De Tijd

Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Mediafin
Editor	Frederik Delaplace
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Posthoflei 3 Box 9 Berchem B-2600
Official website	www.tijd.be

De Tijd (English: The Times), formerly De Financieel-Economische Tijd (The Financial Economical Times), is a Belgian broadsheet newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics.

[edit] Contents

De Tijd is a typical financial daily, covering economy and business, financial markets and national and international politics. It is the main information source for Belgian managers (CIM-survey 2007). It is published from Tuesday to Saturday with no Sunday or Monday edition.

[edit] Circulation

According to the Centrum voor Informatie over de Media, (CIM)^[1] De Tijd has witnessed a decline in sales in the beginning of this decade. In 2000, the weekday circulation was 67,000. Through 2006, De Tijd had an average weekday circulation of almost 50,000 issues. De Tijd has an average market share of 6,4% in Flanders. In 2006 De Tijd tested an electronic paper version to subscribers. This was the first such application of electronic ink to newspaper publishing, but the project has been abandoned one year later. The website of De Tijd reached 85.000 unique visitors a day, at the end of 2007.

[edit] Slogans

• Het Lijfblad van de Manager (1968-1996).
• Voorkennis van Zaken (1996-2002).
• Uit op Inzicht (2002-2003).
• De Essentie (2003-2006).
• Voorkennis van Zaken (2006- ).

[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 Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, the mother company of De Tijd and Editeco, the publishing company of 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. Both newspapers stayed independent, but they work from the same building at the historical site of Tour & Taxis in Brussels since.

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (December 2007)

• The current editor-in-chief is Frank Demets. Frederik Delaplace is editorial director for both De Tijd and L'Echo.
• Jan Lamers was the general manager in the eighties and managed to heavily expand the newspaper.
• De Tijd is also involved in magazines ("De Belegger", "Netto", "BesteDingen") and internet activities (tijd.be).
• De Tijd was established and financially supported by the Vlaams Economisch Verbond.

[edit] References

1. ^ Cim.be (Dutch), (French), (Georgian)

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Newspapers in the class room (Dutch)
• Netto magazine
• Belegger magazine
• Sabato magazine