Brabants Dagblad

[3] In 1991, the Brabants Dagblad (then owned by VNU, the present The Nielsen Company) took over the competing paper in Tilburg, the Nieuwsblad.

[4] Theo Temmink became chief editor in 1994 but gave up his position in 1995; he had refused to move away from his hometown, Amsterdam, a decision which the board of directors could not condone.

[6] In 2007, the newspaper's format was switched to tabloid, along with all other Wegener papers, a decision announced in 2005 already;[7] in that year, the Brabants Dagblad reported a 3% increase in circulation.

[8] Soon after Mecom's take-over of Wegener, it became clear that financially not all was well with the new parent company, which was looking for dominance in the European media market.

[11] In February 2009, Mecom's financial position was acknowledged to be weak (its stock had fallen 97%), and there were fears that the Brabants Nieuwsblad and the eight other Dutch papers owned by the group would cease to exist.