Corelio is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 media group, formerly known as the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij (VUM). The group was founded on 26 June 1976 by André Leysen

André Leysen

André Leysen is a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping family from Bremen, Germany. Together they have four children: Bettina, Christian, Thomas, and Sabina...

, together with other Flemish businesspeople. In 1997, Thomas Leysen

Thomas Leysen

Thomas Leysen is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a law degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Thomas Leysen became Chairman of Umicore in November 2008 after having served as Chief Executive Officer of Umicore since 2000. Since April 2011 he is a member of the board of KBC Group, a...

 took over the position of chairman from his father André Leysen.

History

The VUM was founded to save the newspapers published by the Standaard group, after the bankruptcy of the group on 22 June 1976. The VUM took over the newspapers of the group, such as De Standaard

De Standaard

De Standaard is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Corelio . Circulation was about 102.280 in 2007. It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen...

, Het Nieuwsblad

Het Nieuwsblad

Het Nieuwsblad is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.-Mission statement:...

 and De Gentenaar. In November 1994, the VUM took over Het Volk

Het Volk (newspaper)

Het Volk was a Belgian newspaper that focused on "news with a human undertone".-Mission statement:"You will find what you are looking for in Het Volk, the only newspaper where people really make the news. You will read everything on small and big events in your neighborhoods, your cities and far...

, the newspaper of the Belgian Christian labour movement (ACV union). VUMMedia also has a stake in the Television production company Woestijnvis

Woestijnvis

Woestijnvis is an independent Flemish television production company.-History:The name of the company refers to a famous mistake of a quiz-candidate in the Flemish version of Wheel of Fortune: the remaining letters were W . . ST . . NV . S and somebody answered "WOESTIJNVIS" , the correct answer...

. On 1 September 2006, VUM Media changed its name into Corelio.

Publications

• De Standaard
  De Standaard
  De Standaard is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Corelio . Circulation was about 102.280 in 2007. It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen...
  
  
• Het Volk
  Het Volk (newspaper)
  Het Volk was a Belgian newspaper that focused on "news with a human undertone".-Mission statement:"You will find what you are looking for in Het Volk, the only newspaper where people really make the news. You will read everything on small and big events in your neighborhoods, your cities and far...
  
  
• Het Nieuwsblad
  Het Nieuwsblad
  Het Nieuwsblad is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.-Mission statement:...
  
  
• De Gentenaar
• Jobat
  Jobat
  Jobat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Alirajpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.- History :Jobat is a formerly princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 339 square kilometres in 1901...
  
  
• Editions of the l'Avenir
  L'Avenir
  L'Avenir is a daily newspaper published in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company is part of the Groupe L'Avenir, a media group of the DRC. The content of the paper is primarily French, and includes content written in Lingala and Swahili...
  
  

Source

• Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij (History)