''Doblón'' was a Spanish language weekly news and business magazine which was in circulation between 1974 and 1976. Its subtitle was semanario de economía e información general (weekly economic and general information magazine). It was one of the critics of

Franco regime Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...

History and profile

''Doblón'' was launched in September 1974.

José Antonio Martínez Soler José Antonio Martínez Soler (born January 8, 1947) is the founder of '' 20 minutos'', Spain's daily newspaper based in Madrid with 14 editions in major cities. José was Nieman fellow at Harvard university in 1976-1977. Significant contribution ...

was the founder of the magazine who had worked as the editor-in-chief of ''

Cambio 16 ''Cambio 16'' is a Spanish language monthly current affairs magazine published in Madrid, Spain, by "Group 16". History and profile ''Cambio 16'' was first published as a weekly in September 1971 and played an important media role during the Sp ...

''. He started ''Doblón'' following his dismissal from ''Cambio 16''. Soler was kidnapped on 2 March 1976. The reason for his kidnapping was his article on civil guards which was published in ''Doblón'' on 10 February 1976. Soler escaped unhurt, but left the magazine and also, Spain in September 1976. In 1975 ''Doblón'' sold nearly 30,000 copies. Although it featured economy-related articles and news, Ángel Arrese argues that it was not a genuine business publication, but employed these writings to camouflage its political stance to avoid bans. Some of the contributors of the weekly included Primo González, José García Abad, Fernando González Urbaneja, Mª Antonia Iglesias, Manuel Leguineche, Karmentxu Marín, José Luis Martín Prieto,

Nativel Preciado Natividad del Belén Preciado González (born 1 November 1948), known as Nativel Preciado, is a Spanish journalist and writer. Biography Nativel Preciado began her professional career at the '' Arriba'' (the official newspaper of Francoist Spain ...

, Vicente Verdú and caricaturist Peridis. The magazine ceased publication in September 1976 when the publisher, Publicaciones Controladas, went bankruptcy.

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