Beeld

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Beeld
Beeld Logo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Naspers
PublisherMedia24
Editor-in-chiefBarnard Beukman
Sports editorGert van der Westhuizen
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.

Supplements[edit]

  • Sake (Mon-Fri)[1]
  • Motors (Thur)[1]
  • Vrydag (Fri)[1]

List of editors[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Distribution[2]
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[edit]

Circulation[3]
Net Sales
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[4]
Apr – Jun 2014 59 544
Jan – Mar 2015 51 064[4]

Readership figures[edit]

Estimated Readership[5][6]
AIR
Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 441 000
Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 485 000

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Beeld Website". Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Beeld Website". Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  4. ^ a b "ABC Analysis Q1 2015: The biggest-circulating newspapers in South Africa •". 8 May 2015.
  5. ^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  6. ^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)

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