The February 2, 2006 front page of NRC Handelsblad
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	57 cm x 41.5 cm
Owner	Egeria[1] (80%), Het Gesprek (20%)
Editor	Birgit Donker
Founded	1970 by merger
Political alignment	Progressivism, Liberalism
Language	Dutch
Headquarters	Marten Meesweg 35 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Circulation	244,099 Monday–Friday[2] 270,189 Saturday[2]
ISSN	0002-5259
Official website	www.nrc.nl

NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media. The broadsheet was created on October 1, 1970 from merger of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (New Rotterdam Paper) and Algemeen Handelsblad (General Commerce Paper). In 2006 a tabloid, nrc•next, was launched. In 2007 the circulation of NRC Handelsblad was 244,099 Monday to Friday and 270,189 on Saturday.

Contents 1 History 2 Typeface 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

NRC Handelsblad started on October 1, 1970, after a merger of the Amsterdam newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad (founded 1828 by J.W. van den Biesen) and the Rotterdam Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (founded 1844 by Henricus Nijgh). The paper's motto is Lux et Libertas – Light (referring to the Age of Enlightenment) and Freedom.

The circulation was 242,950 in 2004 (against 265,000 in 2002). The total circulation of Dutch newspapers was 4,013,547 in 2004.

In February 2006 NRC Handelsblad started a smaller, morning newspaper, nrc•next, to attract educated readers who don't read a newspaper every day. Editor Folkert Jensma was succeeded on 12 December 2006, by Birgit Donker.^[3]

[edit] Typeface

Sinds 2001 the typeface Lexicon designed by Bram de Does is used for the newspaper. De Does designed a special version to be used for the large headlines.

[edit] See also

• List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections

[edit] External links

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• NRC Handelsblad (English) – international website
• NRC Handelsblad (Dutch) – official website

[edit] References