El Periódico de Catalunya

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El Periódico de Catalunya
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner(s) Grupo Zeta
Founder(s) Antonio Asensio Pizarro
Editor Enric Hernàndez
Founded 26 October 1978; 45 years ago (1978-10-26)
Political alignment Centre-left
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Catalanism
Language Spanish and Catalan
Headquarters Consell de Cent, 425-427
08009 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Circulation 119,374 (2011)
Sister newspapers Sport
Website Spanish elperiodico.com
Catalan, elperiodico.cat

El Periódico de Catalunya (Catalan: [əɫ pəɾiˈɔðiku ðə kətəˈɫuɲə], Spanish: [el peˈɾjoðiko ðe kataˈluɲa]) is a morning daily newspaper based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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

El Periódico de Catalunya 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 paper has also center-left stance.[6] The paper is owned by Grupo Zeta.[7][8]

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; it began a Catalan-language edition on 27 October 1997.[9] 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.

It is regarded as an easy read[citation needed] as compared to its competitors, and its 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.

Its current editor is Enric Hernàndez, previously chief of El País bureau in Catalonia.

Circulation

The circulation of El Periódico de Catalunya was 185,517 copies in 1993[10] and 193,576 copies in 1994.[11][12] Its circulation was 218,000 copies in 2000.[13] The paper had a circulation of 167,000 copies in 2003.[14][15] The 2008 circulation of the paper was 152,025 copies.[16] The paper had a circulation of 133,265 copies in 2009 and 133,035 copies in 2010.[16] It was 119,374 copies in 2011.[16]

References

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