List of newspapers in Belgium

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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]

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Below is a partial list of newspapers published in Belgium:

Daily newspapers

NewspaperLanguageOwnerWebsiteAv. dist. (2011) [4]
Het Belang van Limburg Dutch Concentra hbvl.be 100,113   
Gazet van Antwerpen Dutch Concentra gva.be 101,559   
Het Laatste Nieuws Dutch De Persgroep hln.be 288,898   
Metro DutchMass Transit Media metrotime.be 130,968   
De Morgen Dutch De Persgroep demorgen.be 55,870   
Het Nieuwsblad (incl. De Gentenaar)Dutch Corelio nieuwsblad.be/ 264,961   
De Standaard Dutch Corelio standaard.be 95,746   
De Tijd Dutch Mediafin tijd.be 37,720   
The Brussels Times English The Brussels Times brusselstimes.com NA   
Brussels Morning Newspaper English Brussels Morning Newspaper brusselsmorning.com NA   
L'Avenir FrenchTecteo lavenir.net 94,118   
La Libre Belgique FrenchGroupe IPM lalibre.be 42,410   
La Dernière Heure FrenchGroupe IPM dhnet.be 62,427   
L'Echo French Mediafin lecho.be 17,170   
Metro FrenchMass Transit Media metrotime.be 116,022   
Le Soir French Rossel et Cie lesoir.be 82,044   
SudPresse newspapers*French Rossel et Cie sudpresse.be 115,853   
Grenz-Echo GermanGrenz-Echo Verlag grenzecho.be 12,079   

* La Capitale, La Meuse, La Nouvelle Gazette, La Province and Nord Eclair

Other newspapers

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English language newspapers

Media groups in Belgium

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References

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