''De Telegraaf'' (; en, The Telegraph) is the largest

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daily morning

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. Haro Kraak,
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, '' de Volkskrant'', 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015. Paul Jansen has been the editor-in-chief since August 2015. ''De Telegraaf'' is based in

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. The paper is owned by Mediahuis.

History

19th century

''De Telegraaf'' was founded by Henry Tindal, who simultaneously started another paper ''De Courant'' ("The Gazette"). The first issue appeared on 1 January 1893.

20th century

Following Tindal's death on 31 January 1902 the printer

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, with backing from financiers, took over ''De Telegraaf'' and ''De Courant'' on 12 September 1902. This proved to be a good investment, particularly with regard to ''De Courant'', enabling Holdert between 1903 and 1923 to take over one newspaper after another, suspending publication as he went. He added the name ''Amsterdamsche Courant'' ("Amsterdam Gazette") as a subtitle to ''De Telegraaf'', and ''Het Nieuws van den Dag'' ("The News of the Day") to ''De Courant''. During

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, when the Netherlands was officially

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, Holdert's French sympathies and his pro-

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standpoint caused ''De Telegraaf'' to be the focus of some controversy, as the Netherlands were usually pro-German at the time. In 1926, Holdert began construction of a new printing facility at the ''Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal'' in Amsterdam, designed by J.F. Staal and G.J. Langhout. Construction was completed and the building occupied in 1930. During

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, the Telegraaf companies published pro-

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papers, which led to a thirty-year ban on publishing after the war. The prohibition was lifted in 1949 and ''De Telegraaf'' flourished anew to become the biggest newspaper in the Netherlands. At one point, in June 1966, the Telegraaf building was besieged by angry construction workers and Provo followers, after a false report that a victim of a labour dispute had been killed not by the police but by a co-worker. In 1974, ''De Telegraaf'' moved to a new location on the ''Basisweg''. In the period of 1995–1996 ''De Telegraaf'' had a circulation of 760,000 copies, making it the best-selling paper in the country. ''De Courant/Nieuws van de Dag'' ceased publication in 1998. In 1999, the circulation of the paper was 808,000 copies, making it the ninth best selling European newspaper.

21st century

''De Telegraaf'' was the eighth top European newspaper with a circulation of 807,000 copies in 2001. It added a Sunday edition on 21 March 2004. The Sunday edition was dropped on 27 December 2009. Circulation was 488,902 copies in 2013.
Betaalde oplage grootste kranten daalt verder
, ''De Telegraaf'', 2014. ''De Telegraaf'' changed from broadsheet to tabloid in October 2014. In 2014, was ,

, '' NOS'', 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015. dropping to in 2015.Lars Pasveer,
Parool, Trouw en Volkskrant vergroten printoplage
(in Dutch), ''Villamedia'', 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016. Distribution had been reduced to 393,537 in 2017. On 26 June 2018, a delivery van intentionally rammed into the office building of ''De Telegraaf'', catching fire afterwards which was probably started by the driver who made his getaway with another car. The building took considerable damage. Police believe the attack was done within organized crime circles; four days earlier the building of ''Panorama'' was also a target, possibly because both publications write about serious crime.

Editorial content

This national newspaper contains many sensational and sports-related articles, and one or more pages the content of which is supplied by the

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-magazine ''Privé'' ("Private"). The financial news coverage is more serious in tone. The paper targets a broad audience, mostly in a conservative and populist style.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Telegraaf 1893 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Amsterdam Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Publications established in 1893