Limburgs Dagblad

The Limburg Dagblad is a Dutch regional newspaper with editorial headquarters in Sittard. The newspaper is published Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Editor of the newspaper is the publisher Media Groep Limburg, which is also based in Sittard and in which also the Dagblad De Limburger appears. The paid circulation was 2008 46.209 copies in the first quarter. Editor in Chief 's Huub Paulissen.

History

The first edition of Limburg Dagblad ( until 1959: Limburgsch Dagblad ) did not appear at the October 26, 1918 From January 1943 to September 1944, during the German occupation in World War II appeared, the newspaper - so they escaped a preliminary publication ban after the war. this applied to all the newspapers were further published after 1942.

In 1972 the newspaper was taken over by the " De Telegraaf Holding ", which later in 2000, in addition to local competitors Dagblad De Limburger acquired and the two newspapers in the new subsidiary " Media Groep Limburg " together led to 1 January 2001.

In April 2006, acquired the British media investment company " Mecom " the " Media Groep Limburg 'from the' De Telegraaf Holding " .. On August 1st of the same year, the Limburg Dagblad and Dagblad De Limburger received with Huub Paulissen the first time a common chief editor.