De Twentsche Courant Tubantia

De Twentsche Courant Tubantia is a Dutch regional newspaper with an editorial office in Enschede . The newspaper appears Monday through Saturday in tabloid format. The newspaper is published by the Wegener press house, which publishes other regional newspapers in the form of Eindhovens Dagblad , BN / De Stem , Brabants Dagblad , De Gelderlander , Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant and de Stentor . The paid circulation was 111,584 copies in the first quarter of 2008. The editor-in-chief is André Vis.

history

De Twentsche Courant Tubantia was created in 1996 from a merger of the newspapers De Twentsche Courant and Dagblad Tubantia .

De Twentsche Courant

On January 6, 1844, the first edition of De Twentsche Courant appeared under the simultaneous editing and editor-in-chief of JT Sommer. It was the first newspaper in Twente and initially only appeared on Saturdays. The newspaper's headquarters were initially in Almelo . In 1869 a Wednesday edition was added. In 1870 the sheet had a print run of 2,000 copies.

In 1915, JT Sommer Jr. became the editor. to Twentsche Courant NV and the Zwolle- based "Handelsdrukkerij". Since 1918 the conservative, Catholic paper has appeared three times a week.

In 1919 a collaboration was started with Overijsselsch Dagblad , founded that year , which lasted until 1938. In 1922, Oldenzaal became the newspaper's new headquarters. After a merger with the Weekblad voor Oldenzaal en Omstreken , De Twentsche Courant initially only appeared twice a week. In 1926 the first photos were included in the newspaper.

On October 1, 1941, during the German occupation in World War II , a publication ban was issued, the official reason for this being the shortage of paper.

On April 11, 1945, the newspaper finally appeared again. It appeared twice a week for the first six days, and from April 17th it was finally a daily newspaper for the first time under the title “Twentsche Courant. Katholiek dagblad voor Twente “: The circulation was 17,000 copies. Since December of that year, there were further offices in Almelo, Enschede and Hengelo. The four largest towns in the Twente region received their own local edition.

In 1959, the former Hengelo branch became the newspaper's new headquarters, while the reverse was true for the old Oldenzaal headquarters.

In 1964, De Twentsche Courant co-founded the association “De Twentsche Courant”, which initially only included Catholic newspapers, and worked there with the like-minded papers De Stem and De Nieuwe Limburger . The Catholic character of the association was quickly abolished, however, in 1967 a collaboration with the non-Catholic members Dagblad van het Oosten and Deventer Dagblad was added. The newspaper now had seven local editions for Almelo, Enschede, Gelderse Achterhoek , Hengelo, Oldenzaal, Tubbergen and Wierden / Rijssen / Hellendoorn .

In the 1960s, many church newspapers broke away from their religious background, including this newspaper in 1969 by removing the subheading “Katholiek dagblad voor Twente”. The expansion of the newspaper continued in the 1970s, so in 1974 an editorial office was added in Raalte , followed by others in Haaksbergen and Losser in 1976 . In 1977 De Twentsche Courant was finally able to book 50,000 subscribers.

In 1980, the publisher of the newspaper “Twensche Courant NV” merged with other publishers in Eastern Netherlands such as “van der Loeff” to form “Oostelijke Dagbladen Combinatie” (ODC), which was finally taken over in 1991 by “Wegener”. In 1993 Enschede became the newspaper's new headquarters.

Dagblad Tubantia

On January 6, 1872, the first edition of the newspaper appeared under the title Tubantia - Volkscourant voor Twenthe . It initially appeared exclusively on Saturdays under the editorship of MJ van der Loeff.

In 1877 the subheading was changed to "Nieuws- en advertentieblad voor Twenthe". In 1879 a Wednesday edition was added; from February 1, 1902, the newspaper appeared on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. In 1912 it finally became the first daily newspaper in the Twente region (Monday to Saturday).

On June 18, 1914, the newspaper changed its name to Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia , which was followed by a change to Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche Courant on October 1, 1917 . In 1940 subscribers had reached around 25,000, making it the largest daily newspaper in the region.

During the German occupation in the Second World War , a forced merger with the Nieuwe Hengelosche Courant had to be entered into in 1942 , the resulting Twentsch Nieuwsblad - dagblad voor Twente en Oost-Gelderland was published from November 14, 1942 to March 27, 1945. After the war, everyone received Newspapers that had appeared after 1942 were subject to a temporary publication ban. On September 14, 1946, the newspaper was allowed to appear again under its pre-war name.

In 1947 the newspapers Hengelosch Dagblad and Vrije Twentsche en Achterhoekse Courant were taken over. On September 8th of that year the name was expanded and read Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant . 1951 followed another change in Twentsch dagblad Tubantia: Enschedesche courant, Vrĳe Twentsche en Achterhoeksche courant . This name was again replaced by Tubantia in 1966 : Twentsch dagblad, Enschedesche courant, Vrĳe Twentsche en Achterhoeksche courant . On December 24, 1970, the subheading was deleted, leaving the newspaper just called Tubantia .

In 1975 another newspaper was taken over with Dagblad van het Oosten . The publisher's newspapers together now had 90,000 subscribers.

On September 4, 1979, the newspaper underwent its last name change before the 1996 merger and was now called Dagblad Tubantia .

In 1993 Hengelo's Dagblad (February 1) and Dagblad van het Oosten (April 18) were discontinued as independent titles, and Dagblad Tubantia was now also published in Almelo, Hengelo and the surrounding area.

The various names of the newspaper from 1872 to 1996
1872-1877	Tubantia - Volkscourant for Twenthe
1877-1914	Tubantia - Nieuws- en advertentieblad voor Twenthe
1914-1917	Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia
1917-1942	Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche Courant
1942-1945	Twentsch Nieuwsblad - dagblad voor Twente en Oost-Gelderland
1946-1947	Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche Courant
1947-1951	Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant
1951-1966	Twentsch dagblad Tubantia: Enschedesche courant, Vrĳe Twentsche en Achterhoeksche courant
1966-1970	Tubantia: Twentsch dagblad, Enschedesche courant, Vrije Twentsche en Achterhoeksche courant
1970-1979	Tubantia
1979-1996	Dagblad Tubantia

Since the merger

On November 1, 1999, De Twentsche Courant Tubantia was converted from an evening to a morning newspaper. Since March 7, 2004 the newspaper has also published a Sunday edition, which was the first Sunday newspaper in the Netherlands for years. On January 1, 2009, the Sunday edition was discontinued.

She and her sister newspaper BN / De Stem have been published in tabloid format since February 6, 2007 .