Algemeen Dagblad
{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox newspaper The Algemeen Dagblad ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx), also known by its initialism AD ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam.
History and profileEdit
Algemeen Dagblad was founded in 1946. The paper is published in tabloid format and is headquartered in Rotterdam. Its regional focus includes the cities and regions around Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.<ref name=eui>Newspaper evaluation sheet Template:Webarchive European University Institute. Retrieved 21 March 2015.</ref> In South Holland and Utrecht it is published and distributed with local dailies.<ref name=eui/> The national edition is for sale everywhere and distributed throughout the rest of the Netherlands. AD is owned and published by DPG Media, known as De Persgroep until 2019 and previously PCM Uitgevers.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AD includes a regional supplement in the districts previously served by these regional papers. Two of them, the AD Haagsche Courant (for The Hague region) and the AD Rotterdams Dagblad (for the Rotterdam region) appear in both a morning and an evening edition.
- Rotterdams Dagblad -> AD Rotterdams Dagblad
- Goudsche Courant -> AD Groene Hart
- Rijn & Gouwe -> AD Groene Hart
- Haagsche Courant -> AD Haagsche Courant
- Utrechts Nieuwsblad -> AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad
- Amersfoortsche Courant -> AD Amersfoortsche Courant
- De Dordtenaar -> AD De Dordtenaar
- Dagblad Rivierenland -> AD Rivierenland
Chief editorsEdit
Chief editor | Service |
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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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Rennie Rijpma | Since 2021 |
Het VaderlandEdit
Template:Anchor Het Vaderland was an independent newspaper founded in the Hague in 1869. In 1972, it became a regional supplement of Algemeen Dagblad for The Hague. In 1982, the newspaper was dissolved.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CirculationEdit
In the period of 1995–96 AD had a circulation of 401,000 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2001, its circulation was 335,000 copies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, the paper was the second largest paid newspaper of the Netherlands after De Telegraaf.<ref name=daalt/> 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.<ref name=daalt>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2017, it was down to 341,249 copies.