| ** 25 May 2007 Mala Vita is going on a South American Tour
|
| ** 16 May 2007 15.000 Copies début album VanVelzen Foreign Media Music proudly presents the début album ‘Unwind’ of VanVelzen. Already in the first week, 15.000 copies were sold. For this reason the album entered the charts at a number one position. ‘Unwind’ contains three hit singles: ‘Baby get Higher’, ‘Burn’ and ‘Deep’. The album is available in stores all around Holland. You can also download the album at several download portals. Singer/pianist Roel VanVelzen (1978) surprises Holland with his English-language album on the bound of pop/rock. The album contains twelve tracks, written by VanVelzen and national and international composers, including Bas Kennis, John Ewbank, Andreas Johnson, Metropolis, Franzel, Lacy and Kates. Also a lot of famous musicians are appearing on his debut album. ‘Unwind’ is a refreshing album with an international appeal to it. VanVelzen was discovered at the beginning of 2005 by Holland’s most famous producers Holger Schwedt (Di-rect, Bløf), Nando Eweg (Di-rect, Birgit) en John Ewbank (Marco Borsato). They were very impressed by his unique voice and energetic live performance. Foreign Media Music was also blown away by the talent and the sound of VanVelzen which resulted in this great debut album.
‘Unwind’ is a release of Foreign Media Music. Foreign Media Music is the music division of Foreign Media Group. Foreign Media Music is known for her wide variety of labels. Each label represents its own sort of Music, variations from Classic to modern. Foreign Media Music works together with distributors and sales organisations in over 40 countries all over the World. |
| ** 02 April 2007 Europe’s first lady of jazz Rita Reys is receiving the firsts DVD ‘Rita Reys Live at Carré’ from the director of Carré, Hein Jens Monday, April 2nd , the director of the Amsterdam theatre Carré, Hein Jens, handed over the first DVD to Rita Reys, Europe’s first lady of jazz. |
| ** 02 Decemer 2006 David Maddocks joins Foreign Media Group On the 1st of January 2006, David Maddocks will join Foreign Media Group in the newly created role of International Director. David comes to Foreign Media Group with an impressive record of achievements in product and market development / organisational consultancy. During his career, David has played a significant part in the successful development of products, services and markets for a number of leading organisations within the media, entertainment or consumer products space.
In this new position, David Maddocks will be responsible across the entire group for steering the international growth of Foreign Media Group. It is a pivotal position co-ordinating activity between foreign offices of FMG and the Dutch publishing units. One of David’s first objectives is to give us managed and structured growth in existing and new international markets for our exciting range of entertainment, music, books and pc-games.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishing group operating in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Group, with twelve publishing houses with each their own expertise, has a unique position on the market. Reading, watching and listening, in all possible genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults - Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products.
The publications of Foreign Media Group consist of music CDs, books, audio books, magazines, films, DVDs, documentaries, games, and CD-ROMs. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group aims to invest as deeply as possible in creativity and rights, and to publish platform independently.
For more information: David Maddocks, international director, tel. +353 87 6966346 /+353 93 41911 Ramon Dahmen, algemeen directeur Foreign Media Group, tel.+31 (0)6 - 21225130 |
| ** 09 November 2006 Corné Dekkers to become the General Manager of Bridge Entertainment Group On 1st January 2006, Corné Dekkers will commence work at Bridge Entertainment Group as the General Manager. |
| ** 04 November 2006 Brilliant Books has recently published four unique audio books.
The key to the success of Brilliant Books and Brilliant Classics is in the combination of high quality products at a very attractive price and with surprising extras. |
| ** 05 October 2006 PRIZE-WINNING BEST SELLERS CARRY SLEE ARE MADE INTO A FILM
The scenarios, in which socially relevant and visually very exciting themes such as bullying, suicide, drugs, senseless violence and racism are central, will be written by, among others, Maria Peters (director of films such as De Tasjesdief (The Bag Snatcher), Kruimeltje and Pietje Bell). She will also direct one or more of the films.
|
| ** 26 September 2006 Kruidvat brings together twenty-five centuries of philosophy in a five-part box set
On 27th September, Kruidvat released a unique box set of philosophical works. Following the success of classical music and art, Kruidvat also wishes to make literature available to the general public for a friendly price. Last year, Brilliant Books published the successful, ten-part box set of the best works by Louis Couperus. Kruidvat is the place to go for enthusiasts of classical literature and serious non-fiction.
Twenty-five centuries of philosophical ideas in one extensive series. Everything that you need to know, with all the great names, all the great works and all the pioneering ideas. What is man? How do we separate good from evil? What is the most just society? From Socrates to Peter Sloterdijk, for 2,500 years, philosophy has produced questions and answers that are the basis of every ideology and philosophy. The results of critical thinking in the fields of ethics, epistemology, anthropology, logic and political theory are the pearls of western culture. They are the ideas that have shaped us and our culture into what we are today. From Plato’s Cave to Montesquieu’s Trias Politica. From Descartes “I think therefore I am” to Wittgenstein’s “What we cannot speak about, we must pass over in silence”.
The Philosophy box set comprises of 3,240 pages in five parts and contains original texts from the greatest eastern and western philosophers from the past until the present day. Each part of the box set has a reference and an introduction by Daan Roovers, the editor-in-chief of the Dutch Filosofie Magazine. The five specially written letters by contemporary philosophers are unique. These letters are written by Bas Belleman to Niccolò Machiavelli, René Gude to René Descartes, Maarten Doorman to Immanuel Kant, Bert Keizer to Ludwig Wittgenstein and Paul Cliteur to Richard Rorty.
The key to the success of Brilliant Books and Brilliant Classics lies in the combination of high quality for a very reasonable price with surprising extras. With the box set, the reader also receives a free special edition of Filosofie Magazine that contains an overview of the history of philosophy.
Brilliant Books is the exclusive book label of Foreign Media Group for Kruidvat.
For more information: * Kruidvat, Annebeth Wierenga (PR Manager), a.wierenga@eu.aswatson.com, tel + 31 318 579 451
* Foreign Media Group, Ramon Dahmen (General Director), ramon@foreignmediagroup.com, tel + 31 6 212 25 130 |
| ** 18 September 2006 Foreign Media Group and RTL Nederland launch a classical music channel On 1st January 2007 Foreign Media Group and RTL Nederland will launch a digital classical music channel. The collaboration between Foreign Media Group and RTL Nederland will be established in a joint venture.
Foreign Media Group will be responsible for supplying the content of the channel and for the marketing of products such as CD’s, DVD’s, books, and mobile applications. RTL Nederland and Foreign Media Group will be responsible for the programming schedule and the distribution through various platforms. RTL will also take care of the selling of commercial broadcasting time. The digital channel is supported by a web shop for the sale of real time products and the digital exploitation of classical music such as downloads, ringtones, and video on demand.
Ramon Dahmen, COO Foreign Media Group, says: "This step is part of our strategical plan with regard to the roll-out of digital content. Foreign Media Group is, next to digital TV, also active within each platform such as downloads and mobile telephone systems. In the field of music, Foreign Media Group also offers content in the sphere of games, ringtones, films, and video on demand. Together with RTL Nederland we will ensure the success of the theme channel."
Frank Eijken, CCO RTL Nederland is quoted as saying: "Two weeks ago we presented our digital strategy for the coming years and this classical music channel is an important part of it. RTL Nederland is pleased about the partnership with Foreign Media Group, we consider this multimedia project to be an excellent debut in the field of digital TV and we expect to gain a lot of know-how and experience for the future."
Foreign Media Group is an international publishers group that operates in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Books has a unique position in the market with seventeen publishing companies, each with its own area of expertise. Reading, viewing, gaming and listening, in all possible genres from classic to contemporary and aimed at both children and grown-ups – Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Books are music CD’s, books, audio books, magazines, feature films, DVD’s, documentaries, games, and CD-ROM’s.
With regard to classical music, Foreign Media Group has one of the largest catalogues in the world; it has more than 1500 titles and sells more than 20,000,000 copies a year. The latest world-wide best seller is the compilation CD with the collected works of Mozart (170 CD’s) of which more than 300.000 copies have been sold, a total of 51.000.000 CD’s.
For more information: Foreign Media Group, Shirley Vrieseling (Excecutive secretary) shirley@foreignmediagroup.com, + 31 (0)58 8444988 RTL Nederland, Kim Koppenol kim.koppenol@rtl.nl, + 31 (0) 35 6718597 or (0)6 53172099
|
| ** 01 August 2006 Rothschild & Bach, the new publishing house of Foreign Media Group, will kick off this fall The new publishing house of Foreign Media Group, led by Oscar van Gelderen, will start this fall as publishing house Rothschild & Bach.
The name of the publishing house is a tribute to the legendary publisher Jan Ritsema, the man who discovered Arnon Grunberg. Between 1990 and 1993 Jan Ritsema published fifteen books under the same publishing name: besides the debut of Grunberg, he also published two titles of Bindervoet & Henkes, and work from Battus, Rüdiger Safranski, and Peter Handke. Rothschild & Bach would like to combine money with art: the name Rothschild & Bach is classy, humorous, international, and effective.
This fall, Rothschild & Bach will publish new books of Khalid Boudou, Thé Lau, Rachid, Simon de Waal, Renske de Greef, Ali B, and Sean Wilsey. Of the latter author, Rothschild & Bach will present the title Oh, The Glory of It All; as heartbreaking and staggering as the debut of Dave Eggers. For the publishing team of Rothschild & Bach, this evokes the right emotions of this new publishing house.
Two imprints fall under Rothschild & Bach, controlled by two co-publishers:
Besides publisher Oscar van Gelderen, the team of Rothschild & Bach will be made up of Katrien Gottlieb (editor Dutch literature), Diana Gvozden (editor translated literature, thrillers, and Spunk), and Joni Zwart (acquisition and PR).
Rothschild & Bach is part of the book trade of Foreign Media Group, which also includes Uitgeverij 521, Pimento, Company of Books, and Foreign Media Magazines.
Foreign Media Group is an internationally operating publishing group in different fields of the media. With twelve publishing houses, each with its own expertise, Foreign Media Group has a unique position on the market. Reading, watching, and listening, in all possible genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults - Foreign Media Group targets a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Group consist of music-CDs, books, audio books, magazines, movies, DVDs, documentaries, games, and CD-ROMs. The publishing vision anticipates the different media products and possible combinations. The purpose of Foreign Media Group is to invest as deeply as possible in creativity and rights, and to publish platform-independently.
For more information: * Rothschild & Bach, Oscar van Gelderen (editor), tel +31 (0)6 13 48 24 91
|
| ** 17 July 2006 Foreign Media Group succesful in cross-media filming of Carry Slee's book (in theatres in October)
Foreign Media Group will present the cross-media film production Afblijven this fall. Afblijven is based on the award-winning book of the same name by Carry Slee. It is a film about today’s world. The connecting threads in Afblijven are friendship, hip-hop and street dance. Afblijven is the first cross-media film for youth that includes a combination of film, books, ringtones, dvd, streaming internet footage, mobile game, audio CDs, downloads and weblogs.
Cross-media approach works! Due to the cross-media approach, the target group (8-15 year-olds) is in constant contact with the products of Afblijven. This effect is heightened by the many well-known names involved with the film: Carry Slee (author), Brainpower (author and singer), Jim Bakkum (actor), Maria Peters (scenario and director), Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen (actor) and Roberto da Casto (dance instructor, 3 times world champion hip-hop).
Already, three months before the release of the film, this approach is proving to be enormously successful. In cooperation with Bruna, the action Get Casted was set up at www.schoolparty.nl. Over 400 young people placed a dance audition on Bruna's website. These video clips were viewed two million times and more than 700,000 votes were entered.
Victoria Farkas, editor of Kidsweek, follows lead actress Melissa and writes the book Hoe word ik een filmster. There is a weblog where actors and film producer Dave Schram write about their experiences on the set. The first music and mobile game will be out soon.
In October, the film will be in theatres. This means that there are still lots of promotion opportunities for promotion partners.
Summary Afblijven Melissa loves dance and takes classical ballet. At least, that is what her parents think. But when she arrives at the dance school, she really takes hip-hop lessons. Jordi is in the same class as Melissa. He has known her since elementary school and has a crush on her. When Melissa gets to dance in the video clip of a super well-known rapper, Jordi is totally excited for her. But, in order to hide her lack of self-confidence, she begins to secretly take pills. She keeps upping the dosage. Her friends feel powerless. How can they help Melissa?
Carry Slee Children’s book author Carry Slee has written over seventy successful books since 1989. Four million copies of her books have been sold. Carry Slee’s books have won many awards, including the Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury nine times, the Prijs van de Nederlandse Jonge Jury four times, the Venz kinderboekenprijs and the Pluim van de Maand twice. Carry Slee uses the kind of clear language that appeals to youth. Afblijven is the first award-winning best-seller by Carry Slee that is being made into a movie.
Maria Peters The scenario and directing are in the hands of Maria Peters (De Tasjesdief, Kruimeltje and Pietje Bell). ‘I’m very excited about making this book into a film, because of the familiarity, the dance and music as well as the romance. It will be a movie about today's world,' says Maria Peters.
The film is being produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany, the film production company that belongs to Dave Schram, Hans Pos and Maria Peters. Shooting Star has procuded De Tasjesdief and Left Luggage and has also produced films like Kruimeltje and Pietje Bell 1 & 2, which together attracted an audience of nearly 3 million.
Foreign Media Group Foreign Media Group is an international publishing group operating in various media fields. With seventeen publishing firms, each with their own expertise, Foreign Media Group occupies a unique position in the world market. Reading, watching, gaming and listening, in all genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults – Foreign Media Group is focused on a wide range of media products.
Foreign Media Group releases music CD's, books, audio books, magazines, movies, DVD's, documentaries, games and CD-Roms. With our publishing strategy we target various media products and all possible combinations of them. Foreign Media Group aims to invest as much as possible in creativity and rights and to release the products in a platform independent way.
For more information: Foreign Media Group, Jeff de Graaff (Marketing Manager Crossmedia), j.degraaff@foreignmediagroup.com, +31 6-53691883
Coming to the theatres on 5 October 2006
|
| ** 06 July 2006 Foreign Media Group starts spectacular Winx Club on Tour theatre show
Foreign Media Group is starting a theatre show this fall that is based on one of today’s most-watched children’s programs, in collaboration with producer Mark Events: the animated series Winx Club. Winx Club is shown daily on Nickelodeon. In this magical show with contemporary music, street dance, suspense and humour, Winx Club comes to life in a very musical way.
Foreign Media Group wants to continue the current success of the Winx Club magazines, DVDs, ringtones and CDs, and after the success of the Winx Power Show in Italy, came up with the idea of bringing the show to the Netherlands as well. In Italy, the show attracted an audience of over three hundred thousand.
In anticipation of the premiere on Saturday, 7 October at Pepsi Stage (Amsterdam), the fairies are looking for very frequent publicity. A CD single with two songs from the show will be coming out in August, and is expected to quickly soar to the top of the charts. Ticket sales for the shows have started last Saturday and are exceeding all expectations. The show has already taken on a life of its own. The complete Winx Club On Tour CD is planned for September.
Content theatre show Young actors, singers and dancers play the parts of heroines Bloom, Flora, Musa, Tecna, Layla and Stella of the fairy school Alfea, and enter into a battle with the witches of Hemeltoren, using their magic powers. They are clever, cool, fashionable and magical.
The creative team behind the scenes includes Irene Moors of Telekids and Life & Cooking, Daphny Muriloff (Tante Soesa, B.O.O.S.), Daan Wijnands (Goudkust, Kees & Co) and Gerald van Windt (Chipz, Idols, Mariah Carey).
Locations and ticket sales Winx Club on Tour will do approximately 35 performances at locations such as Ahoy Rotterdam, Brabanthallen, Americahal, HMH Amsterdam and Flanders Expo in Vlaanderen.
The ticket sales of this theatre show opened on Saturday 1 July. Tickets may be ordered through www.winxclubontour.nl, www.ticketservice.nl and call center (0900-3001250, € 045 ct. p.m.). In addition, tickets are available at the main post offices, VVV offices, Free Record Shops and GWK offices.
An elaborate marketing campaign, including a log-running TV campaign at RTL4 , RTL5, RTL7 and Nickelodeon will support the ticket sales of the Winx Club on Tour.
The Winx Club success Winx Club has been transmitted to over 100 countries since 2004. Winx Club is shown at in the Netherlands and Belgium, every day at 4:00 p.m. The series is directed towards boys and girls of 6 to 12 and is very popular.
The Winx Club Magazine is published every month. The series is available on DVD; there are six DVDs with the favorite music of the Winx and merchandising of all characters; parties such as Mattel, Upper Deck, Nikko and Look-O-Look all distribute Winx club products.
Foreign Media Group Foreign Media Group is an international publishing group operating in various media fields. With seventeen publishing firms, each with their own expertise, Foreign Media Group occupies a unique position in the world market. Reading, watching, gaming and listening, in all genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults – Foreign Media Group is focused on a wide range of media products.
Foreign Media Group releases music CD's, books, audio books, magazines, movies, DVD's, documentaries, games and CD-Roms. With our publishing strategy we target various media products and all possible combinations of them. Foreign Media Group aims to invest as much as possible in creativity and rights and to release the products in a platform independent way.
For more information: Foreign Media Group, Jeff de Graaff (Marketing Manager Crossmedia), j.degraaff@foreignmediagroup.com, +31 6-53691883
|
| ** 24 May 2006 Bridge Entertainment Group expands in Belgium Auke Hartstra will start in June as Sales Director Belgium. Hartstra previously worked for 20th Century Fox where he was responsible for rental and new business. The position of Sales Director is a new function for the Bridge Entertainment Group and fits into its policy of obtaining a stronger position in the Belgian Entertainment market. Bridge Entertainment Group is part of the Foreign Media Group and Auke Hartstra will work from Foreign Media’s office in Mechelen.
There are also changes in the sphere of public relations and joint promotions. Bridge Entertainment Group entered into an association with the Aries Relation Marking company in Beveren on April 15th last. For this reason, Aries is the contact point for all PR related matters from now on. Aries has a broad experience in the field of entertainment due to, among others, its association with 20th Century Fox.
The Bridge catalogue, which includes local Flemish productions, has been greatly added to in the course of time. For many years now, Bridge has successfully distributed well-known TV series on DVD such as Flikken, Witse, and the VRT classics Kapitein Zeppos and Schippers as well as Mathilde. Bridge Entertainment also holds a prominent place in the field of Flemish feature films judging by the success of films such as De zaak Altzheimer and De Indringer. Seven feature films from De Ultieme Vlaamse Filmreeks Faits Divers widen this spectrum. The first DVD release from this series is the cinema success Verlengd Weekend, followed by Dennis van Rita; De Hel van Tanger; Vidange Perdue; De Gek op de Heuvel; Vleugels and Pratical Pistol Shooting.
Bridge Entertainment Group is part of Foreign Media Group, a publishers group that operates internationally in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Group has a unique position in the market with seventeen publishing companies, each with its own expertise. Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products; reading, looking, gaming, and listening in all possible genres from classic to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults. The publications of Foreign Media Books are music CD’s, books, audio books, magazines, feature films, DVD’s, documentaries, games, and CD-ROM’s. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group sets itself the target of investing as deeply as possible in creativity and rights, and publishing platform independently. |
| ** 17 May 2006 Growth of Foreign Media Group leads to new management structure In light of the enormous growth of the company, Foreign Media Group has made some adjustments to its governance. The new management structure takes effect immediately.
Ramon Dahmen, as General Director / Chief Operating Officer (COO), has ultimate responsibility for all the activities of Foreign Media Group. Together with the chair of the executive committee Arjen Terpstra, he focuses on the strategy of the Group, including takeovers, cooperation agreements and the further growth of the business.
Financial Director / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sytze Marseille reports to Ramon Dahmen, save for the areas in which he holds ultimate responsibility as Financial Director.
In addition, a General Manager has been appointed for each establishment, and will be responsible for the company or companies within that establishment.
Marcel Norbart has immediately taken up the position of General Manager of the Leeuwarden site. Marcel Norbart has worked for a great many years in the entertainment industry, in particular in the music branch. In that area he has also had extensive managerial experience in retail. His new position takes effect immediately. In addition to Leeuwarden, Marcel will also manage License Connection and Mobi Productions, both based in Amsterdam, as well as Pink Records located in Drachten.
At the Hilversum location (Bridge Entertainment), the tasks of General Manager will be carried out by Nico Geusebroek and Sjef Scholte, together with General Manager Corné Dekkers. The responsibilities and competencies of the directors and/or managers of the individual companies and/or labels and imprints in the various establishments remain unchanged. With this new management structure, Foreign Media Group looks forward to being able to continue its explosive growth and further to realise its national and international ambitions.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishers group that operates in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Books has a unique position in the market with sixteen publishing companies, each with its own expertise. Reading, looking and listening in all possible genres from classic to contemporary and aimed at both children and grown-ups – Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Books are music CD’s, books, audio books, magazines, feature films, DVD’s, documentaries, games, and CD-ROM’s. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group sets itself the target of investing as deeply as possible in creativity and rights and publishing platform independently. |
| ** 03 April 2006 Foreign Media Group is breaking records with Mozart With the International Mozart Year 2006 hardly on the way, Dutch record label BRILLIANT CLASSICS can already boast of record breaking sales of their COMPLETE MOZART CD-EDITION. Of this 170-CD set, containing all the works Mozart composed, already more then 200.000 sets were sold, amounting to more than 30 million discs. The set has a recommended retail price of euro 99,- . “The combination of the high artistic and technical quality and the amazingly attractive price makes this the most spectacular product of the Mozart-Year”, says Director Pieter van Winkel of Brilliant Classics. The set is sold in over 40 countries, supported by extensive marketing campaigns, including print-campaigns and TV-commercials. The year 2006 commemorates the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, considered to be the greatest musical genius Western civilisation has ever produced.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishing group operating in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Group, with twelve publishing houses with each their own expertise, has a unique position on the market. Reading, watching and listening, in all possible genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults - Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Group consist of music CDs, books, audio books, magazines, films, DVDs, documentaries, games, and CD-ROMs. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group aims to invest as deeply as possible in creativity and rights, and to publishing platform independently.
For more information: Pieter van Winkel, director Brilliant Classics, + 31 (0)20 5239150 |
| ** 29 March 2006 Foreign Media Group opens a cross medial publishing house with its own theatre in Amsterdam
On the 1st of April 2006, Foreign Media Group opened a cross medial publishing house in warehouse Australië on the river IJ in The building is to become the home of the publishing companies Pimento, Rothschild and Bach, Uitgeverij 521, TM Publishers, Truth and Dare, HvR (Heleen van Royen) and Carry Slee, and of the magazine publishers Foreign Media Magazines and the music publishers Foreign Media Music (both classic music labels as well as pop music labels). In addition, the licensing and merchandising company LicenseConnection and Foreign Media Group will be housed in the Foreign Media Group will open its own theatre in the basement of the new property. Foreign Media Group’s publishing companies will stage theatre performances, film-viewings, music evenings, and other events in this theatre. In addition to the Foreign Media Group is an international publishers group that operates in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Books has a unique position in the market with sixteen publishing companies, each with its own expertise. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group sets itself the target of investing as deeply as possible in creativity and rights and publishing platform independently.
|
| ** 28 March 2006 Foreign Media Group launches a new imprint for women
On the 1st of April Truth & Dare is aimed at the female reading public. Publisher Martine Koelemeijer and acquiring editor Eva Reinders have a contemporary publisher’s list in view with honest, gutsy books. Truth because the naked truth and prevailing taboos are not avoided and Dare because the publishing strategy is distinguished by daring. The list will accommodate fiction & non-fiction, Dutch & translated, and black & white & four colour printing. The target-group of Truth & Dare is the modern, self-assured, independent woman in all stages of her life. She will find honest books for every important life event at Truth & Dare. In addition Truth & Dare will spot all the new trends for her. Finally, Truth and Dare’s fiction will give her the recognition and relaxation she needs in the form of novels that fit her experiences seamlessly. The publishers are like the target group; always curious about the latest trends and on the look-out for the absolute truth. Being daring and gutsy they want to publish those books that stir up discussions, publish cross medially and start joint ventures with other media. Truth & Dare’s first offer will be published this autumn and will give a good picture of the full breadth of the list. Truth & Dare acquired the rights of the mom-lit titles by Risa Green via a fast 2-book deal at the London Bookfair. During an exciting auction just after the fair, they succeeded in landing the rights to ‘The adultery club’, a sensational novel about adultery which awakens the voyeur in every woman. Together with Cecelia Ahern, these titles guarantee a promising fiction section. The authors Anna van Wittenberghe, Constance de Koning, Charlotte De Backer, and Lenny Duijvelaar will, in addition, ensure high-profile non-fiction. Truth & Dare is ready for action and challenges all inquisitive gutsy women to buy its books & to sell them & to write them. Truth & Dare is part of the book division of Foreign Media group to which Uitgeverij 521, Pimento, HvR (Heleen van Royen), Rothschild & Bach, Carry Slee, TM Publishers, Company of Books and Foreign Media Magazines belong.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishers group that operates in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Books has a unique position in the market with twelve publishing companies, each with its own expertise. Reading, looking and listening in all possible genres from classic to contemporary and aimed towards both children and grown-ups – Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Books are music CD’s, books, audio books, magazines, feature films, DVD’s, documentaries, games and CD-ROM’s.
The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group sets itself the target of investing as deeply as possible in creativity and rights and to publishing platform independently.
For more information:
Truth & Dare, Martine Koelemeijer (publisher), m.koelemeijer@pimentopublishers.com, +31 (0)6 – 13 16 21 24 |
| ** 13 January 2006 Martine Koelemeijer will begin a new imprint at Foreign Media Group On the first of March 2006, Martine Koelemeijer will join Foreign Media Books, the book division of Foreign Media Group. Koelemeijer has been appointed publisher and will start a new imprint.
The imprint will concentrate on fiction and non-fiction for a female reading public. There will be books by Dutch as well as by translated authors. The basic principle of the publisher’s list is information, inspiration, and relaxation for the woman of today. Fiction (trendy fiction, novels) and non-fiction (among others; popular psychology, motherhood, life style and life stories) will find their place.
The publisher’s list distinguishes itself by a cross medial approach and will work closely together with periodicals, television companies and other partners.
The imprint is in keeping with Foreign Media Books' strategy of bringing a limited number of titles to the notice of a wide audience and offering authors and their titles optimum support in marketing and publicity. A maximum of 25 titles a year will be published under the imprint.
As publisher, Koelemeijer will receive support from an acquiring editor. There will be a vacancy for this position in the immediate future.
Martine Koelemeijer is working as a publisher for Unieboek at the moment, where she is responsible for the MOM imprint. This publishing list was set up under her supervision and has, during the past years, played an important role in the market for family & health non-fiction. Important MOM titles are; The South Beach Diet, Supernanny and Het negen maanden dagboek (The nine months diary). Koelemeijer formerly worked for publisher Prometheus/Bert Bakker.
With the arrival of Koelemeijer, Foreign Media Books will concentrate even more on the female reading public. Next to this new imprint, Foreign Media will also be targeting the specific literary, upmarket female reading public. More information will be given shortly on the interpretation of this publishing list, which, in literary non-fiction, will work closely together with the documentary label of FMG.
Uitgeverij 521, Pimento, Pimento children’s books, Rothschild & Bach, Trademark, Company of Books and Foreign Media Magazines are part of Foreign Media Group’s book division.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishers group that operates in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Books has a unique position in the market with twelve publishing companies, each with its own expertise. Reading, looking and listening in all possible genres from classic to contemporary and aimed towards both children and grown-ups – Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Books are music CD’s, books, audio books, magazines, feature films, DVD’s, documentaries, games and CD-ROM’s.
The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group sets itself the target of investing as deeply as possible in creativity and rights and to publishing platform independently.
|
| ** 24 November 2005 The new novel by Heleen van Royen: De ontsnapping It is frightful, delightful, crazy, hilarious, it is wonderful… it is the new novel by Heleen van Royen. On Thursday 16th February, the book division of Foreign Media Group will publish the third novel by the successful and much talked-about author. De ontsnapping is the tragicomic account of a woman who tries to escape from the life she finds herself in. “My family is far, far away and I’m all alone.”
De ontsnapping is the third novel by Heleen van Royen and follows her overwhelming debut De gelukkige huisvrouw and the equally successful follow-up Godin van de jacht. Her first book sold more than 175,000 copies. Her second book was best sold Dutch language novel of 2003 and sold more than 200,000 copies. The books were published in twelve countries. De gelukkige huisvrouw is currently being filmed by director Paula van der Oest, who received an Oscar nomination for Zus & Zo.
Although De ontsnapping has not yet been published, the publisher Krüger Verlag has already purchased the German translation rights. The publisher Susanne Halbleib, who previously successfully published Godin van de jacht, describes Heleen van Royen as a sharp, witty writer who has her ear close to the ground. She sees great opportunities for Van Royen in the German market.
Besides her novels, Heleen van Royen, who has worked as an editor and reported for various newspapers and magazines, also wrote a series of much talked-about columns for Het Parool and Planet Internet. A selection of her columns has been published in Je zal er maar mee getrouwd zijn.
The main character in Van Royen’s new novel is a woman who sees the daily grind of family life as very oppressive. My name is Julia. I have two children and I’m still awake. I’m sitting up straight and look sideways. Paul’s mouth is slightly open and there are beads of sweat on his forehead. I make a fist with my right hand. He doesn’t know how many nights I have lain awake. I could wake him from his dream with one well-aimed punch. It's tempting. I whisper to him, “I would love to punch you in the face”.
Julia wants to leave. She does not want to be a good mother, a good wife nor a good daughter for a while. For the first time in her life, she does something totally irresponsible, she leaves her husband and children and heads for the sun. The spirit of Jimmy, her dead brother, travels with her, and reminds his sister of old promises she once made. After a difficult start, she enjoys her new-found freedom. Julia experiences some wild adventures with two small Germans, undergoes a series of plastic surgery operations and finds herself in the arms of Romeo, an American "entrepreneur" who holds a mirror up to her face in his own particular way. He asks Julia the sixty-four thousand dollar question, does she dare go back home?
De ontsnapping is the first novel by Heleen van Royen from her new publisher Foreign Media Group (www.foreignmediagroup.com). FMG is a publishing group which is active in various media and which operates internationally. The book division offers its authors a publishing house where they have maximum control over their work. The multimedia publisher offers its authors and illustrators the possibility to publish their work, or any work resulting from it, in various media platforms, from audio CD to DVD and CD-ROM. FMG publishes books for all types of readers, from picture books for young children to children’s literature and from colourful literature to much talked-about biographies.
Heleen van Royen’s website: www.heleenvanroyen.nl
For more press information: Trix van Alphen, The Publicity Company www.ThePublicityCompany.com, t: +31 (0)20 612 7000, e: trix@publicy.nl |
| ** 07 October 2005 Foreign Media Group appoints Sytze Marseille as financial director From 1st September, Sytze Marseille RA joined Foreign Media Group as CFO where he is responsible for the Finance & Business Control department. He is part of the holding management, whose other members are Ramon Dahmen (COO) and Arjen Terpstra (CEO). Sytze Marseille was previously the Finance Director of Guhl in Germany and later the Finance Director of the Network Services division of Nuon.
Foreign Media Group already has foreign offices in Belgium, Denmark and Germany. The Danish office is responsible for the distribution throughout the whole of Scandinavia. The Germany office in Munich serves Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Foreign Media group has strong international growth ambitions and hopes to expand both within and outside of Europe in the (near) future. The head office is located in the Netherlands.
Foreign Media Group is an international publishing group operating in various fields of the media. Foreign Media Group, with twelve publishing houses with each their own expertise, has a unique position on the market. Reading, watching and listening, in all possible genres, from classical to contemporary and aimed at both children and adults - Foreign Media Group focuses on a wide range of media products. The publications of Foreign Media Group consist of music CDs, books, audio books, magazines, films, DVDs, documentaries, games, and CD-ROMs. The publishing vision anticipates different media products and possible combinations. Foreign Media Group aims to invest as deeply as possible in creativity and rights, and to publish platform independently.
For more information: Foreign Media Group www.foreignmediagroup.com Ramon Dahmen (General Director) ramon@foreignmediagroup.com, mobile + 31 (0)6 212 25 130 |
| ** 02 February 2005 Foreign Media Group and Bridge Entertainment Group combine forces The managements of Foreign Media Group and Bridge Entertainment Group have signed a declaration of intent in which it is agreed that Foreign Media Group will take over the Bridge Entertainment holding and its subsidiary companies. The takeover will be become effective in approximately four weeks time, after an audit has been completed.
Bridge Entertainment is a well-known distributor of television films, television series and cinema films for both children and adults. Bridge Entertainment produces cinema films, such as De Kameleon, which was one of the most successful movies of last year and attracted an audience of almost 800,000. Kameleon 2 will be released in June 2005. Bridge Entertainment is also strong in the marketing and sales of television series and feature films via the cinema and the rental circuit. Well-known DVD productions by Bridge Entertainment include Swiebertje, Bassie and Adriaan, Bob the Bouwer, Asterix, Ome Willem and the Hallmark miniseries and De Zaak Alzheimer.
Both companies have been working happily together for some time. This step has been taken as a result of the growth strategy of Foreign Media Group. By combining their forces, they will achieve an even stronger market position in the Benelux in the field of children productions, television series, documentaries and feature films. Further growth will also be experienced, particularly in the field of export, as a result of cooperation and the exchange of knowledge. Both companies will continue to operate independently.
Foreign Media Group is an international publisher which is active in various media fields. FMG publishes media products which vary from DVDs and books to CD-ROMS, games and audio products. With seven publishing companies in the fields of classical music, documentaries, feature films, children’s entertainment and books, the company occupies a unique position in the national and international market. Foreign Media Group’s aim is to invest as much as possible in creative content and to publish independently of any platforms.
For more information: Nico Geusebroek (Bridge Entertainment Group - www.bridgeonline.nl) : +31 (0)35 - 6882803 Ramon Dahmen (Foreign Media Group - www.foreignmediagroup.com), : +31 (0)6 - 21225130
|
Press releases
Following the success of classical music, art and liturature, Kruidvat also wishes to make audio books available to the general public for an attractive price. Earlier this year, Brilliant Books published the successful, five-part box set containing twenty five centuries of philosophy. 
Today, Hans Pos (Shooting Star) and Ramon Dahmen (Foreign Media Group) announced that Shooting Star Filmcompany (among others well-known for the films Daens, De Tasjesdief (The Bag Snatcher), Left Luggage, Kruimeltje and Pietje Bell 1 & 2) will turn a selection of prize-winning best sellers of Carry Slee into films in co-production with Foreign Media Group.
Twenty-five centuries of philosophical ideas in one extensive series, now exclusively available from Kruidvat for € 44.95 
