The Gazet van Antwerpen (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣaːˈzɛt fɑn ˈɑntˌʋɛrpə(n)]; lit.

[2] Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a Catholic.

Shortly afterwards, the company NV De Vlijt took over the newspaper.

In 1973, Gazet van Antwerpen reached its peak of 210,000.

The NV De Vlijt merged into the Regionale Uitgeversgroep with Concentra Holding in 1996, the publisher of Het Belang van Limburg which became its sister newspaper.