In November 1903, in the east-central Dutch city of Apeldoorn, Johan Frederik Wegener started publishing a news and advertising paper, which would later become Apeldoornse Courant. More than a century later, that small local publishing house has grown into today’s leading group specializing in newspapers and multimedia, Koninklijke (Royal) Wegener NV, with its headquarters located in Apeldoorn, and listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. Wegener is the largest publisher of regional daily newspapers and free door-to-door papers in the Netherlands.
Since October 2007, Mecom Group plc, based in London, has been the holder of an 87% majority interest in Wegener shares. read more
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Apeldoorn, 15 February 2012
Wegener puts ‘Digital First’
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 – Koninklijke Wegener N.V. (‘Wegener), the Netherlands’ leading regional media publisher, and part of Mecom Group plc (‘Mecom’), today announces a comprehensive and wide-reaching strategy to accelerate its transformation into a modern media company.
‘Digital First’ is the result of a detailed analysis of Wegener’s entire business by its management team.
The ‘Digital First’ plan is designed to address the significant challenges facing all media companies and to deliver sustainable future growth by capturing the opportunities available to Wegener’s business in the Netherlands from its strong subscriber base and deep community relationships.
Wegener will implement an integrated digital media portfolio by 12th December 2012
(’12 12 12’), offering news and information, insight and comment, on any screen or any device our readers choose.
The portfolio will have at is core a pay approach, including paid apps for smartphones and tablets and exploratory approaches to pay on news websites, fully integrated with Wegener daily regional newspapers.
Apeldoorn, 12 January 2012
Modestly lower operating result for Wegener in 2011
The Executive Board of Koninklijke Wegener NV (‘Wegener’) has provided the following update regarding the figures for the year ending on 31 December 2011, in anticipation of the presentation of the results which is scheduled for 14 March 2012.
Developments
The key financial developments over the last year were:
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The operating result (before special items) in 2011 was modestly lower than the result of 2010: approx. 60 million euros in 2011 (2010: 62 million euros).
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Revenue in 2011 fell by 3%, primarily as a result of the drop in advertising revenue.
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Advertising revenue for print fell by almost 10% compared to 2010, partly due to the poor economic circumstances in the market and partly due to a greater preference on the part of advertisers for other media, such as the internet.
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Revenue from circulation remained virtually the same for the year.
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Net liabilities at the end of the 2011 amounted to approx. 65 million euros, 23 million euros less than the net liabilities of 88 million at the end of 2010; this is the result of tight liquidity management.
Apeldoorn, 22 December 2011
Cooperation on national advertising sales
Koninklijke Wegener NV (Wegener), HDC Media, a Telegraaf Media Groep company,
and Media Groep Limburg BV (MGL) are negotiating a partnership on national advertising sales for regional daily newspapers. Negotiations have now reached the stage that the parties have signed a letter of intent for this cooperation.
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Wegener producten
Dagbladen
7 regional newspapers and free daily De Pers. Daily reach of over 3 million people.
Huis-aan-huiskranten
Over 225 local door-to-door papers. Weekly reach of 6.8 million people.
Online
National network of news and special interest sites, monthly reach of 3,4 million people.
Speciaal Media
Concept and realization of print and new media products.
The job site for MBO and HBO, 800,000 monthly visitors and thousands of new jobs each week.
Site for new and used cars,
2.8 million monthly.
Website with daily local discount offers of at least 50%.
Producer of newspapers and newspaper-style magazines.
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