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De Volkskrant (literally "people's paper") is a national daily Dutch morning newspaper. It is considered a Dutch newspaper of record.
History De Volkskrant was founded in 1919 and is a daily morning newspaper since 1921. Originally de Volkskrant was a Roman Catholic newspaper, closely linked to the Catholic People's Party and the catholic pillar. On its re-founding in 1945 its office moved from Den Bosch to Amsterdam. It became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s. Its former clear left wing stance has been watered down since 1980. On August 23, 2006 the Volkskrant published its 25,000th edition. Ciriculation The daily circulation is 326,000 copies in 2002, which makes it the third biggest newspaper of the Netherlands, after the De Telegraaf and Algemeen Dagblad. The total Dutch newspaper circulation in 2002 was 1.9 million. Ownership De Volkskrant is part of PCM Uitgevers N.V., a publishing company which is also the owner of NRC Handelsblad, Algemeen Dagblad, and Trouw. Until January 1st 2003 the newspaper Het Parool was part of PCM Uitgevers too. In turn the majority of the shares of PCM Uitgevers is owned by UK private equity firm Apax Partners. Free newspaper In October 2006, Volkskrant announced that it would start publishing a free version of its paper targetting youths. Its competitors will be Metro and Spits, two other free dailies. However PCM gave no permission for this so the plan had to be retracted. Instead PCM intends to come with a free newspaper together with investor Marcel Boekhoorn. Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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