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 (J.F.) Wegener started a newspaper in Apeldoorn that would later become the Apeldoornse Courant. The Wegener corporation as it exists today came from fusions and takeovers. In August 1999, VNU

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, 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.

Companies

Wegener consists of about 40 businesses, both in Holland as in some other European countries.

• De Gelderlander
  De Gelderlander
  De Gelderlander is a regional newspaper for the Gelderland region of the Netherlands. It is published by Wegener....
  
  
• De Stentor
  De Stentor
  De Stentor is an Apeldoorn-based Dutch regional newspaper, appearing in several editions, in the Eastern part of the Netherlands. It is owned by Wegener....
  
  
• Brabants Dagblad
  Brabants Dagblad
  Brabants Dagblad is a daily Dutch newspaper. It is distributed in parts of North Brabant, especially in 's-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg and their surrounding regions. The paper's office is in 's-Hertogenbosch. The paper is owned by the Wegener conglomerate, which owns a number of regional Dutch...
  
  
• BN/De Stem / PZC
  Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant
  The Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant is a Dutch newspaper for the region of Zeeland. It is owned by Koninklijke Wegener BV. Founded in 1758, it is the third-oldest newspaper in the country.-History:...
  
  
• De Twentsche Courant Tubantia
• Eindhovens Dagblad
• Wegener Huis-aan-huisMedia
• Wegener Multimedia
• Wegener DM
• Wegener Grafische Groep
• Wegener Golf
• JobTrack
• AutoTrack
• Funda
  Funda
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   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

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 exchanges. It was taken over by the British Mecom

Mecom Group

Mecom Group plc is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until 22 December 2008, when it became one of three media companies to fall out of the index.-History:The company was...

corporation on the 18th of May 2008 for the sum of 800 million euros. Mecom now owns 86.4% of the company.