Gazette van Detroit
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Gazette van Detroit ("Newspaper of Detroit") is a Belgian newspaper in Dutch and English, published in the United States since 13 August 1914. This newspaper has Flemish immigrants in the USA and Canada as targeted readers.
First it appeared as a daily newspaper, later it became biweekly.
The newspaper is published by "Gazette van Detroit Belgian Publishing Company Inc." in Roseville, Michigan.
By 2004, celebrating its ninetieth birthday, it still has some 600 subscribers in North America, and some 100 in Belgium.
In 2006, the Flemish Government donated 12,500 euro to ensure the Gazette van Detroit can continue its operations.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ VRT news website, 12 December 2006: "Gazette van Detroit" saved
[edit] External links
- The Gazette van Detroit website is http://www.gazettevandetroit.com
- A short biographical note about the founder of the newspaper (Camille Cools) can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Egsfa/heroes.html#Camille%20Cools
- Historic research about the Gazette can be found at http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/F206/amdoc2002/gazette_van_Detroit/ (in Dutch)
- 14 March 2006 the external affairs commission of the Flemish Parliament discussed whether subsidies should be granted to the Gazette:
- (in Dutch): Commission talks report at the website of the Flemish Parliament: pdf - html
- Summary in English: "Last Flemish newspaper in the US is dying" at LVB.net
- VRT news website (www.flandersnews.be):
