Brabants Dagblad
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | 43 cm x 28 cm (since 2007) |
| Owner(s) | Wegener |
| Editor | Annemieke Besseling |
| Founded | 1771/1959 |
| Political alignment | Progressive, Roman Catholic |
| Headquarters | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Circulation | 141,00 (2007) |
| Website | www.brabantsdagblad.nl |
Brabants Dagblad is a daily Dutch newspaper. It is distributed in parts of North Brabant, especially in 's-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg and their surrounding regions. The paper's office is in 's-Hertogenbosch. The paper is owned by the Wegener conglomerate, which owns a number of regional Dutch papers, and is since 2007 part of the Mecom Group, which bought Wegener for 800 million Euros. The predecessor of the paper, the 's-Hertogenbossche Dingsdagse (en Vrydagse) Courant, was founded in 1771, making it one of the oldest Dutch newspapers still in existence, surpassed only by the Haarlems Dagblad and the Leeuwarder Courant.
The history of Brabants Dagblad begins on July 2, 1771, when two printers in 's-Hertogenbosch, L.J. Bresser and C.A. Viéweg, started the 's-Hertogenbossche Dingsdagse (en Vrydagse) Courant, a city paper published on Tuesdays and Fridays. The paper underwent a number of name changes and was banned in 1810 under the French domination. After more name changes, the paper, now called Provinciaal Dagblad and loyal to the monarchy, found itself in competition with two other local papers: the newly founded Roman Catholic De Noord-Brabander, the likewise Catholic Nieuwe Noord-Brabanter (until 1872), and after 1869 with yet another city paper, Het Huisgezin. By 1910, De Noord-Brabander, Het Huisgezin, and the Noord-Brabanter - Noordbrabantsch Dagblad (1895) had merged, and in 1941, forced by the German occupiers, this paper merged with what was now called De Provinciale and became the Noordbrabantsche Courant. This paper was halted after Dolle Dinsdag (September 5, 1944), and restarted after the war was over. In 1946, the paper received the name Provinciaal Noordbrabantsche Courant - Het Huisgezin. On January 3, 1959, the paper received its current name, and from a paper focused on the city of 's-Hertogenbosch it changed to a more regional paper.
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