Algemeen Dagblad
AD is a Dutch national daily newspaper. She was called to August 2005 Algemeen Dagblad, in the following month was made of old newspaper by merging with several regional newspapers today's AD. Editor of the newspaper since this merger "AD Nieuws Media BV ", a joint venture of the media group De Nederlandse Persgroep (originally before the takeover by De Persgroep PCM Uitgevers ) and the regional newspaper publisher Wegener. In the first quarter of 2008, paid circulation of 413 993 copies of the newspaper was. Editor in chief since 2009, Peter de Jonge, who was used as an interim solution.
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History
The AD was founded in 1946 as Algemeen Dagblad and has its editorial office based in Rotterdam. It is printed in tabloid format and is published by the joint venture AD NieuwsMedia, from the Press Group De Nederlandse Persgroep, which also includes the newspapers de Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad and Trouw belong, and Wegener NV is formed.
2005 Algemeen Dagblad merged with a number of local newspapers and incorporated them as local issues in a, in parallel, followed by a Umkonzeptionierung the newspaper. The resulting compound newspaper was now called concise AD. The first edition increased by more than double, despite a subsequent lowering the importance of the newspaper has since risen again.
The political orientation of the newspaper is considered liberal.
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Support development
The paid circulation increased after the establishment of first slightly to a value of about 115,000 in 1965. From then on it went steeply at first ( until 1975), then more slowly uphill, in 1990 a value of about 408,000 was reached. The newspaper was now behind De Telegraaf, the second-largest national newspaper in the Netherlands. From then on, however, significant circulation declines were recorded again. The last measurement before merging with several local newspapers was in the 3rd quarter of 2005 and resulted in a paid circulation of 248 209. After the merger, the first edition had more than doubled to a value of 516 586. The number of copies then went back again and amounts for the first quarter of 2007 to a paid circulation of 426 313. The newspaper is now, after they had fallen back before the merger behind de Volkskrant, again the second-largest national newspaper in the Netherlands.
The AD today
The merger took place in 2005 with a number of local newspapers has Algemeen Dagblad the former first again gives buoyancy after the completed since 1990, meaning decay. The fusion newspaper had now first 530 editors. In mid-2006, it was decided to dismiss 75 editors.
The AD positions itself conceptually between quality newspapers like NRC Handelsblad, de Volkskrant and Trouw and the tabloid De Telegraaf. In German-speaking countries there are in the national newspapers, this is not an exact match, because they are attributable quite clearly either the one or the other. Consideration must be given the special position of the Netherlands in Europe in the field of national daily newspapers, the requirements are, despite the losses since the millennium converted to the population of the country is significantly higher than in most other European countries.