Ludo Van Thillo
The Van Thillo family  owned the magazines Dag Allemaal and Joepie. In 1956, Van Thillo and his brother Joris became the owners of the family business, after their father had split the company into two parts: Printing and Rotogravure Astra; and Publisher Sparta. In 1987, the family, led by Ludo Van Thillo, bought the majority of Publisher Hoste, owner of the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. In 1987, the company joined eight other shareholders in founding the Medialaan, the broadcasting company behind television channel VTM.