European media group Mediahuis has acquired the Brussels-based EU news website Euractiv, the two organizations announced Thursday.
Mediahuis owns newspapers and media brands in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany. This includes major national papers De Standaard (Belgium), the Irish Independent and NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands).
The acquisition is a bid to become “one of Europe’s media champions,” Christophe Leclercq, the founder of Euractiv, said in a press release.
“Euractiv has succeeded in building a promising news brand and has become a trusted source of information for EU policymakers, interest groups and other media,” said Gert Ysebaert, chief executive officer of Mediahuis.
