''Quote'' is a Dutch

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with editorial offices based in

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, notable for publishing the '' Quote 500'', a list of the 500 wealthiest people in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

together with their relative financial position, similar to the list produced by ''

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''. ''Quote'' is published monthly and provides information about

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and lives of people at the top. In December 1999, the magazine was named "Magazine of the Year" by the ''Nederlandse Uitgeversbond'' (Dutch Publishers Association). First published in November 1986, and named for a term for a stock price, ''Quote'' was sold by the founder,

Maarten van den Biggelaar Maarten (IPA: �maːrtə(n) is a Dutch language male given name. It is a cognate to and the standardized Dutch form of Martin, as in for example Sint Maarten (named after Martin of Tours). People with the name * Geert-Maarten Mol, Dutch One D ...

, and two friends to

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(HFM) on July 21, 2006. Chief editor

Jort Kelder Jort Kelder (born 22 September 1964) is a Dutch journalist, television presenter and former editor of the magazine ''Quote''. In the 2018-2019 season, he presented the Sunday discussion program Buitenhof for AVROTROS as a replacement for Pieter J ...

then stepped down in April 2007 after more than thirteen years at the helm. In November 2002, ''Quote'' published the first picture of real estate speculator

Willem Endstra Willem Alexander Arnold Peter Minne Endstra (12 January 1953 – 17 May 2004) was a Dutch real estate trader. Biography Endstra worked in his parents' real estate business and studied law at the Vrije Universiteit, and started his own business, ' ...

together with released felon

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, who had served a prison sentence as the convicted

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of beer magnate

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. The two were sitting on a bench outside Endstra's offices in the

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borough. Endstra, who had always denied his links with the underworld, filed for a

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demanding that ''Quote'' be withdrawn from sale. He said he feared for his safety. Initially, his claim was upheld, but a few days later the injunction was overturned. Endstra was murdered two years later, and Holleeder was reimprisoned after having been convicted on a charge of extortion. In November 2003, the editor of ''Quote'' was shot; the culprit was never found. A few days earlier, the home of Van den Biggelaar was shot at as well. In January 2005, ''Quote'' was in the headlines with a claim that in 1998,

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, the founder of

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, a Dutch

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, had been involved in a premeditated

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and was forced to resign. Brink announced that she would take legal action, but failed to bring a lawsuit. A declaration that she subsequently filed with the Amsterdam public prosecutor to support her

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claim was declared inadmissible in May due to the lack of solid legal basis. On 1 November 2011, Mirjam van den Broeke succeeded Sjoerd van Stokkum as the new editor. Former editor Jort Kelder temporarily returned to the business magazine as advisor to the new editor. Since November 2016 Sander Schimmelpenninck has been the editor.

Copies

Total paid circulation, as verified by ''Het Oplage Instituut'' (HOI), the Dutch institute for media auditing, affiliated with

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* 2000: 36,663 * 2010: 48,181 * 2011: 51,227 * 2012: 51,515

References

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External links

Website of '' Quote ''
* ISSN 0920-8275 1986 establishments in the Netherlands Business magazines published in the Netherlands Dutch-language magazines Magazines established in 1986 Magazines published in Amsterdam Monthly magazines published in the Netherlands