The newspaper is printed 6 times per week, with a focus on advertisements on Thursday and special weekend pages on Saturday.
During the Second World War, editor-in-chief Aris Smit Jr. refused to print some National Socialist articles, including that of the publicist Max Blokzijl (executed after the war), and had to pay penalties in consequence.
However, he also turned in a letter to the Reich Commissioner of the Press Department against an underground paper.
[4] The publication of the newspaper was also temporarily ceased but was renewed after it became apparent that the publisher had printed for the Dutch underground.
[1] In 2002 the editors of the newspaper received a nomination for Dutch Daily Journalistic Award for their coverage of the foot-and-mouth disease that was rampant at the time.