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created on: 21/12/2024
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Het Laatste Nieuws ( HLN ) is a Belgian newspaper published by DPG Media NV. The newspaper originally has a liberal and free-thinking signature.

Het Laatste Nieuws was founded in Brussels on 7 June 1888 as a Flemish-liberal daily newspaper by the free-thinking liberal Julius Hoste (1848-1933). The newspaper was initially a mouthpiece for radical anti-clericalism. Hoste's son, Julius Hoste Jr. (1884-1954), continued his work and succeeded in reaching a wider Flemish audience through a more moderate style, more regional news and an expanded sports section. From 1951 to 1967, the newspaper published the comic weekly Pum-Pum as a supplement.

During World War II, the magazine was published under German censorship, while Hoste was forced to stay in England. After the death of Julius Hoste Jr. in 1954, the company was transformed into a partnership ("Uitgeverij J. Hoste NV"). Frans Vink , Hoste Jr.'s son-in-law, and Albert Maertens became the heads of Het Laatste Nieuws .

On 3 May 1955, a foundation was established to ensure that the Flemish-liberal and humanist philosophy of the newspaper would be preserved in the event of a sale. The first chairman of the foundation was professor Hans Van Werveke. In November 1957, De Nieuwe Gazet was taken over. This Antwerp daily newspaper became a regional edition of Het Laatste Nieuws from 1963 onwards. A close editorial collaboration was established between the two newspapers, with De Nieuwe Gazet providing Antwerp regional news.

The publishing house then expanded its activities. Maertens and Vinck looked for investors. The choice fell on the Antwerp banking family Van Thillo, who acquired the majority of the shares in the publishing house in 1987 and all the shares three years later. In 1993, the publishing house was transformed into the media company De Persgroep (the current DPG Media).

Until 1984, both the editorial and administrative offices and the printing works of Het Laatste Nieuws were located in the Émile Jacqmainlaan in Brussels. In 1984, the printing works were moved to a new building in Kobbegem, a few kilometres from Brussels. In 1991, the editorial offices also moved there. In 2019, this building was vacated and the editorial offices were established in Antwerp, where they were merged with other editorial offices of DPG Media.

Since 1995, Het Laatste Nieuws has grown from an extremely sensationalist newspaper (of a liberal bent) to a sensationalist, popular - populist newspaper with special attention for 'the people in and behind the news'. The newspaper is published daily with twenty-one different regional editions, each with the same section with national and limited international news, each also with its own number of pages with news from the various regions in Flanders . The newspaper also has an extensive sports section.

From March 29, 2022, Het Laatste Nieuws changed its Berliner format to tabloid, and was no longer printed in Lokeren , but in Eindhove.
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Founded by [1988] : Julius Hoste
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Brand name used by [1993 - 2019] : De Persgroep NV
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Brand name used by : DPG Media NV
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Brand name used by [1954 - 1993] : Uitgeverij J. Hoste NV
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Submitted by : bob (10999)
on : 21/12/2024