THE NETHERLANDS | On 1 January 2008 Sanoma Magazines acquires all shares in Dutch publisher Mood for Magazines. Mood was founded in 2003 by Rozemarijn de Witte to publish the first Dutch personality magazine centred on famous TV-host and actress Linda de Mol. The lifestyle glossy Linda. captures the spirit of the age perfectly and grows quickly into a leading magazine. Line extensions Linda. wonen ('living') and Linda. man (centred on a different famous Dutch man every issue) follow. Mood for Magazines is now a subsidiary of Sanoma Uitgevers.

BULGARIA | In April 2008 a majority shareholding in Net Info is acquired. Net Info is Bulgaria’s clear market leader in online media. Websites like Netinfo.bg (a news portal), Sportni.bg (sports news), Vbox7.com (a video player) and Abv.bg (free mail) draw increasing numbers of visitors. Next to leading digital media companies in the Netherlands, Hungary and Finland (in cooperation with Sanoma News and Sanoma Entertainment), Sanoma Magazines has now established a stepping stone in Bulgaria’s developing internet market as well.