De Volkskrant

De Volkskrant is a Dutch newspaper.

Related Topics:
Dutch - Newspaper

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De Volkskrant was founded in 1919 and is a daily morning newspaper since 1921. Originally de Volkskrant was a Roman Catholic newspaper, closely linked to the Catholic People's Party and the catholic pillar but it became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s.

Related Topics:
Morning newspaper - Catholic - Catholic People's Party - Pillar - 1960s

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De Volkskrant is part of PCM Uitgevers NV, a publishing company which is also the owner of NRC Handelsblad, Algemeen Dagblad, and Trouw. Het Parool became independent on January 1st 2003.

Related Topics:
PCM Uitgevers NV - NRC Handelsblad - Algemeen Dagblad - Trouw - Het Parool - January 1 - 2003

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The majority of the shares of PCM Uitgevers is owned by UK private equity firm Apax Partners.

Related Topics:
PCM Uitgevers - UK - Apax Partners

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The daily circulation is 326,000 copies in 2002, which makes it the second biggest newspaper of the Netherlands (De Telegraaf is the biggest). The total Dutch newspaper circulation in 2002 was 1.9 million.

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