List of newspapers in Belgium

Since the 1950s the newspaper market has been in decline in Belgium.^[1] The number of national daily newspapers in the country was 50 in 1950,^[1] whereas it was 30 in 1965.^[2] The number became 33 in 1980.^[1] There were 32 newspapers in the country in 1995.^[3] It was 23 in 2000.^[1]

Below is a partial list of newspapers published in Belgium:

Daily newspapers

Newspaper	Language	Owner	Website	Av. dist. (2011)[4]
The Brussels Times	English	The Brussels Times	brusselstimes.com	NA
Het Belang van Limburg	Dutch	Concentra	hbvl.be	100,113
Gazet van Antwerpen	Dutch	Concentra	gva.be	101,559
Het Laatste Nieuws	Dutch	De Persgroep	hln.be	288,898
Metro	Dutch	Mass Transit Media	metrotime.be	130,968
De Morgen	Dutch	De Persgroep	demorgen.be	55,870
Het Nieuwsblad (incl. De Gentenaar)	Dutch	Corelio	nieuwsblad.be/	264,961
De Standaard	Dutch	Corelio	standaard.be	95,746
De Tijd	Dutch	Mediafin	tijd.be	37,720
L'Avenir	French	Tecteo	lavenir.net	94,118
La Libre Belgique	French	Groupe IPM	lalibre.be	42,410
La Dernière Heure	French	Groupe IPM	dhnet.be	62,427
L'Echo	French	Mediafin	lecho.be	17,170
Metro	French	Mass Transit Media	metrotime.be	116,022
Le Soir	French	Rossel et Cie	lesoir.be	82,044
SudPresse newspapers*	French	Rossel et Cie	sudpresse.be	115,853
Grenz-Echo	German	Grenz-Echo Verlag	grenzecho.be	12,079

* — La Capitale, La Meuse, La Nouvelle Gazette, La Province and Nord Eclair

Other newspapers

Dutch language

• Brugsch Handelsblad^[5]
• Kortrijks Handelsblad^[6]

English language newspapers

• New Europe, newspaper focusing on EU affairs
• Europolitics
• Politico Europe, better known for its website but it also has a weekly paper edition

Media groups in Belgium

• Corelio
• Concentra
• De Persgroep
• Roularta Media Group
• Rossel

References

1. David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration-and-Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Hilversum: Commissariaat voor de Media. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
3. J.L. Alverez et. al. (December 1999). "The Management Publishing Industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra Discussion Papers (99/4). Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
4. "Openbare Resultaten". CIM. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
5. "KW.be". brugschhandelsblad.be.
6. "KW.be". kortrijkshandelsblad.be.

Further reading

• "Belgium: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.

External links

• "European News Resources: Belgium". European Studies. Library Guides. USA: New York University.