De Groene Amsterdammer Explained

De Groene Amsterdammer
Image Alt:Weekblad voor Handel, Industrie en Kunst.
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Category:Trade, industry, arts
Frequency:Weekly
Format:A4
Circulation Year:2022
Total Circulation:27,904
Founder:Martin van Amerongen
Country:Netherlands
Based:Amsterdam
Language:Dutch
Issn:0017-4483
Eissn:1384-5896
Oclc:73680282

De Groene Amsterdammer (pronounced as /nl/) is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam. It is one of the five independent opinion magazines in the Netherlands, alongside HP/De Tijd, Vrij Nederland, Elsevier and the Jewish weekly NIW.

History and profile

De Groene Amsterdammer was founded in 1877,[1] Martin van Amerongen was the editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1997 and then again from 1999 to 2002.[2]

De Groene Amsterdammer making it one of the oldest Dutch news magazines still in existence.[3] [4] The magazine started under the name De Amsterdammer, meaning "someone (or something) from Amsterdam". In its early days green ink was used, later causing the word groene (green) to be added to its name when a second newspaper in Amsterdam was published under the same name De Amsterdammer. The name De Groene Amsterdammer became official in 1925. As its title implies the weekly is based in Amsterdam. During the German occupation between 1940 and 1945, the magazine ceased to exist.

Over the course of time the magazine manifested itself in Dutch media with a wide range of subjects being published about, varying from philosophy, politics and literature to the liberal arts. De Groene Amsterdammer, unlike its name suggests, shows a keen interest in international subjects, with a network of freelance correspondents in various countries over the world.[3]

The weekly magazine is generally considered to be intellectually left-wing and progressive. As of 2022, it has a circulation of 27,904.[5]

Notable editors

Previous editors-in-chief

Until the Second World War After the Second World War
Johannes de Koo1877–1894Rients Dijkstra1945–1970
no editor-in-chief1894–1897no editor-in-chief1970–1985
Johannes de Koo1897–1907Martin van Amerongen1985–1997
Henri Pierre Leonard Wiessing1907–1914Gerard van Westerloo1997–1998
Joost Adriaan van Hamel1914–1920Martin van Amerongen1999–2002
Gerhard Wilhelm Kernkamp1920–1929Hubert Smeets2003–2007
A.C. Josephus Jitta1929–1936Xandra Schutte2008–
no editor-in-chief1936–1940
zeitweise Einstellung1940–1945

Notes and References

  1. Web site: De Groene Amsterdammer. European Journalism Centre. 7 January 2017. 31 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170531053117/http://journalismgrants.org/media/de-groene-amsterdammer. dead.
  2. Web site: 2015-10-14 . Antoine Verbij, 25 juni 1951 - 9 oktober 2015 . 2024-05-10 . De Groene Amsterdammer . nl.
  3. News: De Groene Amsterdammer. VoxEurop. 9 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Partners. Battle of Ideas 2014. 9 December 2014.
  5. Web site: 2023-04-09 . 2023-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230409205459/https://dundasbi.reports.nl/NOM/Dashboard/Dashboard?guidinput=b23a7c4a-3907-481a-a96d-8c7e5571372d . NOM (Nationaal Onderzoek Multimedia) . Oplage magazines .