From niche to mass niche: Mediahuis’ job board acquisition strategy | ep111

On today’s episode of the Inside Job Boards and Recruitment Marketplaces Podcast, we learn about mergers and acquisitions from Patrick De Wachter of Mediahuis nv.

Mediahuis features 1.4 million newspapers and more than two million digital news consumers per day in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Germany. It’s 6,000 employees work daily for its newspaper titles, radio and television channels, and online platforms.

Patrick focuses on evaluating potential acquisition targets and divestiture opportunities. That’s interesting enough in normal times, but these aren’t normal times as technology and business models are rapidly evolving. Some of how he’s approaching these challenges may be different from what you might have thought, and certainly was different from what was thought by our cohosts, Peter M. Zollman of AIM Group and Steven Rothberg of College Recruiter job search site.