Opinio

Dutch weekly magazine

Opinio was a Dutch weekly magazine which was briefly published between 2007 and 2008. The magazine was headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

## History

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Opinio was first appeared on 18 January 2007.[1] The magazine ceased operations and declared bankruptcy on 3 June 2008.[2] The number of subscribers at that point was 5000, which was not economically sustainable.

The magazine was an initiative of former Trouw editor Jaffe Vink.[1] It appeared in tabloid format (16 pages), and was printed on pink paper.[1] It did not contain any advertisements, nor pictures or editorial cartoons. The magazine described itself as left wing-conservative.[3] The headquarters of the magazine which was published weekly on Fridays was in Amsterdam.[1]

Opinio was largely funded by IT-entrepreneur Roel Pieper.[1] Among its many contributors were Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Paul Cliteur, Afshin Ellian, Derk Jan Eppink and Bart Jan Spruyt and Douglas Murray.

## Incidents

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In 2008, Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started legal proceedings against the magazine due to its claim that Balkanende had described Islam as a problem.[3] He lost the case.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Opinio". Memim Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
2. ^ (in Dutch) Weekblad Opinio stopt per direct Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b "Dutch PM in legal action against magazine". Expatica. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
4. ^ "Dutch PM Loses Cases Against Magazine". CRI. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.