The Algemeen Dagblad is a Dutch

Netherlands

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 newspaper. Founded in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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 in 1946, it currently has a daily circulation of 315,000. The newspaper is owned by AD NieuwsMedia, a joint venture

Joint venture

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 between Wegener

Wegener (company)

Koninklijke Wegener NV is a Dutch publisher of newspapers. It is the largest publisher of regional newspapers, free newspapers and special interest magazines in the Netherlands and also deals with internet products and graphical products-History:...

 and PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers

PCM Uitgevers was a Dutch publishing company. Until 2007 Apax Partners held a controlling stake in the company. In December 2009, it merged with De Persgroep to become De Persgroep Nederland...

.

In September 2005, the company merged with several regional newspapers. The regional newspapers disappeared and instead the AD now includes a regional supplement in the districts previously served by these regional papers. Two of them, the AD Haagsche Courant (for The Hague region) and the AD Rotterdams Dagblad (for the Rotterdam region) appear in both a morning and an evening edition.

• Rotterdams Dagblad -> AD Rotterdams Dagblad
• Goudsche Courant -> AD Groene Hart
• Rijn & Gouwe -> AD Groene Hart
• Haagsche Courant
  Haagsche Courant
  thumb|right|250px|Haagsche Courant Building in [[Rijswijk]]The Haagsche Courant was an independent daily newspaper that was distributed throughout the metropolitan area of The Hague for over a century.-History:...
  
  -> AD Haagsche Courant
• Utrechts Nieuwsblad -> AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad
• Amersfoortsche Courant -> AD Amersfoortsche Courant
• De Dordtenaar -> AD De Dordtenaar
• Dagblad Rivierenland -> AD Rivierenland