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 TimesEnglishThe Brussels Timesbrusselstimes.comNA    
Het Belang van LimburgDutchConcentrahbvl.be100,113    
Gazet van AntwerpenDutchConcentragva.be101,559    
Het Laatste NieuwsDutchDe Persgroephln.be288,898    
MetroDutchMass Transit Mediametrotime.be130,968    
De MorgenDutchDe Persgroepdemorgen.be55,870    
Het Nieuwsblad (incl. De Gentenaar)DutchCorelionieuwsblad.be/264,961    
De StandaardDutchCoreliostandaard.be95,746    
De TijdDutchMediafintijd.be37,720    
L'AvenirFrenchTecteolavenir.net94,118    
La Libre BelgiqueFrenchGroupe IPMlalibre.be42,410    
La Dernière HeureFrenchGroupe IPMdhnet.be62,427    
L'EchoFrenchMediafinlecho.be17,170    
MetroFrenchMass Transit Mediametrotime.be116,022    
Le SoirFrenchRossel et Cielesoir.be82,044    
SudPresse newspapers*FrenchRossel et Ciesudpresse.be115,853    
Grenz-EchoGermanGrenz-Echo Verlaggrenzecho.be12,079    

* — 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
  • The Brussels Times Belgium’s leading daily online English-language news media and bi-monthly print magazine.
  • Politico Europe better known for its website but it also has a weekly paper edition. Politico Europe is based in Belgium, but its subject matter is EU politics and policymaking.
  • The Bulletin
  • Flanders Today

Media groups in Belgium

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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  4. "Openbare Resultaten". CIM. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. "KW.be". brugschhandelsblad.be.
  6. "KW.be". kortrijkshandelsblad.be.

Bibliography
  • British Museum (1885), "Brussels", Periodical Publications, Catalogue of Printed Books, London
  • "Belgium: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  • Arthur der Weduwen (2017). Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century. Brill. ISBN 9789004317314.
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