Het Nieuwsblad
Het Nieuwsblad with a pint.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Corelio |
| Editor | Guy Fransen |
| Founded | 3 November 1929 |
| Language | Dutch |
| Headquarters | Gossetlaan 30 Groot-Bijgaarden B-1702 |
| Website | www |
Het Nieuwsblad (English: The Newspaper) is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.
In 1929, Het Nieuwsblad was published by De Standaard for the very first time. In 1939, the sports paper Sportwereld (established in 1912) was purchased by De Standaard and turned into a daily attachment to their two main newspapers, "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad".
In 1957, three other newspapers were purchased by De Standaard and initially kept in circulation. In 1966, the further publication of two of them, Het Nieuws van de Dag and Het Vrije Volksblad, was stopped. The same happened with the third paper, Het Handelsblad, in 1979.
In 1959, two more newspapers were purchased, of which De Landwacht disappeared in 1978. The other paper, De Gentenaar, was turned into a "cover-paper" for Het Nieuwsblad around the city of Ghent. De Gentenaar still exists today and contains the same articles and columns as Het Nieuwsblad plus local news from the Ghent area.
In 1962, a special attachment for children was made, the Patskrant. In 1977, the name was changed into the Stripkrant. In 2000, the daily Stripkrant was replaced by the Jommekeskrant (on Wednesday) and by Yo (on Mondays, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday).
In 1976, De Standaard went bankrupt before their newspapers were purchased by the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij.
In 1996, Het Nieuwsblad started a new "cover-paper" in Antwerp, named Het Stad. This paper was never successful and disappeared after just two years.
In 2003, Het Nieuwsblad and Het Volk jointly started the publication of the lifestyle-magazine Catchy. In the same year Het Nieuwsblad began publishing on Sundays after nearly 75 years of publication and the newspaper also created the cycling award Flandrien of the Year.
In 2008, Het Nieuwsblad and De Standaard were the only Flemish papers to report on the rapid rise to fame of unorthodox airline safety video presenter Deltalina. On 10 May 2008 Het Nieuwsblad and Het Volk merged.
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