Het Belang van Limburg
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Concentra |
| Editor | Ivo Vandekerckhove |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Hasselt |
| Sister newspapers | Gazet van Antwerpen |
| Website | www.hbvl.be |
Het Belang van Limburg (Dutch; literally The Interest of Limburg) is a Dutch language regional newspaper in Belgium.
History and profile
Het Belang van Limburg was founded in 1933 as a merger of several weekly magazines. The paper is owned and published by Concentra.[1][2] It is published in tabloid format as its sister newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen.[3]
The circulation of Het Belang van Limburg in 2002 was 114,469 copies.[4] Next year it had a circulation of 103,000 copies.[1] It was 102,000 copies in 2004.[2]
The circulation of the paper was 98,352 copies in 2007.[5] Its circulation was 99,443 copies in 2009.[6]
References
- ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Liina Puustinen; Itır Akdoğan (July 2008). "Mapping Media and Communication Research: Belgium" (Report). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Communicating Europe Manual: Belgium" (PDF). European Stability Initiative. July 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
External links
- Official Website
- Newspapers in the class room (in Dutch)