NRC Handelsblad
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Front page of 11 February 2014
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| Type | Daily newspaper (no Sunday edition) |
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| Format | 41.5 cm x 28 cm |
| Owner(s) | Mediahuis |
| Editor-in-chief | Peter Vandermeersch |
| Founded | 1970 by merger |
| Political alignment | Liberalism |
| Language | Dutch |
| Headquarters | Rokin 65 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Circulation | 188,500 (2014) |
| ISSN | 0002-5259 |
| Website | www.nrc.nl |
NRC Handelsblad (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛnɛrseː ˈɦɑndəlzblɑt]), often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media.
NRC Handelsblad was first published on 1 October 1970 after a merger of the Amsterdam newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad (founded 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen) and the Rotterdam Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (founded 1844 by Henricus Nijgh). The paper's motto is Lux et Libertas – Light (referring to the Age of Enlightenment) and Freedom.
In February 2006, NRC Handelsblad started a morning newspaper, nrc•next, to attract educated readers who do not read a newspaper every day. Editor Folkert Jensma was succeeded on 12 December 2006, by Birgit Donker. After a dispute with the new owners Donker had to step down on 26 April 2010 and was replaced by Belgian Peter Vandermeersch.
On 7 March 2011 the paper changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. The circulation of NRC Handelsblad in 2014 was 188,500 copies, putting it in 4th place among the national dailies.
In 2015 the NRC Media group was acquired by the Belgian company Mediahuis.
While considered one of the Dutch national quality newspapers next to de Volkskrant and Trouw, NRC Handelsblad sees itself as the most internationally oriented of those three, and has been labeled left liberal.
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