Beeld

Beeld
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Naspers
PublisherMedia24
Editor-in-chiefBarnard Beukman
Sports editorGert van der Westhuizen
Founded16 September 1974
LanguageAfrikaans
HeadquartersJohannesburg
Sister newspapersDie Burger, Volksblad
Websitewww.beeld.com

Beeld (freely translated as Picture or Image) is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Beeld is distributed in four provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West, previously part of the former Transvaal province. Die Beeld (English: The Image) was an Afrikaans-language Sunday newspaper in the late 1960s.

In June 2024 Naspers announced that it would close the newspaper, along with City Press, Rapport, and the Daily Sun, in October of that year due to declining newspaper sales.[1] A month later Media24 announced it will suspend the planned closures until the Competition Commission approves of its plan to sell newspaper distribution company On-The-Dot to Novus, which was the reason behind the papers' planned shuttering.[2]

Supplements

  • Sake (Mon-Fri)[3]
  • Motors (Thur)[3]
  • Vrydag (Fri)[3]

List of editors

  • Schalk Pienaar (1974–1975)
  • Johannes Grosskopf (1975–1977)
  • Ton Vosloo (1977–1983)
  • Willem Wepener (1983–1989)
  • Salie de Swardt (1989–1992)
  • Willie Kühn (1993–1996)
  • Johan de Wet (1996–1999)
  • Arrie Rossouw (1999–2000)
  • Peet Kruger (2000–2009)
  • Tim du Plessis (2009–2011)
  • Peet Kruger (2011–2013)
  • Adriaan Basson (2013–2015)
  • Barnard Beukman (2015–present)

Distribution areas

Distribution[4]
2008 2014
Eastern Cape
Free State Y Y
Gauteng Y Y
Kwa-Zulu Natal Y N
Limpopo Y Y
Mpumalanga Y Y
North West Y Y

Distribution figures

Circulation[5]
Net Sales
2000 100 000[1]
Oct – Dec 2012 66 132
Jul – Sep 2012 70 070
Apr – Jun 2012 73 595
Jan – Mar 2012 75 019
Oct – Dec 2013 64 874
Jul – Sep 2013 64 329
Apr – Jun 2013 64 073
Jan – Mar 2013 67 700
Jan – Mar 2014 62 766[6]
Apr – Jun 2014 59 544
Jan – Mar 2015 51 064[6]
2024 20 000[1]

Readership figures

Estimated Readership[7][8]
AIR
Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 441 000
Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 485 000

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Maggs, Jeremy (13 June 2024). "End of an era: Media24 to close iconic newspapers". Moneyweb. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Media 24 agrees to suspend newspaper closures". The Witness. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Beeld Website". Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Beeld Website". Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  6. ^ a b "ABC Analysis Q1 2015: The biggest-circulating newspapers in South Africa •". 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  8. ^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)


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