Knack (magazine)

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Knack was founded in 1971 as the first Dutch-language news magazine in the Belgium.{{cite web|title=Knack|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=849|work=Euro Topics|access-date=22 November 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010540/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=849|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=European News Resources|url=http://guides.nyu.edu/content.php?pid=74313&sid=704214|work=NYU Libraries|access-date=24 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112921/http://guides.nyu.edu/content.php?pid=74313&sid=704214|url-status=dead}} The magazine was modelled on Time, Newsweek, Der Spiegel and L’Express. Knack has a left-liberal stance.

The owner of the magazine is Roularta Media Group.{{cite web|title=Knack|url=http://www.roularta.be/en/our-media-offer/knack-en/Products-1194555825406-RC.html?ParentAssetID=1184687233310&ParentAssetType=ProductGroups&ParentPageID=1184686819514|work=Roularta Media Group|access-date=22 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202161539/http://www.roularta.be/en/our-media-offer/knack-en/Products-1194555825406-RC.html?ParentAssetID=1184687233310&ParentAssetType=ProductGroups&ParentPageID=1184686819514|archive-date=2 December 2014|url-status=dead}} It is published weekly on Wednesdays. The headquarters of the magazine is in Brussels. It is Flemish equivalent of the French language news magazine Le Vif/L’Express which is also owned by Roularta Media Group.{{cite web|title=Le Vif/L'Express|url=http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/source-information/564521-le-vifl-express|work=VoxEurop|access-date=7 December 2014}} Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group.{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2010|url=https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_2010eng.pdf|work=Roularta Media Group|access-date=7 December 2014}}

Knack has several supplements, Knack Weekend, Focus Knack{{cite web|title=News|url=http://www.affinity-primemedia.ch/gb/belgium.html|publisher=Affinity-Primemedia|access-date=15 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115095223/http://www.affinity-primemedia.ch/gb/belgium.html|archive-date=15 January 2015|df=dmy-all}} and Mondiaal Nieuws, an alternative monthly news magazine.{{cite news|title=MO* Mondiaal Magazine verliest mogelijk overheidssubsidies|url=http://news.mediaspecs.be/mo-mondiaal-magazine-verliest-mogelijk-overheidssubsidies|access-date=1 May 2015|work=MediaSpecs|date=16 October 2013|language=nl}} In 2010 Knack began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Le Vif/L’Express.{{cite news|title=T'chin a new health supplement to Le Vif and Knack magazines|url=http://www.publicitas.com/fr/belgium/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=36786&title=belgium-tchin-a-new-health-supplement-to-le-vif-and-knack-magazines#.VLdgBWSsXRA|access-date=15 January 2015|work=Publicitas|date=15 February 2010}}

Knack had a circulation of 123,924 copies in 1998 and 126,303 copies in 1999.{{cite web|title=Annual Report|url=https://bib.kuleuven.be/files/ebib/jaarverslagen/Roularta_1999eng.pdf|work=Roularta Media Group|access-date=23 March 2015|date=1999}} In 2001 the circulation of the magazine was 144,000 copies.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation) |url=http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/top50finance.pdf |work=Magazine Organization |access-date=13 December 2014 |format=Report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213185512/http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/school/report/wmt/top50finance.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2014 }}

During the period of 2006-2007 Knack had a circulation of 142,000 copies.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin |display-authors=etal |title=Western Europe Market & Media Fact |url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|work=Zenith Optimedia|access-date=8 April 2015|date=2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015}} The circulation of the magazine was 141,678 copies in 2008{{cite web|title=Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium|url=http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/enlargement_debates_manual_belgium.pdf|work=European Stability Initiative|access-date=2 May 2015|date=July 2010}} and 141,361 copies during the first quarter of 2009.{{cite journal|author1=Jonas Lefevere|author2=Regis Dandoy|title=Candidate Choice in Political Advertising: What Determines Who Gets Attention?|journal=World Political Science Review|date=2011|volume=7|issue=1|url=http://regisdandoy.com/uploads/articles/Candidate%20Choice%20in%20Political%20Advertising.pdf|access-date=31 March 2015}} The magazine had a circulation of 112,928 copies in 2010 and 110,423 copies in 2011.{{cite web|title=Top 50 Magazines|url=http://ifabc.org/site/assets/media/Top-50-magazines-30042014.xlsx|work=IFABC|access-date=22 March 2015|date=30 April 2014}} Its circulation was 103,298 copies in 2012. The 2013 circulation of the weekly was 104.542 copies.{{cite web|title=Belgium: Magazine market |url=http://system24.ilsole24ore.com/media/180862/mercatobelgamagazines.pdf|work=Il Sole 24 Ore|access-date=1 May 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129144957/http://system24.ilsole24ore.com/media/180862/mercatobelgamagazines.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2014 }}

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