The ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' (Antwerp Gazette, popularly named ''De Frut'', "sour

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, published by Concentra.

History and profile

''Gazet van Antwerpen'' was established in 1891. Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a

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. Shortly afterwards, the company ''NV De Vlijt'' took over the newspaper. Circulation rose to 25,000 in 1893 and 40,000 in 1896. Around

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, its circulation was just short of 100,000. In 1973, ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' reached its peak of 210,000. The ''NV De Vlijt'' merged into the ''Regionale Uitgeversgroep'' with ''Concentra Holding'' in 1996, the publisher of ''

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'' which became its sister newspaper. Concentra was listed on the

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until 2004. ''Gazet van Antwerpen'' is published in

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as its sister paper, ''Het Belang van Limburg''. File:Gva trofee.JPG, Presentation of the first edition of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy, 1987

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)

Circulation

References

External links

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