Wegener (company)
| Public | |
| Traded as | Euronext: WEG |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters |
Laan van Westenenk 4 7300 HB Apeldoorn Nederland |
Key people | Joop Munsterman Manager of the Board of Directors and CEO) |
| Products | Publishers, printers, reproduction of recorded media |
| Revenue |
 € 679 million (2006) |
|
€ 15,5 million (2006) | |
Number of employees | 4,337 |
| Website | wegener.nl |
Koninklijke Wegener NV is a Dutch publisher of newspapers. It is the largest publisher of regional newspapers, free newspapers and special interest magazines in the Netherlands and also deals with internet products and graphical products
History
The origin of Wegener can be found in November 1903. Johan Frederik Wegener began in Apeldoorn with a news and magazine advertising business. Wegener started a newspaper that would later become the Apeldoornse Courant. The Wegener corporation as it exists today came from fusions and takeovers. In August 1999, VNU, another Dutch publisher, sold all its newspapers (BN/DeStem, Brabants Dagblad, Eindhovens Dagblad and De Gelderlander) to Wegener. This strongly enforced the position of Wegener on the Dutch media market.
Since the 6th of February 2007 all Wegener newspapers are in tabloid format. It is the "largest publisher of regional newspapers and door-to-door papers in the Netherlands".[1]
Companies
Wegener consists of about 40 businesses, both in the Netherlands as in some other European countries.
- De Gelderlander
- De Stentor
- Brabants Dagblad
- BN/De Stem / PZC
- De Twentsche Courant Tubantia
- Eindhovens Dagblad
- Wegener Huis-aan-huisMedia
- Wegener Multimedia
- Wegener DM
- Wegener Grafische Groep
- Wegener Golf
- JobTrack
- AutoTrack
- Funda N.V.
Wegener used to own AD Nieuwsmedia (the company that publishes Algemeen Dagblad and four regional newspapers by Wegener)together with PCM, another Dutch publisher, from 2005 to 2009. This publisher encompassed twenty regional editions of the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper. In 2009 Wegener sold AD Nieuwsmedia to PCM.
Shareholders
Wegener is a company listed on the Euronext exchanges. It was taken over by the British Mecom corporation on the 18th of May 2008 for the sum of 800 million euros. Mecom now owns 86.4% of the company.
References
- ↑ "History" (in Dutch). Wegener (media). Retrieved 2009-11-21.
In november 1903 begon Johan Frederik Wegener in Apeldoorn met een nieuws- en advertentieblad: de latere Apeldoornse Courant. Koninklijke Wegener NV is ruim honderd jaar later de in Apeldoorn gevestigde, beursgenoteerde (Euronext) onderneming in kranten en multimedia. Wegener is de grootste uitgever van regionale dagbladen en huis-aan-huiskranten in Nederland. Mecom Group plc te Londen is sedert eind oktober 2007 in meerderheid (87%) eigenaar van de aandelen Wegener.