The paper appeared as early as 1864 as the Belinfante edition, but remained continuously under the control of the Sijthoff family for over 120 years since
Albert Georg Sijthoff in 1883. The
Sijthoff publishing company was attacked by
car bomb after the newspaper printed a negative article about business activities in the 1980s by a
collection agency owned by Dutch criminal
Eef Hoos. The paper remained an independent publication until 2005 when it merged with the
Algemeen Dagblad, along with
Rijn en Gouwe,
Rotterdams Dagblad,
De Dordtenaar and the
Utrechts Nieuwsblad. It continues to be published as
AD Haagsche Courant, a regional edition of the
Algemeen Dagblad for The Hague and suburbs. ==References==