AD (daily newspaper)
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| description | national daily newspaper |
| publishing company | De Persgroep Nederland |
| First edition | 1946 (as Algemeen Dagblad ) |
| Frequency of publication | working days |
| Sold edition | 413,993 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Hans Nijenhuis |
| Web link | www.ad.nl |
The AD is a Dutch national daily newspaper . Until August 2005 it was called Algemeen Dagblad , in the following month the old newspaper became today's AD through the merger with several regional newspapers . Since this merger, the newspaper has been published by AD NieuwsMedia BV, a joint venture between the media group De Persgroep Nederland (originally before the takeover by De Persgroep PCM Uitgevers ) and the regional newspaper publisher Wegener. In 2009 Wegener sold his shares in the joint venture to De Persgroep. In the first quarter of 2008, the newspaper had a paid circulation of 413,993 copies. Hans Nijenhuis has been the editor-in-chief since May 2016.
history
The AD was founded in 1946 as Algemeen Dagblad and has its editorial office in Rotterdam . It appears in tabloid format and is published by the joint venture AD Nieuwsmedia formed by the press group De Persgroep Nederland, which also includes the newspapers de Volkskrant , NRC Handelsblad and Trouw , and Wegener NV.
In 2005, Algemeen Dagblad merged with a number of local newspapers and incorporated them as local editions. At the same time, the newspaper was redesigned. The resulting newspaper was now briefly called AD . The circulation initially more than doubled, despite a subsequent drop, the importance of the newspaper has since increased again.
The political orientation of the newspaper is considered liberal.
Internet
- 1999 - The newspaper went online in September, making the national daily newspaper with the highest circulation ( excluding the tabloid De Telegraaf ) the last to have an Internet presence
- 2004 - in July were RSS - Web feeds a part of Homepage
- 2005 - a complete relaunch of the site was carried out in August , which was also related to the merger of Algemeen Dagblad with a number of local newspapers. Under the name AD Radio and AD TV , multimedia components follow with audio and video reports, each related to a single topic.
Previous editors-in-chief
| Jan Schraver | 1946-1947 |
| GN Leenders | 1947-1949 |
| GAW Zalsman | 1949-1950 |
| Jacques Ratte | 1950-1958 |
| Anton van der Vet | 1958-1968 |
| Anton van der Vet, Huibert Nicolaas Appel | 1968 |
| Huibert Nicolaas Appel | 1968-1974 |
| Ron Abram & Karel Giel | 1975-1980 |
| Ron Abram | 1980-1993 |
| Peter van Dijk | 1993-2000 |
| Oscar Garschagen | 2000-2003 |
| Willem Ammerlaan | 2003-2004 |
| Jan F. Bonjer | 2004-2009 |
| Peter de Jonge (interim) | 2009-2010 |
| Christiaan Ruesink | 2010-2016 |
| Hans Nijenhuis | from 2016 |
Edition development
After it was founded, the number of copies paid rose slightly to a value of around 115,000 in 1965. From then on it went up steeply (until 1975), then a little more slowly, and in 1990 a value of over 408,000 was reached. The newspaper was now the second largest national daily newspaper in the Netherlands after De Telegraaf . From then on, however, there were again significant decreases in circulation. The last measurement before the merger with several local newspapers took place in the 3rd quarter of 2005 and resulted in a paid circulation of 248,209. After the merger, the circulation more than doubled to a value of 516,586. The number of copies then decreased again and for the 1st quarter of 2007 amounts to a paid circulation of 426,313. After falling behind de Volkskrant before the merger, the newspaper is once again the second largest national daily in the Netherlands.
The AD today
The merger with a number of local newspapers that took place in 2005 initially gave the former Algemeen Dagblad a boost after its decline in importance since 1990. The fusion newspaper initially had 530 editors. However, in mid-2006 it was decided to fire 75 editors.
The AD is positioning itself conceptually between quality newspapers such as NRC Handelsblad , de Volkskrant and Trouw and the tabloid De Telegraaf . In the German-speaking area, there is no exact equivalent for this in the national newspapers, as these can clearly be assigned to either one or the other side. The special position of the Netherlands in Europe in the field of national daily newspapers must also be taken into account; despite the losses since the turn of the millennium, the circulations are significantly higher than in most other European countries.
See also
- The list of Dutch newspapers shows the position of the AD compared to the other newspapers in the country.
literature
- Piet Bouwmeester: De gouden greep van 'Woeste Willem'. De roerige geschiedenis van het zelfstandige Algmeen Dagblad. Adr. Heinen, 's Hertogenbosch 2006, ISBN 90-8680-029-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Het Oplage Instituut (HOI) (Dutch / partly English)
- ↑ 75 editors away from AD. Dossiers. In: MEDIA FACTS. July 1, 2006, archived from the original on September 30, 2007 ; Retrieved January 2, 2014 (Dutch).