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| Publisher | DPG Media |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Rennie Rijpma |
| Founded | 1946; 79 years ago (1946) |
| Language | Dutch |
| Headquarters | Rotterdam |
| Website | www |
TheAlgemeen Dagblad (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɑlɣəmeːnˈdɑɣblɑt]; English:General Daily Paper), also known by its initialismAD ([aːˈdeː]) is aDutch daily newspaper based inRotterdam.
Algemeen Dagblad was founded in 1946. The paper is published intabloid format and is headquartered inRotterdam. Its regional focus includes the cities and regions around Rotterdam,Utrecht andThe Hague.[1] InSouth Holland andUtrecht it is published and distributed withlocal dailies.[1] The national edition is for sale everywhere and distributed throughout the rest of the Netherlands.AD is owned and published byDPG Media, known as De Persgroep until 2019 and previously PCM Uitgevers.[2][3]
AD includes a regional supplement in the districts previously served by these regional papers. Two of them, theAD Haagsche Courant (for The Hague region) and theAD Rotterdams Dagblad (for the Rotterdam region) appear in both a morning and an evening edition.
| Chief editor | Service |
|---|---|
| Jan Schraver | 1946–1947 |
| G.N. Leenders | 1947–1949 |
| G.A.W. Zalsman | 1949–1950 |
| Jacques Ratté | 1950–1958 |
| Anton van der Vet | 1958–1968 |
| Huibert Nicolaas Appel | 1968–1974 |
| Ron Abram & Karel Giel | 1975–1980 |
| Ron Abram | 1980–1993 |
| Peter van Dijk | 1993–2000 |
| Oscar Garschagen | 2000–2003 |
| Willem Ammerlaan | 2003–2004 |
| Jan Bonjer | 2004–2009 |
| Peter de Jonge | 2009–2010 |
| Christiaan Ruesink | 2010–2016 |
| Hans Nijenhuis | 2016–2021[4] |
| Rennie Rijpma | Since 2021 |
Het Vaderland was an independent newspaper founded in the Hague in 1869. In 1972, it became a regional supplement ofAlgemeen Dagblad for The Hague. In 1982, the newspaper was dissolved.[5]
In the period of 1995–96AD had a circulation of 401,000 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country.[6] In 2001, its circulation was 335,000 copies.[7] In 2013, the paper was the second largest paid newspaper of the Netherlands afterDe Telegraaf.[8] After a merger with seven regional newspapers on 1 September 2005 and ongoing reduction in readership, it had an average circulation merger of 365,912 copies in 2014.[8] In 2017, it was down to 341,249 copies.
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