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NRC Handelsblad

NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
published in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
by PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers is a Netherlands publishing company. Until 2007 Apax Partners held a controlling stake in the company.One of the PCM operations is PCM Dagbladen, which prints the NRC Handelsblad, Trouw and Volkskrant newspapers....
. The broadsheet

Broadsheet

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
was created on October 1, 1970 from merger of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant was an influential Rotterdam based Liberalism daily newspaper, founded in 1844 by Henricus Nijgh.It merged in 1970 with the Amsterdam based liberal daily newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad into the NRC Handelsblad....
(New Rotterdam Paper) and Algemeen Handelsblad
Algemeen Handelsblad

Algemeen Handelsblad was an influential Amsterdam-based Liberalism daily newspaper, founded in 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen. At the peak of its influence -- from the time of the Boer War, when it championed the underdog Boers in South Africa, through World War I -- it was edited by Charles Boissevain....
(General Commerce Paper). In 2006 a tabloid

Tabloid

A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensationalism crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuend...
, nrc.next
Nrc.next

nrc?next is a Dutch language daily newspaper published in the Netherlands by PCM Uitgevers. The first edition was released on March 14, 2006....
, was launched. In 2007 the circulation

Newspaper circulation

A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day. Newspaper circulation rates are currently experiencing a downward trend....
of NRC Handelsblad was 244,099 Monday to Friday and 270,189 on Saturday.

RC Handelsblad started on October 1, 1970, after a merger of the Amsterdam newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad
Algemeen Handelsblad

Algemeen Handelsblad was an influential Amsterdam-based Liberalism daily newspaper, founded in 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen. At the peak of its influence -- from the time of the Boer War, when it championed the underdog Boers in South Africa, through World War I -- it was edited by Charles Boissevain....
(founded 1828 by J.W.

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NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper

Newspaper

Netherlands

PCM Uitgevers

Broadsheet

Tabloid

Newspaper circulation

History

NRC Handelsblad started on October 1, 1970, after a merger of the Amsterdam newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad
Algemeen Handelsblad

Algemeen Handelsblad was an influential Amsterdam-based Liberalism daily newspaper, founded in 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen. At the peak of its influence -- from the time of the Boer War, when it championed the underdog Boers in South Africa, through World War I -- it was edited by Charles Boissevain....
(founded 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen) and the Rotterdam Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant was an influential Rotterdam based Liberalism daily newspaper, founded in 1844 by Henricus Nijgh.It merged in 1970 with the Amsterdam based liberal daily newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad into the NRC Handelsblad....
(founded 1844 by Henricus Nijgh). The paper's motto is Lux et Libertas – Light (referring to the Age of Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which rationalism was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority....
) and Freedom.

The circulation was 242,950 in 2004 (against 265,000 in 2002). The total circulation of Dutch newspapers was 4,013,547 in 2004.

In February 2006 NRC Handelsblad started a smaller, morning newspaper, nrc.next

Nrc.next

nrc?next is a Dutch language daily newspaper published in the Netherlands by PCM Uitgevers. The first edition was released on March 14, 2006....
, to attract educated readers who don't read a newspaper every day. Editor Folkert Jensma was succeeded on 12 December 2006, by Birgit Donker.

External links

– official website