De Tijd

De Tijd
Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Mediafin
Editor	Frederik Delaplace
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Posthoflei 3 Box 9 Berchem B-2600
Website: www.tijd.be

De Tijd (English: The Times), formerly De Financieel-Economische Tijd (The Financial Economical Times), is a Belgian broadsheet newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics.

Contents

The 'old' De Financieel-Economische Tijd (FET) predominant demographic was the white collar business sector due to its high-quality articles on stock markets, share prices and other areas of finance and economics. With the increase in competition through online mediums delivering these services, the 'new' De Tijd is working to attract more readers and broaden its market. In order to achieve this, it started publishing articles on culture, domestic affairs, international relations and politics, changing from an economic newspaper to a more mainstream quality paper.

Circulation

According to the Centrum voor Informatie over de Media, De Tijd has witnessed a decline in sales in recent years. In 2000, the weekday circulation was almost 70,000. Through 2006, De Tijd had an average weekday circulation of 50,000 issues. De Tijd has an average market share of 6,4% in Flanders. In 2006 De Tijd launched an electronic paper version to subscribers. This was the first such application of electronic ink to newspaper publishing.

Monday issue

Until 2003, it was published from Tuesday to Saturday with no Sunday or Monday edition. This made De Tijd the only newspaper in Belgium without a 'real' Monday issue. During the nineties, the non-existence of a Monday newspaper was supplemented by a newsletter for registered website users. After the adoption of the new name and logo in 2003, a full-size hardcopy on Monday was issued.

Slogans

• Het Lijfblad van de Manager (1968-1996).
• Voorkennis van Zaken (1996-2002).
• Uit op Inzicht (2002-2003).
• De Essentie (2003- ).

Mediafin

In 2005, two major Belgian media conglomerates, the Flemish De Persgroep (a.o. Het Laatste Nieuws and De Morgen) and the Walloon Rossel (a.o. Le Soir) purchased Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, the mother company of De Tijd and L'Echo, the French counterpart. Both newspapers were integrated in the newly established Mediafin, in which De Persgroep and Rossel each hold a stake of 50 percent.

Trivia

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• The current editor-in-chief is Frank Demets.
• Jan Lamers was the chief editor in the eighties and managed to heavily expand the newspaper.
• De Tijd is also involved in education ("Tijd Academie"), magazines ("De Belegger"), e-services ("Tijd Electronic Services", "Tijdnet") and planning ("Tijd Agenda").
• De Tijd was established and financially supported by the Vlaams Economisch Verbond.

External links

• Official website
• Newspapers in the class room (Dutch)