Diário dos Açores

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Diário dos Açores (Azores Diary) is a Portguese language daily newspaper and the oldest newspaper in the Azores, having been published from February 5, 1870 to the present day.

[edit] History

The Diário dos Açores was founded by Manuel Augusto Tavares de Resende (1849 - 1892) in 1870, influenced by the publication five years before, in Lisbon of the Diário de Notícias. He headed the newspaper until his death in 1892.

Operating the newspaper on a daily basis was difficult (previous newspapers had been fortnightly) not only in technical terms, but also because from a monetary point of view, since many people thought the enterprise would soon fail. To attract subscribers and readers, Tavares de Resende offered gifts and cash through a lottery. He also set up a network of correspondents throughout the island of São Miguel, the Azores archipelago, and outside the region.

In 1892 when Tavares de Resende died, his nephew Manuel Resende Carreiro (? - 1939) succeeded him as director which he remained for the next 47 years, during which time he introduced the children's supplement Miau in 1934, which introduced many readers to the newspaper.

During the tenure of Manuel and Carlos Carreiro, the Diário dos Açores witnessed a rennaissance. The newspaper was the first São Miguel newspaper to use mechanical composition, introducing the Intertype machine in 1965, and by 1970 two such machines were in use. The Carreiro brothers also had the honour of preparing the commemorative edition, Bodas de Diamante, in 1945, which according to many surpassed the best special editions of the metropolitan newspapers.

In 1970 Manuel Cabral de Melo wrote a special supplement commemorating the newspaper's centennial.