The ''Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant'' was a regional newspaper in Drenthe,

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Assen Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...

from 1851 to 1966. It was a continuation of the ''Nieuws- en Advertentieblad voor de Provincie Drenthe'' (1823–1826) and ''Drentsche Courant'' (1826–1851). It was continued as the ''Drentse en Asser Courant'' (1966–1992) and ''Drentse Courant'' (1992–2002). In 2002 the Drentse Courant merged into the

Dagblad van het Noorden The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' (; en, Daily of the North), abbreviated as ''DvhN'', is a Dutch regional daily newspaper that is published and circulated in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands. The newspaper is ...

, a shared newspaper for readers in the provinces Groningen and Drenthe.

History

1823–1851: Nieuws- en Advertentieblad and Drentsche Courant

On 1 April 1823, the 'provincial printer' of Drenthe, Claas van Gorcum, started in

the publication of Nieuws- en Advertentieblad voor de Provincie Drenthe (Dutch for News and Advertisement Paper for the Province of Drenthe). First chief editor was Sibrand Gratama. The Nieuws- en Advertentieblad was renamed Drentsche Courant (Newspaper of Drenthe) in 1826.

1851–1966: Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant

On 4 July 1851, the ''Drentsche Courant'' became the Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant (Newspaper of Drenthe Province and Assen). In 1869 frequency of publication increased to daily.

1966–1992: Drentse en Asser Courant

In 1966 the Drents-Groningse Pers (Press of Drenthe-Groningen) was founded, as the result of organizational merger of the Emmer Courant and the Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant. The Drents-Groningse Pers continued publish the Emmer Courant and shortened its main daily into Drentse en Asser Courant. It added a new regional edition of the Drentse en Asser Courant, the ''Hoogeveense Courant''. In 1975 Wegener acquired the Drents-Groningse Pers and in 1979 the Winschoter Courant was added to this company. Under Wegener, the Drentse en Asser Courant and the Emmer Courant continued to appear independently.

1992–2002: Drentse Courant

In 1992 the Drentse en Asser Courant, the Emmer Courant, and the Hoogeveens Dagblad merged to form the Drentse Courant. In Groningen, the Winschoter Courant merged with its regional edition, ''De Noord-Ooster'', into the '' Groninger Dagblad''. The Drentse Courant and the Groninger Dagblad had the same layout and only differed from each other on the regional pages. In 1995 Hazewinkel Pers of Groningen, publisher of ''

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden The ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (; "Newspaper of the North") is a former regional daily newspaper from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was published from 1888 to 2002, when it was merged with the '' Groninger Dagblad'' and the ...

'', acquired the Drents-Groningse Pers from Wegener. Initially, its three dailies continued to appear separately. In 2001, Hazewinkel Pers announced that it would merge its daily newspapers into ''Dagblad van het Noorden''. As a consequence, since 2002 the province of Drenthe no longer has its own daily.

References

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