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Belgian media entrepreneur (born 1969)

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

Van Mol studied at the Catholic University of Louvain. 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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