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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner | DPG Media |
| Editor-in-chief | Kamila Leupen |
| Founded | 2 October 1919 (1919-10-02) |
| Ceased publication | 4 October 1941 (1941-10-04) |
| Relaunched | 8 May 1945 (1945-05-08) |
| Political alignment | Centre-left[1] |
| Language | Dutch |
| Headquarters | Jacob Bontiusplaats 9 |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Country | Netherlands |
| OCLC number | 781575477 |
| Website | volkskrant |
De Volkskrant (Dutch pronunciation:[dəˈvɔl(ə)kskrɑnt];lit. 'The People's Paper'), stylized asde Volkskrant, is a Dutch daily morningnewspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
Formerly a leading centre-left Catholicbroadsheet,de Volkskrant today is a medium-sized centristcompact.Pieter Klok is the currenteditor-in-chief.
De Volkskrant was founded in 1919[2] and has been a daily morningnewspaper since 1921. Originallyde Volkskrant was aRoman Catholic newspaper[2] closely linked to theCatholic People's Party and the Catholicpillar. The paper temporarily ceased publication in 1941.[2]
On its re-founding in 1945, its office moved fromDen Bosch toAmsterdam.[3] It became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s, but began softening its stance in 1980.[3][4] On 23 August 2006 theVolkskrant published its 25,000th edition.
In 1968, the ownership ofDe Volkskrant andHet Parool merged into a new parent, De Perscombinatie.Het Parool gained control due to the larger investment in the parent. De Perscombinatie started joint printing. In 1975,Trouw joined. In 1994 De Perscombinatie acquired Uitgeverij Meulenhoff & Co and became PCM Uitgevers. In 1995 PCM acquired the larger Nederlandse Dagblad Unie, owners of theAlgemeen Dagblad enNRC Handelsblad. In 1996 it acquiredDe Volkskrant. PCM was acquired in 2009 by De Persgroep from Belgium and in December 2009 renamed De Persgroup Nederland, now DPG Media Nederland.
In 2010,Pieter Broertjes completed his 20-year tenure as editor-in-chief.[5] In 2013de Volkskrant was awarded theEuropean Newspaper of the Year in the category of nationwide newspapers.[6]
In October 2006,de Volkskrant announced it intended to start publishing a free version of its paper, targeting young people.[7] As PCM gave no permission this never happened.
In 2001 the circulation ofDe Volkskrant was 335,000 copies.[8]
Print circulation remains the third largest of the Netherlands, afterDe Telegraaf andAlgemeen Dagblad.
The typefaceCapitolium News byGerard Unger (2006) has been the main type used inde Volkskrant since 2 December 2006.[citation needed]
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