De Volkskrant
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| headquarters = Jacob Bontiusplaats 9
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De Volkskrant ({{IPA|nl|də ˈvɔl(ə)kskrɑnt}}; {{lit|The People's Paper}}) is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, de Volkskrant today is a medium-sized centrist compact. Pieter Klok is the current editor-in-chief.
History and profile
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De Volkskrant was founded in 1919{{cite book|author=Cordula Rooijendijk|title=That City is Mine!: Urban Ideal Images in Public Debates and City Plans, Amsterdam & Rotterdam 1945-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pW9ZAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|access-date=9 December 2014|year=2005|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-5629-382-6|page=23}} and has been a daily morning newspaper since 1921. Originally de Volkskrant was a Roman Catholic newspaper closely linked to the Catholic People's Party and the Catholic pillar. The paper temporarily ceased publication in 1941.
On its re-founding in 1945, its office moved from Den Bosch to Amsterdam.{{cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/zelfbewust-op-zoek~b66cf013/ |author=Martin Sommer |title=Zelfbewust op zoek |newspaper=de Volkskrant |date=23 August 2006 |language=nl}} It became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s, but began softening its stance in 1980.Original citation: "Hoogtepunt en tevens laatste oprisping van het linkse levensgevoel was de beruchte Koninginnedagkrant van 1 mei 1980. [..] De rellen kwamen er en de Volkskrant solidariseerde zich met het oproer. [..] Zo bleef de Volkskrant de progressiviteit trouw, zij het langzamerhand steeds meer in homeopathische verdunning." On 23 August 2006 the Volkskrant published its 25,000th edition.
In 1968, the ownership of De Volkskrant and Het Parool merged into a new parent, De Perscombinatie. Het Parool gained control due to the larger investment in the parent. De Perscombinatie started joint printing. In 1975, Trouw joined. In 1994 De Perscombinatie acquired Uitgeverij Meulenhoff & Co and became PCM Uitgevers. In 1995 PCM acquired the larger Nederlandse Dagblad Unie, owners of the Algemeen Dagblad en NRC Handelsblad. In 1996 it acquired De Volkskrant. PCM was acquired in 2009 by De Persgroep from Belgium and in December 2009 renamed De Persgroup Nederland, now DPG Media Nederland.
In 2010, Pieter Broertjes completed his 20-year tenure as editor-in-chief.{{cite news |url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/philippe-remarque-stopt-als-hoofdredacteur-van-de-volkskrant~bdea73a4/ |title=Philippe Remarque stopt als hoofdredacteur van de Volkskrant |date=18 April 2019 |newspaper=Het Parool |language=nl }} In 2013 de Volkskrant was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the category of nationwide newspapers.{{cite web|title=15th European Newspaper Award |url=http://www.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=107339&title=europe-15th-european-newspaper-awardmain-prize-winners-from-norway-the-netherlands-portugal-russia-and-germany#.VH11omSsXRA |work=Adnative |access-date=2 December 2014 |date=15 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604015209/http://www.adnative.net/global/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=107339&title=europe-15th-european-newspaper-awardmain-prize-winners-from-norway-the-netherlands-portugal-russia-and-germany |archive-date=4 June 2015 }}
In October 2006, de Volkskrant announced it intended to start publishing a free version of its paper, targeting young people.{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/02/europe/EU_GEN_Netherlands_Newspapers.php|title=Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant to launch free version for younger readers|work=International Herald Tribune|date=29 March 2009|access-date=31 January 2012}} As PCM gave no permission this never happened.
Circulation
In 2001 the circulation of De Volkskrant was 335,000 copies.{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/european-newspapers-europes-top-papers/164161|access-date=7 February 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}}
Print circulation remains the third largest of the Netherlands, after De Telegraaf and Algemeen Dagblad.
Typeface
The typeface Capitolium News by Gerard Unger (2006) has been the main type used in de Volkskrant since 2 December 2006.{{cn|date=September 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{Commonscatinline|De Volkskrant|De Volkskrant}}
- {{Official website|https://www.volkskrant.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}
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Category:1919 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Dutch-language newspapers
Category:Mass media in Amsterdam