Sijthoff Media neemt Alex van Groningen over

Posted on 8 september 2020 by Jeppe Kleijngeld

Sijthoff Media heeft opleidingsinstituut, community-bouwer en uitgeverij Alex van Groningen overgenomen.

Sijthoff Media, dat deze week 10 jaar bestaat, is een crossmediaal bedrijf van nieuws- en vakmedia en onder meer bekend van de titels Adformatie, Binnenlands Bestuur, AG Connect en Kidsweek. Alex van Groningen heeft onder andere de merken AIF, FM.nl, CFO, CHRO, M&A, AccountantWeek, Finance.nl en Financehub.nl in het portfolio.

Door de krachten te bundelen met Alex van Groningen verstevigt Sijthoff Media zijn positie in het Nederlandse B2B-medialandschap. Dankzij de overname bereikt het bedrijf nu meer dan één miljoen eindbeslissers en professionals door middel van opleidingen, evenementen, congressen, awards, executive diners, magazines en nieuws- en vacaturesites.

Directeur Melle Eijckelhoff: “We zijn ontzettend blij met de strategische mogelijkheden die Sijthoff Media ons biedt. De afgelopen 25 jaar hebben wij met onze partners meerdere vooraanstaande communities gebouwd waarin meer dan 100.000 professionals samenkomen. Dit is een mooie kans om krachten te bundelen, kennis en expertise te delen en onze communities verder te laten groeien.”

Willem Sijthoff, CEO van Sijthoff Media: “Deze week bestaat Sijthoff Media precies 10 jaar. Deze overname is dan ook een zeer belangrijke milestone voor ons bedrijf. Met de titels Adformatie, AG Connect, Binnenlands Bestuur en iBestuur waren wij al marktleider binnen de clusters marketing, media, creatie & communicatie, IT en overheid en dankzij de titels van Alex van Groningen bereiken we nu ook de finance, HR, M&A en accountants communities in Nederland. Gezamenlijk hebben we nu een uniek bereik onder meer dan één miljoen eindbeslissers en professionals in Nederland, inclusief de gehele C-suite in het bedrijfsleven en alle bestuurders en topambtenaren in de overheid.”

Sijthoff Media komt door de overname op ruim 120 medewerkers. De activiteiten van Alex van Groningen zullen worden doorgezet volgens plan. Melle Eijckelhoff blijft verantwoordelijk als directeur bij Alex van Groningen.

Dungeon Classics #7: Last Man Standing

Posted on 6 september 2020 by Jeppe Kleijngeld

FilmDungeon’s Chief Editor JK sorts through the Dungeon’s DVD-collection to look for old cult favorites….

Last Man Standing (1996, USA)

Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly, Ned Eisenberg
Running Time: 101 mins.

The story of Last Man Standing – in which a mercenary arrives in a small town and hires himself to two rival gangs – has been told before. The original Yojimbo (1961) is a samurai movie. And the remake A Fistful of Dollars (1964) a spaghetti western. Both are absolute classics. Last Man Standing is not, but hey! This is still a cult favorite. In this version, the setting is a dusty Mexican bordertown during the prohibition where two gangs of violent bootleggers are fighting a bloody war. The rough gunslinging drifter Willis (named John Smith) arrives and starts playing both sides off against one another, earning himself a nice payday for his efforts. But the play is not without personal danger. Plus, he starts helping two dames who are hooked up with the gangs’ leaders. Pretty soon, the town turns into a bullet festival, so Smith can display his incredible gun skills. The heavy action that follows is perfectly directed by Hill. Add to this a fine selection of actors, including a creepy Christopher Walken, and you have an irresistible action movie on your hands.

Hipstock

Posted on 6 september 2020 by Jeppe Kleijngeld

“Mountaineer”

A Hipstamatic shot by Jeppy K.

R.I.P. Filmdungeon

Posted on 15 augustus 2020 by Jeppe Kleijngeld

Filmdungeon.com (/ fiIḿduƞᵷeon /) was a website for cult-, genre- and exploitation films. The website was founded in 2008 by Jeppe Kleijngeld and was taken offline on 25 august 2020. A new landing page for the site can be found on the founder’s personal blog.

History
Dutch blogger and journalist Jeppe Kleijngeld founded the site as a pet project beside his full time work as an editor in business economics. Kleijngeld has been a cinema-nut ever since his parents bought him his very first movie encyclopedia. The reviews, credits and black- and white images obsessed him to a point where he wanted to see all the movies from the book. This mission was never achieved, although he certainly came a long way. And he created an IMDb-sized trivia database in his mind. Kleijngeld is especially fond of crime and horror flicks and westerns, but is open to everything that is cinema. He started Filmdungeon so he would be able to rant about films all the time and praise the ones that he loves the most. He was also hoping to pass on his enthusiasm to the younger film fans out there. His website could hopefully inspire a few kids – like himself when he got his first movie encyclopedia – to discover what a beautiful medium film really is.

Ending
Due to an outdated technical structure, and the large investment that it would take to upgrade the site, Kleijngeld decided to pull the plug in 2020. He was mostly working on his blog anyway, so figured he could integrate Filmdungeon within his blog that can be found under the url www.fragmenten.blog. As of 2020, most of the content has not been republished, but Kleijngeld has announced that this will occur from 2021 onward on a special landing page. He has also announced several eBooks that will be published in the coming years. Two of those will be focusing on the genres horror, car movies, drugs movies, cult films, spaghetti westerns and will also contain several special features. He will also release an eBook on American gangster movies for the completist.