''OOR'' is the oldest currently published

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in the Netherlands. ''Oor'' is the Dutch word for ear. Until 1984 it was published as ''Muziekkrant Oor''.

History

The magazine was first published on 1 April 1971, being founded by

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. Of the first issue 20,000 copies were printed and paid for by

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, one of the co-founders of

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. The magazine was sold to Levisson on 1 January 1972. In 1978 the magazine was bought by Elsevier. Halfway through the 1990s, OOR was sold to the Telegraaf Media Group. In 2002, OOR was bought by Erik de Vlieger's Imca Media Group. Since 2006,

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is the owner. Originally, ''OOR'' was published as a newspaper, hence the word 'krant' in the name. From the 1980s onward, the word Muziekkrant was dropped from the title and ''OOR'' had become a magazine. In 2005 the publication frequency changed from bi-weekly to monthly.

References

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External links

www.oor.nl
1971 establishments in the Netherlands Biweekly magazines Dutch-language magazines Monthly magazines published in the Netherlands Music magazines published in the Netherlands Magazines established in 1971