Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant ( German Neuer Rotterdamer Anzeiger ) was a supraregional Dutch daily newspaper with an editorial office in Rotterdam .
history
On January 1, 1844, the first edition of the NRC appeared . It was founded by Henricus Nijgh as the successor to the Rotterdamsch Staatskundig Handels-, Nieuws- en Advertentieblad , published since August 1843 and published weekly. Initially, the NRC appeared three times a week, on September 23, 1844 it became a daily newspaper. Until 1883 it was also the only daily newspaper that was delivered in the morning. The NRC took on another pioneering role in 1877 when it was the first newspaper in the Netherlands to appear with both a morning and an evening edition, and in 1878 it was also the first newspaper in the Netherlands to use a rotary press.
In the meantime the newspaper had developed into a prestigious paper that was politically close to the liberals and in 1882 was the second largest newspaper in the Netherlands with a circulation of 9,800 copies. Although the NRC could not maintain this status in the long run and a number of other newspapers overtook it, it was able to increase its circulation to around 35,000 copies by 1939. In 1929, an advertising boycott by Rotterdam cinema operators caused a sensation, which had its origins in bad film reviews and was maintained for a year. Another sensational event was the dismissal of editor Marcus van Blankenstein in 1936 , whose anti-German articles had particularly displeased the Rotterdam port companies. A protest led by two university professors then cost the NRC over 300 subscribers.
During the Second World War , the NRC came under the control of the German occupying forces. Since it was still published after 1942, it fell under a temporary ban on publication as a collaboration newspaper. For this reason the newspaper changed its name to Nationale Rotterdamsche Courant until it was able to use its old name again in 1947. The NRC was nevertheless able to build on its old reputation and in 1951 was the first Dutch newspaper to receive the medal "For distinguished service in journalism" from the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia .
Although the NRC had reached a circulation of over 58,000 copies in 1966, with the exception of the communist party newspaper De Waarheid, all national daily newspapers had passed it by. In addition, the increasing competition from television and radio had an unfavorable effect on the advertising market, and wage, printing and paper costs had also risen. Since 1964, the NRC has been working with the likewise liberal Amsterdam-based Algemeen Handelsblad , despite some resistance from both editorial teams, the two newspapers finally saw no future for independence. In 1970 they finally merged to form the NRC Handelsblad , which, despite an initial loss of circulation, rose sharply and in the mid-1990s far exceeded the circulation of both predecessors combined.
Additional information
See also
- The list of Dutch newspapers shows the position of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant compared to the other newspapers in the country
literature
- Jan van de Plasse: Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagblad- en opiniepers / seed gesteld by Jan van de Plasse. Red. Wim Verbei , Otto Cramwinckel Uitgever, Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 90-75727-77-1 . (Dutch; earlier edition: Jan van de Plasse, Kroniek van de Nederlandse dagbladpers , Cramwinckel, Amsterdam 1999, ISBN 90-75727-25-9 )
