{{Short description|Dutch daily newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}} | logo = NRC logo.svg | image = 240px|border | caption = Front page of 11 February 2014 | type = Daily newspaper (no Sunday edition) | format = 41.5 cm × 28 cm | founded = {{start date and age|1970}} (by merger) | ceased_publication = | owners = Mediahuis | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = René Moerland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/06/04/rene-moerland-nieuwe-hoofdredacteur-van-nrc-a3962521|title=René Moerland nieuwe hoofdredacteur van NRC|website=NRC|date=4 June 2019|author=Guus Ritzen|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = Dutch | political_position = Liberalism<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/vrouw-als-hoofdredacteur~b8938ef5/|title=Vrouw als hoofdredacteur|first=Nico de|last=Fijter|date=13 December 2006|website=Trouw|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> | circulation = 202.097 (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaarcijfers NRC |url=https://marketingreport.nl/Jaarcijfers-NRC-omzet-stijgt-2-2-procent-oplage-stijgt-4-procent/ |website=Marketing Report |access-date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208054211/https://www.marketingreport.nl/Jaarcijfers-NRC-omzet-stijgt-2-2-procent-oplage-stijgt-4-procent/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | headquarters = Rokin 65<br/> Amsterdam, Netherlands | oclc = | ISSN = 0002-5259 | website = {{URL|https://www.nrc.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}} }}
'''''NRC''''', previously '''''{{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}}''''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɛnɛrseː ˈɦɑndəlzblɑt}}), is a daily morning newspaper published in the Netherlands by Mediahuis NRC. It is widely regarded as a newspaper of record in the country.
==History== {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}} was first published on 1 October 1970 after a merger of the Amsterdam newspaper ''{{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}'' (founded 1828 by {{ill|Jacob Willem van den Biesen|nl}}) and the Rotterdam ''{{Lang|nl|Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant}}'' (founded 1844 by Henricus Nijgh).<ref name=cordula/> The paper's motto is ''{{Lang|la|Lux et Libertas}}'' – Light (referring to the Age of Enlightenment) and Freedom.
Editor {{ill|Folkert Jensma|nl}} was succeeded on 12 December 2006, by {{ill|Birgit Donker|de}}.<ref>NRC Handelsblad 12 December 2006 page 21 ''Tegenwicht aan Trivialisering: Birgit Donker benoemd tot hoofdredacteur van NRC Handelsblad''<br/> "Birgit Donker is de nieuwe hoofdredacteur van NRC Handelsblad, nrc.next en nrc.nl. De raad van bestuur van PCM heeft haar vandaag benoemd.<br/> Rotterdam, 12 December Birgit Donker (41) is de opvolger van Folkert Jensma als hoofdredacteur van NRC Handelsblad."</ref> After a dispute with the new owners, Donker had to step down on 26 April 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1373277.ece/Donker_na_conflict_weg_als_hoofdredacteur_NRC |title=Donker na conflict weg als hoofdredacteur NRC |publisher=de Volkskrant |date=26 April 2010 |author=Wilco Dekker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429152930/http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1373277.ece/Donker_na_conflict_weg_als_hoofdredacteur_NRC |archive-date=29 April 2010 }}</ref> and was replaced by Belgian {{ill|Peter Vandermeersch|nl}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/peter-vandermeersch-hoofdredacteur-nrc~b6555db2/ |title=Peter Vandermeersch hoofdredacteur NRC |publisher=Trouw |date=29 June 2010 |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> In 2019, he was succeeded by René Moerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritzen |first=Guus |date=4 June 2019 |title=René Moerland nieuwe hoofdredacteur van NRC |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/06/04/rene-moerland-nieuwe-hoofdredacteur-van-nrc-a3962521 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508104915/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/06/04/rene-moerland-nieuwe-hoofdredacteur-van-nrc-a3962521 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=NRC |language=nl}}</ref>
On 7 March 2011, the paper changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. The circulation of {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}} in 2014 was 188,500 copies, putting it in 4th place among the national dailies.<ref name="HOI">{{cite web|title=Circulation figures|work=HOI, Institute for Media Auditing|url=http://www.hoi-online.nl/en/216421/Circulation-figures-module.html|access-date=22 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216180745/http://www.hoi-online.nl/en/216421/Circulation-figures-module.html|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
In 2015 the NRC Media group was acquired by the Belgian company Mediahuis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2015 |title=NRC Media overgenomen door Mediahuis |url=https://www.nrc.nl/brandedcontent/lroos/nrc-media-overgenomen-door-mediahuis-2 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=NRC |language=nl}}</ref>
In 2022, when it stopped producing evening editions, the paper shortened its official name to ''NRC'', by which it had already been known colloquially.
===''NRC Next''=== {{Main|NRC Next}} Between 2006 and 2021 Mediahuis also published ''nrc•next'', a morning tabloid aimed at young people.
==Character== While it considers itself one of the Dutch national "quality" newspapers along with ''{{Lang|nl|de Volkskrant}}'' and ''{{Lang|nl|Trouw}}'', {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}} sees itself as the most internationally orientated of the three, and has been labeled left-liberal.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} It is popular among voters of the Democrats 66 and GroenLinks-Pvda<ref>{{cite web | title=TK2025 naar een groot aantal kenmerken | date=November 2025 | url=https://maurice.nl/2025/11/01/tk2025-naar-een-groot-aantal-variabelen/ }}</ref>
==Journalists== Journalists who work or have worked for {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}} include: Henk Hofland, Hans van Mierlo, Marc Chavannes, Geert Mak, Karel van Wolferen, Jérôme Louis Heldring, Joris Luyendijk, Marjon van Royen, Derk Jan Eppink, Adriaan van Dis, Ben Knapen, and Paul Marijnis.
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==Predecessors==
=== {{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}} === {{Main|Algemeen Handelsblad}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = {{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}} | image = Voorpagina Nederlands dagblad "Algemeen Handelsblad" 10 Mei 1940.jpg | caption = Front page of Dutch daily newspaper {{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}, 10 May 1940. Headline: "German troops have crossed the Dutch border" | type = Daily newspaper | format = | founded = 1828 | ceased_publication = 1 October 1970 | owners = Nederlandse Dagbladunie (1962–1970) | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = Dutch | political_position = Liberal | circulation = | headquarters = Amsterdam | oclc = | ISSN = | website = }} thumb|left|People reading ''{{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}''
The '''''{{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}''''' was an influential Amsterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1828 and 1970. It was founded in 1828<ref name="cordula">{{cite book|author=Cordula Rooijendijk|title=That City is Mine!: Urban Ideal Images in Public Debates and City Plans, Amsterdam & Rotterdam 1945–1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pW9ZAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|year=2005|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-5629-382-6|page=23}}</ref> by J. W. van den Biesen, a stockbroker.<ref name="amst">{{cite web|title=Algemeen Handelsblad Newspaper|url=http://www.amsterdamtourism.net/algemeen_handelsblad.html|publisher=Amsterdam Tourism|access-date=19 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150119192349/http://www.amsterdamtourism.net/algemeen_handelsblad.html|archive-date=19 January 2015}}</ref> The paper aimed at providing news about trade, share holding and banking.<ref name="amst" /> Later its coverage was expanded to cover political news.<ref name="amst" />
At the peak of its influence—from the time of the Boer War, when it championed the Boer cause in South Africa, through World War I—it was edited by Charles Boissevain. The paper had a liberal stance.<ref name=cordula/>
''{{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}'' merged in 1970 with the Rotterdam-based liberal daily newspaper ''{{Lang|nl|Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant}}'' into the {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}}.<ref name=cordula/><ref>{{cite web|title=NRC Handelsblad|url=http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=241|publisher=Euro Topics|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119224014/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/medienindex/media_articles/?frommedia=241|archive-date=19 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Clear}}
=== {{Lang|nl|Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant}} === {{Infobox newspaper | name = {{Lang|nl|Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant}} | image = NRC1898.jpg | caption = Supplement 1898, with Princess Wilhelmina and her father | type = Daily newspaper | format = | founded = 1844 | ceased_publication = 1970 | owners = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = Dutch | political_position = Liberal | circulation = | headquarters = Rotterdam | oclc = | ISSN = | website = }}
The '''''{{Lang|nl|Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant}}''''' was an influential Rotterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1844 and 1970. It was founded in 1844 by Henricus Nijgh.<ref name="cordula" /> The paper merged in 1970 with the ''{{Lang|nl|Algemeen Handelsblad}}'' to form the {{Lang|nl|NRC Handelsblad}}.<ref name="cordula" /> {{Clear}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * {{official website|https://www.nrc.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}
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