List of newspapers in Belgium explained

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]
Het Belang van Limburg	Dutch		hbvl.be	100,113
Gazet van Antwerpen	Dutch		gva.be	101,559
Het Laatste Nieuws	Dutch		hln.be	288,898
Metro	Dutch	Mass Transit Media	metrotime.be	130,968
De Morgen	Dutch		demorgen.be	55,870
Het Nieuwsblad (incl. De Gentenaar)	Dutch		nieuwsblad.be/	264,961
De Standaard	Dutch		standaard.be	95,746
De Tijd	Dutch		tijd.be	37,720
The Brussels Times	English		brusselstimes.com	NA
Brussels Morning Newspaper	English		brusselsmorning.com	NA
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		lecho.be	17,170
Metro	French	Mass Transit Media	metrotime.be	116,022
Le Soir	French		lesoir.be	82,044
SudPresse newspapers*	French		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

• The Brussels Times Belgium’s leading daily online English-language news media and bi-monthly print magazine.
• Politico Europe better known for its mailing list and 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

Media groups in Belgium

• Mediahuis
• De Persgroep
• Rossel
• Roularta

Bibliography

• • Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. . 978-1-85743-254-1 . Belgium: Directory: the Press .
• Book: Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century . Arthur der Weduwen . Brill . 9789004317314 . 2017.

External links

• Catalog of Belgian newspapers published after 2020
• Full List of Belgium's Newspapers and Media
• Belgium Newspapers - Belgische kranten
• Web site: . USA . European News Resources: Belgium . European Studies . Library Guides .

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Ward. A Mapping Study of Media Concentration-and-Ownership in Ten European Countries. Commissariaat voor de Media. 12 December 2014. Hilversum. 2004.
2. Book: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies. Cambridge University Press. New York. Pippa Norris. 6 October 2013. Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?. Fall 2000.
3. J.L. Alverez . etal . The Management Publishing Industry in Europe . University of Navarra Discussion Papers . December 1999 . 99/4 . 6 May 2015 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20100630042406/http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf . June 30, 2010 .
4. Web site: Openbare Resultaten. CIM. 21 July 2011.
5. Web site: KW.be. brugschhandelsblad.be.
6. Web site: KW.be. kortrijkshandelsblad.be.