headquarters of the paper, which was never discovered by the German occupiers. Numerous staff were apprehended and killed by the Germans and their Dutch collaborators. Alphons Meeuwis who distributed the paper was arrested in 1941 and sent to various camps. Nunes Vaz was arrested by the Gestapo on 25 October 1942 and sent to Sobibor concentration camp . After
532-433: The 1990s, Het Parool started turning a loss, due to stiff competition and a lack of investment by PCM. The paper tried several different programs to counter this (including a move toward being a local Amsterdam newspaper in 1997), but these showed few results. In 2002, PCM announced termination of the paper, citing substantial losses and declining readership. But instead, majority shareholder Stichting Het Parool opted for
570-411: The Netherlands to switch from broadsheet to tabloid format. For Belgium-based De Persgroep, Het Parool served as a first foothold in the Netherlands, leading to the acquisition of a majority of the struggling PCM in 2009. In 2011, Het Parool was re-absorbed by PCM, which was renamed De Persgroep Nederland . Former Stichting Het Parool management began to run the company, closely re-establishing
608-473: The PCM Algemene Boeken book-publishing unit (business object Meulenhoff & Co) to WPG Uitgevers and Lannoo . As a result, De Persgroep Nederland remained the publisher of four national newspapers, Algemeen Dagblad , De Volkskrant , Trouw and Het Parool . In 2012, De Persgroep Nederland acquired VNU Media , a Dutch publisher of magazines and online tools for professionals, especially in
646-731: The Perscombinatie (publisher of the De Volkskrant , Trouw and Het Parool ) acquired a majority stake in Meulenhoff & Co. Perscombinatie Meulenhoff was rebranded PCM Publishing and publication of newspapers and books became its core activities. In late 1995, PCM acquired the Nederlandse Dagbladunie (publisher of TVNZ and Algemeen Dagblad ) and became publisher of four of the five national newspapers, four regional titles and door-to-door papers in
684-673: The Perscombinatie-situation of the 1970s. In February 2012, Het Parool acquired Amsterdam-based commercial television station AT5 with public broadcaster AVRO and regional TV station RTV Noord-Holland to form a new multimedia corporation, which will also include online activities of both Parool and AT5, within De Persgroep. As of 2015 Het Parool had a staff of 73, who are based at the City desk, Arts and Media, Sports, Foreign, and Business desks. The paper consists of
722-571: The Van Thillo family, already the publishers of magazines Joepie (1973) and Dag Allemaal (1984), obtained 66 percent of shares in the Flemish publishing company Hoste NV, publisher of newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws and magazine Blik . In 1990 the rest of the shares were acquired and the company's name was changed to De Persgroep . The company had already bought Flemish newspaper publisher De Nieuwe Morgen in 1989, giving it ownership over
760-525: The company changed the name of its Belgian holdings to Medialaan-De Persgroep Publishing. In 2017, De Persgroep acquired Reclamefolder.nl in the Netherlands. In 2018, De Persgroep bought magazine Primo and price comparison websites Independer and Mijnenergie . On 23 May 2019, Medialaan-De Persgroep Publishing changed its name to DPG Media . On the job and automotive markets, DPG Media joined forces with Mediahuis . The online platforms AutoTrack.nl (DPG Media) and Gaspedaal.nl (Mediahuis) became
798-560: The company, a role he had taken up for 30 years. His successor was Erik Roddenhof, who previously managed the company's Belgian and Dutch businesses. Roddenhof will continue to run the Dutch division, on top of his duties as the new CEO of the entire group. Kris Vervaet and Anders Krab-Johansen remained CEOs of respectively the Belgian and Danish divisions. Van Thillo became the company's board's executive chairman and in that capacity spearheads
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#1732798648324836-484: The group's first magazine. In 1995, the first issue of showbiz magazine TV Familie appeared. In November 2001 at 6 am, Qmusic went live with the Deckers & Ornelis Ochtendshow. In 2002, De Persgroep expanded to book publishing and DVD distribution. In 2003, De Persgroep acquired ailing Amsterdam city newspaper Het Parool , entering the Dutch market. In August 2003, HLN.be went online. In December 2004,
874-628: The group's strategy, acquisition policy, and the development of the group's media brands. On 1 June 2021, the sale of Mobile Vikings to Proximus was approved by the Belgian Competition Authority [ nl ] . In December 2022, it was announced that the RTL Group was considering selling its Dutch TV station RTL Nederland. After merger plans failed in 2023, it was officially announced in December that RTL Group
912-432: The joint venture Automotive MediaVentions . On the job market, Vacature.com (DPG Media) and Jobat.be (Mediahuis) merged into Jobat , the new reference on the Belgian recruiting market. In December 2019, DPG Media announced the acquisition of all Dutch assets of Finnish media and publishing company Sanoma , gaining ownership of the magazines Libelle and vtwonen and news platform NU.nl . Sanoma's Belgian unit, that
950-549: The late sixties, early seventies, or (in the case of Het Flevoparool ) eighties. Readership reached its peak in the mid-1960s with a subscription of over 400,000, making it the second-biggest newspaper in the Netherlands at that time. In the latter part of the 1960s, the newspaper, under conservative editor in chief Herman Sandberg, vehemently supported the Vietnam War , which alienated a substantial part of Het Parool' s majority liberal and left-wing readership. This started
988-484: The newsletter; Van Norden would later serve as director of the newspaper between 1945 and 1979. Jaap Nunes Vaz also became involved with the newspaper. In 1944, the paper, albeit illegal and vigorously persecuted, reached a circulation of approximately 100,000, and it was distributed by the Dutch resistance . Other important contributors were Simon Carmiggelt and Max Nord , who lived with Van Norden and their families on
1026-470: The recruiting and employment sectors. In 2013, De Persgroep acquired the car website Autotrack from Wegener, consolidating its digital portfolio in the Netherlands. In February 2014, what started out as Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (VTM) in 1987, then becoming Vlaamse Media Maatschappij (VMMa) in 1999, was renamed Medialaan (meaning 'media avenue'), reflecting the street in Vilvoorde on which it
1064-619: The rescue in February. In December 2017 the company was acquired by the publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK). In late 2019, the company was acquired by Audax, the parent company of competing bookseller Algemene Kiosk Onderneming (AKO). In November 2020, Bruna operated 270 shops. In April 2023, the number of stores was down to 244. Read Shop is a network of stores throughout the Netherlands that sell books, magazines, office supplies, tobacco products, and snacks. The number of stores in April 2023
1102-549: The subsidiary De Persgroep Nederland. A number of transactions were connected to the main acquisition. In July 2009, De Persgroep Nederland sold the house-to-house papers (PCM Local Media) to Wegener . Shortly after, De Persgroep Nederland acquired the 37% stake that Wegener held in AD New Media BV. The acquisition also included the printing house of Wegener in The Hague. Next, De Persgroep Nederland sold NRC Handelsblad and nrc.next for 70 million euros to Egeria in 2009 and
1140-475: The two groups also bought Uitgeverij De Tijd, publisher of De Tijd , the Flemish counterpart to L'Echo . Editco and Uitgeverij De Tijd merged and became Mediafin, with De Persgroep and Groupe Rossel each holding 50% in the venture. In 2007, radio station 4FM was acquired by VVMa . In 2009 the station was renamed Joe . That same year, VMMa started telco brand JIM Mobile , together with KPN . In 1994,
1178-653: The war, Het Parool quickly became one of the largest newspapers in the Netherlands, partly because much of the population appreciated it for being the most prolific resistance paper and partly because newspapers that had collaborated with the German occupier were banned from publication. Apart from its main publication, Het Parool published magazines and local newspapers in the Netherlands. A string of locally-based newspapers appeared alongside Het Parool , including Het Rotterdamsch Parool (1947–1971), Nieuw Utrechtsch Dagblad , Haagsch Dagblad , and Het Flevoparool (1982–1988). These local publications were all discontinued in
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1216-599: The website, with 700,000 unique monthly visitors, was the most visited news site in Belgium. In 2005, De Persgroep acquired the Dutch radio station Radio Noordzee and renamed it Qmusic Nederland . That same year, De Persgroep joined forces with the Walloon media group Groupe Rossel to acquire Editco, publisher of the French-language business paper L'Echo , distributed in Brussels and Wallonia . In 2005,
1254-512: Was already stripped down after selling many of its brands and businesses to both DPG Media and Roularta in previous years and consequently having become a publisher of home and deco magazines exclusively, was also included in the deal. The transaction was approved on 10 April 2020 by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets and became effective on 20 April. On 1 March 2020, Christian Van Thillo stepped down as CEO of
1292-405: Was asked to take a substantial minority share in the setup, alongside minority participation by both staff and readers. As a stand-alone newspaper, Het Parool remained national, yet with a focus on its Amsterdam home base. In the new configuration, and after a collective layoff of 43 staff, Het Parool returned to profit within a year. On 30 March 2003. Het Parool became the first newspaper in
1330-508: Was brought in. In 2017, De Persgroep bought Roularta's ownership stake in VTM parent company Medialaan and increased its interest to 100%. Roularta received a 50 percent stake in Mediafin and 217.5 million euros in cash. This turned De Persgroep into the sole owner of Medialaan. The company merged Medialaan with its newspaper and magazine publishing holdings in Belgium. To represent this change,
1368-483: Was merged with another Persgroep title, Goed Gevoel , in February 2017. De Persgroep further expanded its magazine holdings when it bought Cascade, publisher of the magazines Primo , Eos , Bahamontes , Motoren & Toerisme and For Girls Only , from Dutch media company Audax Groep in 2018. On 30 April 2019 the company closed two separate deals, whereby three of the former Cascade titles - Bahamontes , Motoren & Toerisme and For Girls Only - were acquired by
1406-459: Was selling RTL Nederland for 1.1 billion euros to DPG Media. The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by mid-2024. DPG Media is active in the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. The media company carries brands in television, radio, news, magazines, online services and telco. Dutch French Dutch French Dutch French Dutch French Het Parool Het Parool ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛt paːˈroːl] )
1444-471: Was the leading paper, but due to its declining circulation, De Volkskrant took over the prime role within the company starting in the early eighties, although the owner of the Het Parool , Stichting Het Parool ( English : The Parool Foundation) remained the majority shareholder, with 57 percent of the shares of Perscombinatie. After Stichting Het Parool merged with book publisher Meulenhoff, the two formed Perscombinatie and Meulenhoff & Company ( PCM ). In
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