Gazet van Antwerpen

Infobox Newspaper
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type = Daily
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1891
owners = Concentra
headquarters = Katwilgweg 2
Antwerp B-2050
editor = Luc Rademakers
website = [http://www.gva.be www.gva.be]

" This article is about the newspaper, for the cyclo-cross race sponsored by the newspaper, see Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen"

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

History

The first edition appeared on November 3, 1891. 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 the First World War, circulation was just short of 100,000. It was not be published during the First or the Second World War.

In 1973, the Gazet van Antwerpen reached its peak of 210,000. Its current circulation is 135,000. The "NV De Vlijt" merged into the "Regionale Uitgeversgroep" with "Concentra Holding" in 1996, the publisher of "Het Belang van Limburg". Concentra was listed on the Euronext Brussels until 2004.

Editors

* 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)

External links

* [http://www.gva.be Official website]
* [http://www.krantenindeklas.be/index.php?id=28 Newspapers in the class room] nl icon