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El Periódico de Catalunya

El Periódico de Catalunya, also simply known as El Periódico, is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

El Periódico de Catalunya
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Editorial Prensa Ibérica
Founder(s)Antonio Asensio Pizarro
EditorAlbert Sáez
Founded26 October 1978; 46 years ago (1978-10-26)
Political alignmentCentre-left
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Catalanism
LanguageSpanish and Catalan
HeadquartersL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Circulation119,374 (2011)
Sister newspapersSport
WebsiteSpanish elperiodico.com
Catalan, elperiodico.cat

The paper publishes separate daily editions in Spanish and in Catalan.[1] The two editions combined sell more than 125,000 copies per day, making El Periódico the second highest-circulated newspaper in Spain's Catalan-speaking regions, behind La Vanguardia which also publishes in both languages. Nationally, El Periódico was Spain's fifth-highest circulation general-interest daily in 2011.[2]

History and profile

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El Periódico was first published on 26 October 1978[3][4] by Antonio Asensio Pizarro[5] to offer a progressive Catalan paper connected to Catalan socialism. The first editor was Antonio Franco.[6] The paper has also center-left stance.[7] The paper was owned by Grupo Zeta,[8][9] which was purchased by Prensa Ibérica in May 2019.[10]

One of the most recent directors, Rafael Nadal, is the brother of the Catalan socialist leader Joaquim Nadal. Originally, El Periódico printed only in Spanish, but began a Catalan-language edition on 27 October 1997.[11] Today, the separate editions are distinguished by the red front-page nameplate on the Spanish version of El Periódico and the blue nameplate on the Catalan edition.

El Periódico is regarded as easier to read[citation needed] than its competitors and it is quite popular among working-class people.[citation needed] Following the example of USA Today, El Periódico later began to emphasize graphics and the use of color.[citation needed] Today, it prints every page in color and makes liberal use of charts and photos.

Circulation

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The circulation of El Periódico de Catalunya was 185,517 copies in 1993[12] and 193,576 copies in 1994.[13][14] Its circulation was 218,000 copies in 2000.[15] The paper had a circulation of 167,000 copies in 2003.[16][17] The 2008 circulation of the paper was 152,025 copies.[18] The paper had a circulation of 133,265 copies in 2009 and 133,035 copies in 2010.[18] It was 119,374 copies in 2011.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Seth Lewis (15 March 2006). "Delivering the News in Two Languages". Nieman Reports. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 in Spain Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ Rosario de Mateo (1989). "The evaolution of the newspaper industry in Spain, 1939-87". European Journal of Communication. 4. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Media Markets and Newspapers" (PDF). SFN Flash. 7 (1). 7 January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Grupo Zeta. Historia". Periodismo del Siglo XXI (in Spanish). 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Muere el periodista Antonio Franco, primer director de 'El Periódico de Cataluña'". ABC. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ^ Katrin Voltmer (2006). Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies. Psychology Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-415-33779-3. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  8. ^ Frank R. Baumgartner; Laura Chaqués Bonafont (2014). "All News is Bad News: Newspaper Coverage of Political Parties in Spain" (PDF). Political Communication. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Country Profile: Spain". Institute of Media and Communications Study. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  10. ^ "El Periódico de Cataluña completa la mudanza tras ser expulsado por Zeta de su sede y obligar al teletrabajo". El Confidencial Digital. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. ^ El Periódico celebra l'èxit de l'edició en català (in Catalan), 30 April 2011, archived from the original on 27 October 2014, retrieved 27 October 2014
  12. ^ Edward F. Stanton (1999). Handbook of Spanish Popular Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 199. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  13. ^ "The Daily Press". Contenidos. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Facts of Spain". Florida International University. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  16. ^ Roland Schroeder (2004). "Interactive Info Graphics in Europe-- added value to online mass media: a preliminary survey". Journalism Studies. 5 (4): 563–570. doi:10.1080/14616700412331296473. S2CID 144687383.
  17. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  18. ^ a b c "National Newspapers". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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