Gert Van Mol
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ K.G. "Haalt Delhaize choquerende Teek weer uit haar rekken?". Het Belang van Limburg.
- ^ "First woman with headscarf on Belgian TV". deredactie.be.
- ^ "Erotiek doet Life!tv boomen". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Achter de schermen van 't Scheldt: 'Ik denk dat we N-VA serieus aan het helpen zijn met dit soort artikelen'". De Morgen (in Dutch). 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Vlaamse porno maakt comeback met tv-parodieën". Het Laatste Nieuws. 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Contract bewijst: Gert Van Mol is eigenaar van 't Scheldt?". De Morgen (in Dutch).
- ^ "Uitgever 't Scheldt veroordeeld tot celstraf met uitstel wegens aanzetten tot haat tegen Zelfa Madhloum". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-04-25.