El Periódico de Catalunya

El Periódico de Catalunya
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Editorial Prensa Ibérica
Founder(s)	Antonio Asensio Pizarro
Editor	Albert Sáez
Founded	26 October 1978; 45 years ago
Political alignment	Centre-left; Social liberalism; Progressivism; Catalanism
Language	Spanish and Catalan
Headquarters	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Circulation	119,374 (2011)
Sister newspapers	Sport
Website	Spanish elperiodico.com; Catalan, elperiodico.cat

El Periódico de Catalunya, also simply known as El Periódico, 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 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

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]

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