The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' (; en, Daily of the North), abbreviated as ''DvhN'', is a Dutch regional

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

that is published and circulated in the provinces of

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of t ...

and

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nove ...

in the northeastern Netherlands. The newspaper is owned by

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. Erik Wijnholds has been

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since 2017. It had a circulation of 96,515 copies in 2015.

History

The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' is a merger of the '' Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (founded in 1888), the '' Groninger Dagblad'' (founded by merger in 1992) and the ''

Drentse Courant The ''Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant'' was a regional newspaper in Drenthe, Netherlands, published in Assen from 1851 to 1966. It was a continuation of the ''Nieuws- en Advertentieblad voor de Provincie Drenthe'' (1823–1826) and ''Drents ...

'' (founded by merger in 1991). Its first edition was published on 2 April 2002. Jan Bonjer, who had been the

of the ''Drentse Courant'', was the first editor-in-chief from 2002 to 2003. Pieter Sijpersma was editor-in-chief from 2004 till 2017, when he was succeeded by Erik Wijnholds.
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Circulation

The

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started around 180,000 subscribers in 2002 and diminished to less than 100,000 subscribers in 2015.

References

External links

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''Dagblad van het Noorden''
official website *
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digital archive {{Dutch newspapers Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Drenthe Mass media in Groningen (province) Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Newspapers established in 2002