Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Founded | 1888 |
Ceased publication | 2002 |
Headquarters | Groningen, Netherlands |
The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (Dutch pronunciation:
The first issue of the Nieuwsblad van het Noorden appeared on 2 June 1888. Until 1997 its offices were in a 1903 Jugendstil building in the Gedempte Zuiderdiep designed by Gerrit Nijhuis .
During the
The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden came under criticism in 2000 with the publication of Het Schandaal (The Scandal) by Johan van Gelder, which threw new light on the newspaper's relationship with the German occupiers. The revelations in the book were in stark contrast to the representations of the two owners, the brothers Nico and Jan Abraham Hazewinkel.[1]
From 2 April 2002 the newspaper was succeeded by the Dagblad van het Noorden, a fusion with the Groninger Dagblad and the Drentse Courant, which had previously been publishing together. All were published at that time by Hazewinkel Pers (Press). The Nieuwsblad van het Noorden published at midday; the other two were morning papers, as is the Dagblad van het Noorden.[2][3][4]
Notes
References
- ^ Karin de Mik (1 September 2000). "'Krant was antisemitisch': Boek over geschiedenis van Nieuwsblad van het Noorden". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch).
- ^ "Nieuwsblad van het Noorden samen met Drentse Courant en Groninger Dagblad". Groninger Internet Courant (in Dutch). 9 March 2001.
- ^ "Dagblad van het Noorden". Trouw (in Dutch). 2 October 2001.
- ^ "Dagblad van het Noorden polst lezers". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 2 April 2002.
Further reading
- Johan van Gelder (2001). Het Schandaal: de 'aanpassing' van het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Groningen: Elbaz. ISBN 9789080370340.
External links
- Media related to Nieuwsblad van het Noorden at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Dutch) De krant van toen, digital archive