Johan Waele

Roularta Media Group

Roularta Media Group is a Belgian multimedia group, market leader in the field of magazines (Dutch/French) (general news magazines, business magazines and sports weeklies, lifestyle magazines, medical and professional magazines), local media in Flanders (free local papers, Sunday papers, lifestyle magazines and internet marketing solutions) and business television. Through Trends Business Information, Roularta houses all financial and marketing data of every Belgian company. Roularta organises events in the fields of business and lifestyle and develops a whole set of line extensions in support of its strong brands: books and magazine specials, voyages and design. In Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany RMG (in a 50 % joint venture with French group Bayard) is market leader in the senior magazines market. Roularta possesses a 50 % participation in Mediafin (business newspapers De Tijd and L'Echo) as well as a 50 % participation in classified sites immovlan.be and autovlan.be/gocar.be. Roularta employs more than 1500 persons and produces a combined 400 million euro turnover.