De Standaard
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| Type | Daily |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Corelio |
| Editor | Bart Sturtewagen |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Headquarters | Gossetlaan 28 Groot-Bijgaarden B-1702 |
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| Website: www.standaard.be | |
De Standaard (English: The Standard) is a Flemish daily newspaper with a circulation of 80,696. The first edition appeared on 4 December 1918. In 1976 the paper nearly went bankrupt. Since then it has been owned by the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij (VUM). In 2004, the newspaper changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. In the past it had a Christian democratic editorial outlook generally in line with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish party, in contrast to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen. Today De Standaard has evolved to a newspaper striving to publish all possible thoughts. As such, it also provides ample space to anti-catholic activists. But it's still generally considered as pro-Christian, pro-industry and pro-Flemish.
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[edit] History
In 1911, Frans Van Cauwelaert had founded the weekly Ons Volk Ontwaakt of the Flemish Catholic student organization, which was a predecessor of De Standaard. In 1914, the first attempt was made to publish a conservative Catholic, Flemish daily newspaper in Brussels. The nv De Standaard was founded by Frans Van Cauwelaert, Alfons Van de Perre (1872-1925) and Arnold Hendrix (1866-1946). The newspaper was to start on 22 November 1914, but due to the turmoil of World War I the publication was delayed until 4 December 1918. Gustave Sap, who joined the board of directors in 1919, provided the necessary capital for its inital expansion. Its motto was Alles voor Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen voor Kristus (AVV-VVK, E: Everything for Flanders, Flanders for Christ), which logo (AVV-VVK) would remain on its frontpage until 1999.
When the Second World War started in 1940 , publisher De Standaard N.V. ceased production of the paper and a new edition (Het Algemeen Nieuws)was published. After the war, the publisher was accused of collaboration with the Nazis. N.V. De standaard was banned for two years. A new publisher was therefor created: De Gids N.V., which published the paper De Nieuwe Standaard in November 1944. Older titles of the Standaard group were also continued by this new publisher.
When the ban was removed in 1947, N.V. De Standaard claimed all its titles back and the court allowed this. The title De Nieuwe Standaard was changed to De Nieuwe Gids. As of 1 May of that same year, De Standaard was published again.
In the 1960s and 1970s, De Standaard was famous for its high-quality and independent foreign coverage, not afraid to condemn US policies in South-East Asia, for example.
On 8 June 1976 the Standaard-group almost went bankrupt. Some weeks later, the VUM was created by André Leysen, and it has been publishing De Standaard ever since.
[edit] Notable journalists
- Gaston Durnez
- Maria Rosseels (1916-2005), film critic and writer.
- Mia Doornaert, diplomatic Editor
[edit] In numbers
- 1999 : 98 169
- 2000 : 98 235
- 2001 : 95 867
- 2002 : 93 500
- 2003 : 94 890
- 2005 : 97 226 (August)
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