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Retecool (English: Asscool) is a weblog/webmagazine that has existed since May 23, 2000. The initiator of this project is Hubert Roth (aka Reet). According to a survey by marketing blog MarketingFacts.nl, Retecool is currently the fourth largest weblog in the Netherlands. [1] According to themselves the weblog is mainly visited by public aged between 24 and 44 years old. Retecool is a shock blog, similar to Geenstijl.
Retecool made a breakthrough in the media on June 19, 2001 with an article related to webcam abuse by teenagers. [2]
Retecool made the national press often through its regular "Foto Fuck Friday" event, the modifying of photos related to a current event. [3] An example of this relates to the new Dutch television channel Talpa. Many photo modifications with the new channel as topic were sent in. Talpa representative Maarten van Rooijen told De Telegraaf: "Sometimes it is funny, but there are references to terrorism and the Holocaust. We absolutely don't want to be associated with that." [4] Talpa demanded that Retecool removed the photos within 24 hours of the website, which eventually happened.
Another picture showed the face of the Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Camiel Eurlings morphing into that of Prime-Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Eurlings claimed in an interview that he was shocked by the picture: "Those glasses make me look like my brother." [5]
Following the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, the Foto Fuck Friday involved "using historic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad endorsing everyday commercial products. [6] [7] [8]
As of 2007 Retecool has tens of thousands of visitors a day, and is now more than just a linkblog. The section "Luister" (English: Listen) provided a couple of years new obscure available music with description. Urban Desing[ sic ] displays photos and pictures of remarkable graphic design from the street.
In December 2006, Retecool won the award for Best Weblog of Europe outside the United Kingdom, taking 30 percent of the votes. [9] A year later Retecool successfully defended that award.
The editors and commentators on Retecool have taken up their own kind of language, taking clues from "street language," local dialects and other jargon. The Retecool Wiki has an overview [10] to help visitors unfamiliar with the used language. Some examples:
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station established in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. The name “Radio 538” refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica broadcast in the 1970s. The station is owned by Talpa Network.
Camiel Martinus Petrus Stephanus Eurlings is a Dutch politician and businessman. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he served as Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management from 2007 to 2010.
RTL 4 is a Dutch free TV channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4 is a general entertainment channel with infotainment, television drama, talk shows, game shows, news and talent shows. It is owned by RTL Nederland, a subsidiary of RTL Group. The station has three sister TV channels: RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8, and four thematic TV channels: RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime and RTL Telekids.
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Anouk Schemmekes, professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer and songwriter. After her 1997 breakthrough rock single "Nobody's Wife", she had additional hit records in the Dutch and Belgian charts. Many of her albums topped the Dutch album charts, most of them going Platinum and several debuting in the number 1 position. Her most famous singles include "Michel", "It's So Hard", "R U Kiddin' Me", "Girl", "Lost", "Modern World", "Three Days in a Row", "Birds", and "Woman".
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Petula Louise "Patty" Brard is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a television personality and a singer, notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
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Talpa Network is a Dutch media conglomerate created by John de Mol Jr. in 2017.
Talpa TV is a Dutch commercial broadcasting company owned by John de Mol's Talpa Network.
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Chaira Borderslee is a Dutch singer, actress and dancer.
Humberto Tan-A-Kiam, better known as Humberto Tan, is a Dutch radio and television presenter, sports journalist and writer of Surinamese descent.
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Rolf Wouters is a Dutch television presenter. Before his career as a television presenter, Wouters worked in advertising man and was actor in the film Flodder. Wouters has not been active on TV since 2005 and has lived in Portugal since then where he works as a farmer. On 1 November 2014 Wouters was featured in the anniversary program 25 Jaar RTL: Ik Hou Van RTL. On 27 January 2020 it was announced that Rolf Wouters is making a return to Dutch television after 14 years. From 2020 he presents for SBS6 the program Split Screen.
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