Sp! Ts
Sp! Ts is a Dutch daily newspaper. It is a free newspaper that is distributed in front of train stations and in bus and subway stations.
The newspaper appears Monday to Friday in tabloid format. The editorial office is in Amsterdam . The newspaper is published by "BasisMedia BV", a subsidiary of the "Telegraaf Media Groep". The circulation in the first quarter of 2008 was 457,619 copies. Bart Brouwers is the editor-in-chief.
history
The first issue of Sp! Ts appeared on June 21, 1999, and on the same day the Dutch branch of the Swedish free newspaper metro came out for the first time . The editor-in-chief was Wim Hoogland, who came from the sister newspaper De Telegraaf . In October of that year, the newspaper filed a lawsuit with the Dutch Cartel Office against the exclusive agreement between the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and metro , which guaranteed metro exclusive distribution in the stations of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, but failed. The newspaper was then distributed in front of the train stations and the exclusive contract lasted until 2004. Despite this exclusive contract, Sp! Ts was able to achieve a similar importance as metro .
Hoogland returned to De Telegraaf in November 2005 and was replaced on January 30, 2006 by Bart Brouwers, previously editor-in-chief at Dagblad De Limburger . In October 2006, Sp! Ts started a daily video broadcast called "¡Que Pasó!" In collaboration with students from the INHOLLAND university chain.
Previous editors-in-chief
| Wim Hoogland | 1999-2005 |
| Bart Brouwers | 2006- |
Edition development
| Widespread circulation since the investigation by the "Oplage Instituut" | ||||||
| year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Edition | 378.484 | 352.187 | 358.385 | 382.412 | 401,553 | 421.858 |
Sp! Ts today
About 40 editors currently work at Sp! Ts . The Internet edition includes a RSS - web feed, and daily video program ¡Que Pasó !. The printed version can be read online in the original layout or downloaded as a PDF ; all editions since March 2005 are available in this way.
Additional information
See also
- The list of Dutch newspapers shows Sp! Ts' position compared to the other newspapers in the country
Web links
- Newspaper website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Het Oplage Instituut
- ↑ radio.nl: "Sp! Ts naar concurrentiewaakhond over contract Metro met NS", October 15, 1999 (Dutch)
- ↑ villamedia.nl: "VillaMedia Vaknieuwsarchief", January 17, 2006 (Dutch)
- ↑ inholland.nl: "Students brengen Sp! Ts in beeld met ¡Que Pasó!" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch)
