Sala Communications Publishers BV
Founded in
1983, Sala Communications (holding BV and subsidiaries) used to be a medium
sized trade magazine publisher with in-house advertising sales, editorial,
preproduction, support functions and specialised in computer related
publications and event-organisation covering the Dutch and Dutch speaking
Belgian markets. With an maximum annual turnover of 4-5 million dollar in 2001,
then 7 regular publications, several successful trade shows like the Dealer-Info
Dag, PC Dumpdag and a staff of about 12 people the
company has stabilised into a well-run, ambitious and technically up-to-date
organisation by 2003. Specialised knowledge in CD-ROM development, color-DTP and a stock of 150.000 pictures in digital format
contributed to the success of the company.
Sala Communications is a corporation (B.V.) and is owned and run by its
founder, Mr. Luc H.D.J. Sala. The total turnover of all companies in the Sala
group incl, PC Dumpdag and BCE
computer retailing was about 10 million dollar/euro in 2003.
Since 2005
the company has downsized, also because the owner wanted to slowly retire and in
2009 Mr Sala decided to end a number of subsidiaries and in 2012 Sala
Communications as a company has ended.
Locations: Weesperstraat
180, Amsterdam, sala@dealerinfo.nl
Postbus 1067, 5900 BB Venlo tel 0654987876
The
periodicals of Sala Communications included in the past :
- Computer INFO; monthly newspaper with a
circulation of 40,000
- DOS/WIN Special; quarterly magazine with a
circulation of 21,000
- UNIX INFO; monthly magazine with a
circulation of 13,000
- an Internet WWW publication named NET-INFO
since 1994
- many brand specific magazines, like
PC-Info, MSX-Info, Atari-Info
- Digilib media, a sponsored magazine for the
royalty free digital library users (in English) by Mindlift
Beeldbankiers
These periodical were stopped in the
nineties, when it became clear that the computer-boom for end-users was over.
For historical and archival reasons many of the articles in that period are
still on the internet in the www.net.info.nl
website.
Present publications are:
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DEALER INFO;
monthly magazine strictly for retailers, circulation 5,000 geared towards
dealers, distributors and computer trade companies.
The
articles mainly cover independent information of developments in the sales
market, the distribution and marketing of computers and software. There is a
special trade-show for the retailer and reseller community, see www.dealerinfo.nl website.
Other activities:
Television
For 5 years
(until 2001) Sala Communications was the operating company for Myster and Kleurnet www.lucsala.nl/kleurnet television
channel, a local commercial station in the greater Amsterdam Area, reaching a
potential of 500.000 households with a nearly 24 hours/day program about
minorities (kleur means color)
and local interests.
MySter centre
In Breyell near Venlo www.myster.nl
Other interests
Related
companies, also controlled by mr. L. Sala and family were
Mindlift Beeldbankiers www.mindlift.nl , a PC-retail operation
Benelux Computer Exchange (www.bce.nl), the Egosoft
bookshop and branmachine specialist reseller www.lucsala.nl/egosoft and the PC Dumpdag end-user retail show (6 times a year in Amsterdam) www.pcdumpdag.nl
For further information about our magazines and activities, please do not
hesitate to contact us
Our adress: POB 1067, 5900 BB Venlo the Netherlands.
