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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.
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.
Notable journalists
In numbers
1999 : 98 169
2000 : 98 235
2001 : 95 867
2002 : 93 500
2003 : 94 890
2005 : 97 226 (August)Further Information
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