Van Thillo
In the 1970s the family owned the magazines Dag Allemaal and Joepie. In 1978 the family bought 50% of publisher J. Hoste, that was at the time owned by Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. Twelve years the family completely owned the publisher, and changed the name into De Persgroep. Together with the Rossel group, they also acquired among others the financial newspapers De Tijd and L'Echo. Togeher with Medialaan (50%), De Persgroep owned the other 50% of the Roularta Media Group. Nowadays DPG Media owns 100% of the shares of Medialaan.