The Netherlands

The Group’s Dutch division comprises Wegener (86% owned by Mecom) and Limburg Media Group (“LMG”) (wholly-owned by Mecom) businesses. Wegener is the largest publisher of regional daily newspapers and free door-to-door newspapers in the Netherlands. LMG is the leading regional newspaper business in the Dutch province of Limburg.

With its online portfolio of 54 newspaper websites and stand-alone niche websites, the Dutch division now has 8.5 million unique users per month up from 6.3 million in 2008. The division owns 270 titles and this complements its newspaper readership of 15.0 million per week (2008: 11.3 million). Following the sale of the print plant in The Hague and closure of the Nijmegen plant, the Dutch division now operates four print plants that print both Group and third-party publications.

For a list of the Group's printing plants, please click here