NDC Mediagroep

NDC Mediagroep is a Dutch publisher of newspapers, magazines, books and websites focused on the three northern provinces of the Netherlands: Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen. It is owned by foundation Fryslan Boppe Oranjewoud in Oranjewoud (83%) and the foundation Je Maintiendrai in Sint Annaparochie (17%). Headquarters are in Leeuwarden.

The history of the NDC Mediagroep starts at the very earliest with the first publication of the Leeuwarder Courant by Abraham Ferwerda, on 29 July 1752.

On 1 January 1955 the publishers of the Friese Koerier of Heerenveen and the Leeuwarder Courant merged to form the Friese Pers. On 1 November 1969 the Friese Koerier was merged into the Leeuwarder Courant.

On 2 January 1990 the Friese Pers merged with the Nieuwsblad van het Noorden to form the Fries-Gronings-Drentse Pers (FDGP). On 3 January 1994 FDGP bought the newspapers of Wegener in its region, Drentse Courant and Groninger Dagblad. FDGP was renamed Noordelijke Dagblad Combinatie (NDC) on 1 July 1994.

On 2 April 2002 the Groninger Dagblad, Drentse Courant, and Dagblad van het Noorden were merged into the Dagblad van het Noorden. The Leeuwarder Courant continued as is.

NDC merged March 2005 with Veen Bosch & Keuning Publisher (VBK) to form NDC|VBK. On 1 June 2007 the NDC Mediagroep was established as the subsidiary of NDC|VDK that would handle interests in periodicals, radio and TV. The group's interest in radio and TV was temporary.

Late 2012 the VBK book publication activities were spun off. As a result the NDC|VBK became obsolete. On 1 July 2013 the Friesch Dagblad, a title owned by Fryslan Boppe Oranjewoud, was added to the NDC Mediagroep and FB Oranjewoud became the majority (51%) stakeholder in the company. Other shares were held by ING Bank (33%) and foundation Je Maintiendrai (16%). On 19 June 2015, when ING Bank excited NDC Mediagroep, FB increased its holdings to 83%, with Je Maintiendrai owning the other 17%.

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