El Nuevo Día
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Grupo Ferré-Rangel |
| Editor | Luis Alberto Ferré Rangel |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico |
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| Website: http://www.endi.com | |
El Nuevo Día is a newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout all areas of the Commonwealth. Luis Alberto Ferré Rangel has been editor of the newspaper since 1996.
[edit] History
El Nuevo Día was originally founded in 1909 in the city of Ponce as "El Diario de Puerto Rico," later changing its name to "El Día" in 1911. In 1948, the newspaper was acquired by Ponce native and future governor of the Commonwealth Luis A. Ferré and to this day remains under the ownership of the Ferré family. After being elected governor in 1968, Ferré's oldest son, Antonio Luis Ferré, bought the newspaper. Two years later, the newspaper was moved to San Juan and renamed "El Nuevo Día," as it is now known. The first director of "El Nuevo Día" was Carlos Castañeda. During their first years in San Juan, the newsroom was located in the "Torre de la Reina" building, in front of the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park in Puerta de Tierra. In 1986, the newspaper moved to its current offices located in the municipality of Guaynabo.
[edit] El Nuevo Día Today
"El Nuevo Día" continues to be owned and published by the Ferré family. The newspaper's current president is María Eugenia Ferré Rangel and the current editor is Luis Alberto Ferré Rangel. As of 2006, El Nuevo Día is the most widely read newspaper in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with a daily circulation of 155,000.
Its main competitor in terms of sales is El Vocero. Content-wise, both papers have somewhat different news formats and audiences. While El Nuevo Día has been known largely for its political reporting, El Vocero has traditionally taken a more tabloid-oriented approach, giving greater prominence to news stories on daily street crime. More recently, however, "El Vocero" has begun to give greater emphasis to political and business news, making it a more direct competitor to "El Nuevo Día."
Apart from political and community news, El Nuevo Día also has a sports section, a show business section and a business section among the news sections they publish daily. Its television commercial campaign slogan reads: El Nuevo Día: Un Gran Periodico ("El Nuevo Día: A Great Newspaper").
