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 and 23 in 2000.[1]

Below is a partial list of newspapers published in Belgium:

Daily newspapers

Newspaper Language Owner Website Average daily distribution (2011)[3]
The Brussels Times English The Brussels Times thebrusselstimes.com Online    
De Tijd Dutch Mediafin tijd.be 37,720    
De Morgen Dutch De Persgroep demorgen.be 55,870    
Het Belang van Limburg Dutch Concentra hbvl.be 100,113    
Het Laatste Nieuws Dutch De Persgroep hln.be 288,898    
Gazet van Antwerpen Dutch Concentra gva.be 101,559    
De Standaard Dutch Corelio standaard.be 95,746    
Het Nieuwsblad + De Gentenaar Dutch Corelio nieuwsblad.be/ 264,961    
La Libre Belgique French Groupe IPM lalibre.be 42,410    
Le Soir French Rossel et Cie lesoir.be 82,044    
La Dernière Heure French IPM dhnet.be 62,427    
L'Avenir French Corelio lavenir.net 94,118    
Sud Presse French Rossel et Cie sudpresse.be 115,853    
L'Echo French Mediafin lecho.be 17,170    
Grenz-Echo German Grenz-Echo Verlag grenzecho.be 12,079    
Metro nl Dutch Mass Transit Media metrotime.be 130,968    
Metro fr French Mass Transit Media metrotime.be 116,022    

Other newspapers

Dutch language

EU Affairs newspapers

Media groups in Belgium

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ "Openbare Resultaten". CIM. Retrieved 21 July 2011.