PowNews was a Dutch television news show which was broadcast on

Nederland 3 NPO 3 (''NPO drie'', formerly Nederland 3 until 2014) is the third and youngest of the terrestrial television channels operated by the Dutch public-broadcasting organization NPO in the Netherlands. It carries programmes provided by member-based ...

from

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on Monday to Friday evenings by public broadcaster

PowNed PowNed is a Dutch broadcaster, which transmits radio and television programmes on the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. Each weekday evening it airs a satirical news show called ''PowNews'' on Nederland 3, in which politicians and other p ...

. The first broadcast was on 6 September 2010. The show ceased to exist in its current form on 5 December 2014 and was replaced by a 45-minute-long weekly show, primetime on Thursday evening. PowNews was presented by

Dominique Weesie Dominicus Jacobus "Dominique" Weesie (born 12 October 1969 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch journalist and founder of the weblog GeenStijl and the public broadcasting association PowNed. Biography After finishing his HAVO education at the ''Krimpenerwaar ...

. Some of the reporters associated with the show were

Rutger Castricum Rutger Castricum (born in The Hague on 29 May 1979) is a Dutch journalist and presenter, who was known as reporter for the PowNews television programme by the Dutch broadcaster PowNed and previously for the blog Geenstijl.Jan Roos,

Jojanneke van den Berge Jojanneke van den Berge (Eindhoven, 30 May 1980) is a Dutch journalist who worked for the broadcasting association PowNed.Daan Nieber Daan nieber (born in Amsterdam on November 6, 1980) is a Dutch journalist who worked for the PowNed public broadcasting association. He reported for the daily PowNews news programme. He was a presenter of the short-lived Dutch version of CQC o ...

and

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. The show was a mixture of news and entertainment, with an often provocative character and bordering on satire.

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