La Verdad (newspaper)

La Verdad
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Grupo Vocento
Publisher La Verdad Multimedia, S.A.
Founded 1 March 1903
Language Spanish
Headquarters Murcia
Circulation 20,524 (2014)
Sister newspapers ABC
El Correo Español
El Diario Vasco
El Diario Montañés
Las Provincias
Website La Verdad

La Verdad is a Spanish language daily newspaper based in Murcia, Spain. It is the largest newspaper of the Murcia province[1] as well as of the Alicante province.[2]

History and profile

La Verdad was first published on 1 March 1903.[2][3] The paper became part of the Vocento Group in 1988.[3] The company also owns ABC, El Correo Español, El Diario Vasco, El Diario Montañés and Las Provincias, among the others.[4][5] The publisher of La Verdad is La Verdad Multimedia, S.A.[2][6]

The headquarters of La Verdad is in Murcia[4] and the paper serves for the provinces of Murcia, Alicante and Albacete.[2] It has editions for Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca, Orihuela, Alicante and Albacete.[2] The online edition of the paper was launched in 1998.[6]

José María Esteban served as the editor-in-chief of La Verdad.[1]

Circulation

In 1993 La Verdad had a circulation of 46,919 copies.[7] The circulation of the paper was 40,832 copies in 2002.[5] Its 2009 circulation was 35,136 copies.[2] The circulation of the paper was 30,500 copies in 2011.[8] The paper had a circulation of 20,524 copies and 197,000 readers in 2014.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 José A. García Avilés; Klaus Meier; Andy Kaltenbrunner; Miguel Carvajal; Daniela Kraus (2009). "Newsroom integration in Austria, Spain and Germany". Journalism Practice 3 (3). doi:10.1080/17512780902798638. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "WAN-IFRA XMA Cross Media Awards 2010". WAN IFRA. 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Regional Press. La Verdad". Vocento Group. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Media group Vocento restructures its operations in Malaga". Sur in English. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 José Alberto García Avilés; Miguel Carvajal (2008). "Integrated and Cross-Media Newsroom Convergence" (PDF). The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 14 (2): 221–239. doi:10.1177/1354856507087945. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Facts of Spain". Florida International University. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "La Verdad". Cesanamedia Italy. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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