Knack (magazine)

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Knack
Logo Knack.svg
Categories News magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 104,542 (2013)
PublisherRoularta Printing
Founded1971;52 years ago (1971)
Company Roularta Media Group
Country Belgium
Based in Brussels
Language Dutch
Website Knack

Knack is a Belgian Dutch-language weekly news magazine covering local news, politics, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

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History and profile

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Knack magazine stand in Brussels, 2009

Knack was founded in 1971 as the first Dutch-language news magazine in the Belgium. [1] [2] The magazine was modelled on Time , Newsweek , Der Spiegel and L’Express . [3] Knack has a left-liberal stance. [1]

The owner of the magazine is Roularta Media Group. [3] It is published weekly on Wednesdays. [1] The headquarters of the magazine is in Brussels. [1] [4] It is Flemish equivalent of the French language news magazine Le Vif/L’Express which is also owned by Roularta Media Group. [5] Both magazines are published by Roularta Printing, a subsidiary of the Roularta Media Group. [6]

Knack has several supplements, Knack Weekend, Focus Knack [7] and Mondiaal Nieuws , an alternative monthly news magazine. [8] In 2010 Knack began to offer T'chin, a health supplement, together with its sister magazine Le Vif/L’Express. [9]

Circulation

Knack had a circulation of 123,924 copies in 1998 and 126,303 copies in 1999. [10] In 2001 the circulation of the magazine was 144,000 copies. [11]

During the period of 2006-2007 Knack had a circulation of 142,000 copies. [12] The circulation of the magazine was 141,678 copies in 2008 [4] and 141,361 copies during the first quarter of 2009. [13] The magazine had a circulation of 112,928 copies in 2010 and 110,423 copies in 2011. [14] Its circulation was 103,298 copies in 2012. [14] The 2013 circulation of the weekly was 104.542 copies. [15]

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