High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media. The newspaper was created on October 1, 1970, from merger of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (New Rotterdam Paper) and Algemeen Handelsblad (General Commerce Paper). In 2006 a morning newspaper, nrc•next, was launched. The circulation of NRC Handelsblad in 2009 was 240,000, putting it in 7th place among the national dailies.