Gert_Van_Mol

Gert Van Mol

Gert Van Mol

Belgian media entrepreneur (born 1969)

Gert Van Mol (born 1969) is a Belgian media entrepreneur.

Van Mol studied at the Catholic University of Louvain.[1] While studying he founded The Publishing Company, a publishing house, in 1990. Between 1990 and 2000 The Publishing Company published a series of youth magazines and books, such as TEEK magazine.[2]

In 2011 Van Mol started as manager of the digital TV-channel Life!TV Broadcasting Company.[citation needed] In his capacity he introduced the first female presenter with a headscarf on Belgian TV.[3] For the same company he developed the erotic channel Club 41.[4]

After Van Mol left the broadcasting station, he founded Godelina [5], a porn site and production agency that offered porn with Flemish actors, like S.O.S. Pik.[6]

In 2018 Van Mol acquired the Flemish far-right website 't Scheldt [nl]. Though he continues to deny it, leaked documents revealed he is the owner of the website.[7]

In 2024 Van Mol was convicted of hate speech after he published several articles about the new spokesperson of the political party Open VLD, who had a migration background. Van Mol was given a six-month deferral, a fine of 4.000 euros and he also had to pay 2.500 euros of reimbursement for moral damages.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "In I.L.O. tempore". Verbeeld verleden van de Faculteit Bewegings- en Revalidatiewetenschappen aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (in Dutch). Universitaire Pers Leuven. 2008. ISBN 9789058677099.
  2. [2]
    K.G. "Haalt Delhaize choquerende Teek weer uit haar rekken?". Het Belang van Limburg.
  3. [3]
    "First woman with headscarf on Belgian TV". deredactie.be.
  4. [4]
    "Erotiek doet Life!tv boomen". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  5. [5]
    "Achter de schermen van 't Scheldt: 'Ik denk dat we N-VA serieus aan het helpen zijn met dit soort artikelen'". myprivacy.dpgmedia.be. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  6. [6]
    "Vlaamse porno maakt comeback met tv-parodieën". Het Laatste Nieuws. 21-03-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. [7]
    "Contract bewijst: Gert Van Mol is eigenaar van 't Scheldt?". De Morgen (in Dutch).
  8. [8]
    NWS, VRT (2024-02-27). "Uitgever 't Scheldt veroordeeld tot celstraf met uitstel wegens aanzetten tot haat tegen Zelfa Madhloum". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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