Haarlem's Dagblad

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The Haarlems Dagblad is a Dutch regional newspaper with an editorial office in Haarlem . The newspaper appears Monday through Saturday in broadsheet format . The newspaper is published by HDC Media, where other regional newspapers appear with De Gooien Eemlander , IJmuider Courant , Leidsch Dagblad and Noordhollands Dagblad . The paid edition was 39,158 copies in the first quarter of 2008. The editors-in-chief are Geert ten Dam and Jan Geert Majoor. With the first publication date in 1656, Haarlem's Dagblad is the oldest still published print medium in the world.

history

Previous newspapers

Today's Haarlems Dagblad has its origins in a merger of two newspapers, the older of which appeared for the first time in 1656 under the name Weeckelycke Courante van Europa , making the Haarlems Dagblad the oldest newspaper in the Netherlands, at least one half of its origin.

In the year it was founded, the Weeckelycke Courante van Europa was renamed Haerlemsche Dingsdaegse Courant . In 1664 the Haarlem city council gave the newspaper the right to put “Oprechte” (sincere) in front of the title and to add the city's coat of arms. In 1667 a Thursday edition with the name Extra ordinaire Haarlemsche Donderdagsche Courant was added.

On July 9, 1757, the newspaper received the general title Oprechte Haerlemse Courant , the circulation was now 2,400 copies. The first advertisement was printed on October 1st of the same year. From 1798 onwards, during the time of the Batavian Republic , the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant appeared under the name Vrijheid, Gelijkheid en Broederschap-Haarlemse Courant , and a French-language edition had to be published with Gazette de Harlem . After November 18, 1813, the newspaper reverted to its old name.

In 1847 the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant became a daily newspaper. On July 11, 1883, the Haarlems Dagblad appeared for the first time , which soon surpassed the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant in circulation and in 1940 had 19,313 subscribers. In 1932 the IJmuider Courant was taken over by the Haarlems Dagblad .

Forced merger and the post-war era

During World War II in 1942 forced the German occupiers , the Oprechte Haerlemse Courant and the Haarlem Dagblad to merge them. On May 2nd they appeared separately for the last time, from then on under the name Haarlemsche Courant, Nieuwsblad voor Nederland . After the war, the merger was not reversed, the newspaper appeared from June 25, 1945 under the title of its one previous half Haarlems Dagblad and on September 13, 1948 received the title of the other half as a subheading.

The Haarlems Dagblad has been published by the “Damiate” publishing house since 1949 and has been able to continuously increase the circulation until it reached a record value of 70,000 copies in 1974, and since then the circulation has fallen again. In 1969 Damiate merged with the Zaandamer Verlag “A. Stuurman NV ”, publisher of De Typhoon , Nieuwe Noordhollandse Courant and De Noord-Amsterdammer newspapers . In 1974 the newspaper received an editorial board and in 1976 moved to the industrial area. On January 1, 1980, the Leidsch Dagblad also became part of "Damiate".

On December 20, 1991, “Damiate” merged with Verenigde Noordhollandse Dagbladen (VND), publisher of Noordhollands Dagblad , to form “Hollandse Dagbladcombinatie” (HDC). In April 1993 the "Hollandse Dagbladcombinatie " was taken over by the " Telegraaf Media Groep ".

In 2004 the Haarlems Dagblad and its sister newspaper Leidsch Dagblad were converted from an evening to a morning newspaper.

Oddities

By 1669, an offshoot of the Oprechte Haerlemsche Dingsdaegse Courant (or the Thursday edition ) appeared under the name "The Daily Courant" even in England , until it had to be discontinued under threat of death.

See also

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literature

  • Jan van de Plasse: Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers , Otto Cramwinckel Uitgever, Amsterdam 2005

On-line

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Het Oplage Instituut ( Dutch / partly English)

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