De Limburger

[3] Its last issue was on 29 December 2017, after which the merger with De Limburger was complete.

Even before the merger was finalized, both newspapers operated as the Media Groep Limburg, owned by Mecom Group.

[4] The newspapers operated a common website.

In 2000 both newspapers were acquired by De Telegraaf, however, the Netherlands Competition Authority would only agree to this if both newspapers would stay separate.

In 2005 this demand was dropped, and since then the newspapers have been working towards more cooperation.