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Gazet van Antwerpen

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*Gazet van Antwerpen*

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Concentra
Editor	Luc Rademakers [nl]
Founded	1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Headquarters	Antwerp
Sister newspapers	Het Belang van Limburg
Website	www.gva.be

The Gazet van Antwerpen (Antwerp Gazette, popularly named De Frut, "sour head cheese") is a Belgian newspaperinAntwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.

History and profile[edit]

Gazet van Antwerpen was established in 1891.^[1] Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a Catholic. Shortly afterwards, the company NV De Vlijt took over the newspaper. Circulation rose to 25,000 in 1893 and 40,000 in 1896. Around World War I, its circulation was just short of 100,000.

In 1973, Gazet van Antwerpen reached its peak of 210,000. The NV De Vlijt merged into the Regionale Uitgeversgroep with Concentra Holding in 1996, the publisher of Het Belang van Limburg which became its sister newspaper.^[1] Concentra was listed on the Euronext Brussels until 2004.

Gazet van Antwerpen is published in tabloid format as its sister paper, Het Belang van Limburg.^[1]

Presentation of the first edition of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy, 1987

Editors[edit]

Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os (1891–1893),
Jan van Kerckhoven (1893–1899)
Frans Goris (1899–1938)
Louis Kiebooms (1938–1949)
Louis Meerts (1949–1985)
Lou De Clerck (1985–1991)
Jos Huypens (1991–1996)
Luc Van Loon (1996–2004)
Luc Rademakers (2004–2007 )
Pascal Kerkhove (2007–present)

Circulation[edit]

Year	Copies in Circulation	Notes
2002	140,089^[2]
2004	117,000^[3]^[4]
2007	109,472	4th best-selling newspaper in the country^[5]
2008	105,151^[6]
2009	103,149^[7]
2010	102,100
2011	99,150^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Shaping the Future of the Newspaper" (PDF). Strategy Report. 4 (5). June 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

^ David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

^ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

^ Liina Puustinen; Itır Akdoğan (July 2008). "Mapping Media and Communication Research: Belgium" (Report). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

^ ^a ^b "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

^ "Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. July 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2015.