De Standaard
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| Type | Daily |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Corelio |
| Editor | Bart Sturtewagen |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Headquarters | Gossetlaan 28 Groot-Bijgaarden B-1702 |
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| Website: www.standaard.be | |
De Standaard (English: The Standard) is a Flemish daily newspaper with a circulation of 80,696. The first edition appeared on 4 December 1918. In 1976 the paper nearly went bankrupt. Since then it has been owned by the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij (VUM). In 2004, the newspaper changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. In the past it had a Christian democratic editorial outlook generally in line with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish party, in contrast to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen. Today De Standaard has evolved to a newspaper striving to publish all possible thoughts. As such, it also provides ample space to anti-catholic activists.
[edit] History
The Paper De standard first appeared in 1918.
When the Second World War started in 1940 , publisher De Standaard N.V. ceased production of the paper and a new edition (Het Algemeen Nieuws)was published. After the war, the publisher was accused of collaboration with the Germans. N.V. De standaard was banned for two years. A new publisher was therefor created: De Gids N.V., which published the paper De Nieuwe Standaard in November 1944. Older titles of the Standaard group were also continued by this new publisher.
When the ban was removed in 1947, N.V. De Standaard claimed all its titles back. The court allowed this. The title De Nieuwe Standaard was changed to De Nieuwe Gids. As of 1 May of that same year, De Standaard was published again.
8 June 1976 the Standaard-group almost went bankrupt. Some weeks later, the VUM was created and has been publishing "De Standaard" ever since.
[edit] In numbers
- 1999 : 98 169
- 2000 : 98 235
- 2001 : 95 867
- 2002 : 93 500
- 2003 : 94 890
- 2005 : 97 226 (August)
[edit] External links
| The Belgian newspapers | |
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| Dutch: De Morgen | De Standaard | De Tijd | Gazet van Antwerpen | Het Belang van Limburg | Het Laatste Nieuws | Het Nieuwsblad | Het Volk | |
| French: L'Echo | La Capitale | La Dernière Heure | La Libre Belgique | Le Soir | Vers L'Avenir | |
| German: Grenz-Echo | |
