List of newspapers in Belgium
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Since the 1950s the newspaper market has been in decline in Belgium.{{cite web|author1=David Ward|title=A Mapping Study of Media Concentration-and-Ownership in Ten European Countries|url=http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|publisher=Commissariaat voor de Media|access-date=12 December 2014|location=Hilversum|date=2004}} The number of national daily newspapers in the country was 50 in 1950, whereas it was 30 in 1965.{{cite book|title=A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/pnorris/Acrobat/VIRTUOUS/CHAPTER4.PDF|author=Pippa Norris|access-date=6 October 2013|chapter=Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?|date=Fall 2000}} The number became 33 in 1980. There were 32 newspapers in the country in 1995.{{cite journal|author=J.L. Alverez |display-authors=etal |title=The Management Publishing Industry in Europe |journal=University of Navarra Discussion Papers |date=December 1999 |issue=99/4 |url=http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |access-date=6 May 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630042406/http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |archive-date=June 30, 2010 }} It was 23 in 2000.
Below is a partial list of newspapers published in Belgium:
Daily newspapers
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Newspaper
! Language ! Owner ! Website ! Av. dist. (2011){{cite web|title=Openbare Resultaten|url=http://www.cim.be/media/pers/de-echtverklaring/resultaten/openbare-resultaten|publisher=CIM|access-date=21 July 2011}} | ||||
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Het Belang van Limburg | Dutch | Concentra | [http://www.hbvl.be/ hbvl.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 100,113 |
Gazet van Antwerpen | Dutch | Concentra | [http://www.gva.be gva.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 101,559 |
Het Laatste Nieuws | Dutch | De Persgroep | [http://www.hln.be hln.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 288,898 |
Metro | Dutch | Mass Transit Media | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925211429/http://www.metrotime.be/nl/index.html metrotime.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 130,968 |
De Morgen | Dutch | De Persgroep | [http://www.demorgen.be/ demorgen.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 55,870 |
Het Nieuwsblad (incl. De Gentenaar) | Dutch | Corelio | [http://www.nieuwsblad.be/ nieuwsblad.be/] | style="text-align: right;" | 264,961 |
De Standaard | Dutch | Corelio | [http://www.standaard.be standaard.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 95,746 |
De Tijd | Dutch | Mediafin | [http://www.tijd.be/ tijd.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 37,720 |
The Brussels Times | English | The Brussels Times | [http://www.brusselstimes.com/ brusselstimes.com] | style="text-align: right;" | NA |
Brussels Morning Newspaper | English | Brussels Morning Newspaper | [http://www.brusselsmorning.com/ brusselsmorning.com] | style="text-align: right;" | NA |
L'Avenir | French | Tecteo | [http://www.lavenir.net lavenir.net] | style="text-align: right;" | 94,118 |
La Libre Belgique | French | Groupe IPM | [http://www.lalibre.be lalibre.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 42,410 |
La Dernière Heure | French | Groupe IPM | [http://www.dhnet.be dhnet.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 62,427 |
L'Echo | French | Mediafin | [http://www.lecho.be lecho.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 17,170 |
Metro | French | Mass Transit Media | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217141520/http://www.metrotime.be/FR/index.html metrotime.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 116,022 |
Le Soir | French | Rossel et Cie | [http://www.lesoir.be lesoir.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 82,044 |
SudPresse newspapers* | French | Rossel et Cie | [http://www.sudpresse.be sudpresse.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 115,853 |
Grenz-Echo | German | Grenz-Echo Verlag | [http://www.grenzecho.be grenzecho.be] | style="text-align: right;" | 12,079 |
Other newspapers
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=English language newspapers=
- The Brussels Times Belgium’s leading daily online English-language news media and bi-monthly print magazine.
- Politico Europe better known for its mailing list and website but it also has a weekly paper edition. Politico Europe is based in Belgium, but its subject matter is EU politics and policymaking.
- The Bulletin
Media groups in Belgium
References
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Bibliography
- {{citation |title=Periodical Publications |series=Catalogue of Printed Books |author=British Museum |author-link=British Museum |location=London |year=1885
|chapter= Brussels
|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zkA_AQAAMAAJ&q=brussels&pg=PA127
}}
- {{cite book |title=Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |chapter=Belgium: Directory: the Press |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC }}
- {{cite book |title=Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century |author=Arthur der Weduwen |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004317314 |year=2017
}}
External links
{{commons category|Newspapers of Belgium}}
- [https://krantencatalogus.be/en Catalog of Belgian newspapers published after 2020]
- [https://belgium.allmedialink.com/ Full List of Belgium's Newspapers and Media]
- [https://www.worldnewslist.com/nl/nederlands-nieuws-uit-nederland-belgie-nederlands-leren Belgium Newspapers - Belgische kranten]
- {{cite web |publisher=New York University |location=USA |url=http://guides.nyu.edu/c.php?g=276707&p=1848124 |title=European News Resources: Belgium |work=European Studies |series=Library Guides }}
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