De Tijd
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| Type | Daily |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Mediafin |
| Editor | Frederik Delaplace |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Posthoflei 3 Box 9 Berchem B-2600 |
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| Website: www.tijd.be | |
De Tijd (English: The Time), formerly De Financieel-Economische Tijd (The Financial Economical Time), is a Belgian broadsheet newspaper that mainly focusses on business and economics.
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[edit] Content
The 'old' De Financieel-Economische Tijd (FET) was mainly targeting business people with high-quality articles on stock markets, finance and economics. A substantial part of its readers bought the newspaper for its stock quotes, the FET up until recently being the only source in Belgium. With the rise of the internet and online stock market services, the 'new' De Tijd needs to attract more readers and to broaden its market. In order to achieve this, it started publishing articles on culture, domestic affairs, international relations and politics, changing from an economic newspaper to a more mainstream quality paper.
[edit] Circulation
In 2006, De Tijd has an average weekday circulation of 50,000 issues, according to the Centrum voor Informatie over de Media. The last years, the circulation is severely dropping. In 2000, the weekday circulation was almost 70,000.
De Tijd has an average market share of 6,4% in Flanders.
[edit] Monday issue
Until 2003, it was published from Tuesdays to Saturdays, no publication on Sundays and Mondays. This made De Tijd the only newspaper in Belgium without a 'real' Monday issue.
In the nineties, the non-existent Monday newspaper was replaced by a newsletter for registered website users. After the adoption of the new name and logo in 2003, a full-size hardcopy on Monday was issued.
[edit] Slogans
- Het Lijfblad van de Manager (1968-1996).
- Voorkennis van Zaken (1996-2002).
- Uit op Inzicht (2002-2003).
- De Essentie (2003- ).
[edit] Mediafin
In 2005, two major Belgian media conglomerates, the Flemish De Persgroep (a.o. Het Laatste Nieuws and De Morgen) and the Walloon Rossel (a.o. Le Soir) purchased Uitgeverij De Tijd, the mother company of De Tijd and L'Echo, the French counterpart. Both newspapers were integrated in the newly established Mediafin, in which De Persgroep and Rossel each hold a stake of 50 percent.
[edit] Trivia
- The current editor-in-chief is Frederik Delaplace.
- Jan Lamers was the chief editor in the eighties and managed to heavily expand the newspaper.
- De Tijd is also involved in education ("Tijd Academie"), magazines ("De Belegger"), e-services ("Tijd Electronic Services", "Tijdnet") and planning ("Tijd Agenda").
- De Tijd was established and financially supported by the Vlaams Economisch Verbond.
[edit] External links
| The Belgian newspapers | |
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| Dutch: De Morgen | De Standaard | De Tijd | Gazet van Antwerpen | Het Belang van Limburg | Het Laatste Nieuws | Het Nieuwsblad | Het Volk | |
| French: L'Echo | La Capitale | La Dernière Heure | La Libre Belgique | Le Soir | Vers L'Avenir | |
| German: Grenz-Echo | |
