Newspapers

The newspapers business unit is comprised of the editorial and marketing divisions of the Het Belang van Limburg and Gazet Van Antwerpen newspapers. Our newspapers are still the basis for our largest and staunchest communities. This is also the strategy for the newspapers business unit: we produce full newspapers, but differentiate in the quantity, depth and topics of interest of the regional reports.

Concentra is therefore continuing to invest further in strong regional editorial teams, with local faces. The two editorial teams work together for national, international and sports reports, just as they do for lifestyle reporting. Where possible, we also try here to give news and information a local perspective. Modern technology, such as the DTI editorial system that was implemented in 2007, gives editors the possibility of exchanging information and checking what an article will look like later in the newspaper.

The newspaper brings people together through news, information and also through events. Our marketing division makes the newspaper visible at events and reaches out to new readers with advertising campaigns and direct marketing.

Around 250 employees work within the newspapers business unit (journalists, editorial staff and marketeers) at the Hasselt and Antwerp sites. The newspapers business unit is led by Luc Rademakers. Ivo Vandekerckhove is editor-in-chief of Het Belang van Limburg. Pascal Kerkhove is editor-in-chief of the Gazet Van Antwerpen. Werner Smeuninx is editorial manager.