''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
Barend Toet. Of the first issue 20,000 copies were printed and paid for by
Berry Visser, one of the co-founders of
Mojo Concerts. The magazine was sold to
Levisson on 1 January 1972. In 1978 the magazine was bought by
Elsevier
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. Halfway through the 1990s, OOR was sold to the
Telegraaf
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Media Group. In 2002, OOR was bought by
Erik de Vlieger's
Imca Media Group. Since 2006,
Argo Media 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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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...
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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