The ''Heraldo de Madrid'' (originally ''El Heraldo de Madrid'') was a Spanish daily newspaper published from 1890 to 1939, with an evening circulation. It came to espouse a Republican leaning in its later spell.

History

The publication was founded on 29 October 1890 by , a former close acquaintance of

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. Following the death of Ducazcal in 1891, the publicacion was bought by Eugenio González Sangrador. In 1893, the newspaper was bought by the Canalejas brothers,

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and , and a number of political supporters of the former. Since then, it would grow to become a major publication, as well as the mouthpiece of the Democratic

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political platform of José Canalejas. By the early 1910s, following the 1906 acquisition of the newspaper by the (the so-called "Trust"), the Heraldo came to adhere to the political platform of

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, rival of Canalejas (then prime minister) within the Liberal party. Owned by the Busquets brothers ( and Juan, holders of the since 1918), Manuel Fontdevila was hired in 1927 as editor. The ''Heraldo de Madrid'' would embrace a

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profile from then on. A very popular newspaper among the Madrilenians, it endured difficulties during the

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. However, the members of its editorial board were elected to the

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in 1931. Already started the

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, rebel general

Juan Yagüe Juan Yagüe y Blanco, 1st Marquis of San Leonardo de Yagüe (19 November 1891 – 21 October 1952) was a Spanish military officer during the Spanish Civil War, one of the most important in the Nationalist side. He became known as the "Butcher o ...

had already announced a grim fate for the daily in September 1936 after the rebels seized

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: "''Cuando entremos en Madrid lo primero que voy a hacer es cortarle la cabeza al director del Heraldo de Madrid''" ("When we enter Madrid the first thing I'm going to do is cut off the head of the director of the ''Heraldo de Madrid''"). However the Francoists did not enter the city in 1936, and the daily, whose direction was assumed by Federico Morena by 1937, endured more than two years with a reduced staff. The last issue of the newspaper was published on 27 March 1939. Seized by Falangists following the entry of the Francoist army in Madrid on the next day, the premises of the newspaper (located at the ) were to be occupied by , edited by , who had been chief of press of the Francoist junta during the conflict.

Editors

* (1890–1893) * , "Kasabal" (1893–1902) *

José Francos Rodríguez José Francos Rodríguez (5 April 1862–11 December 1931) was a Spanish politician and journalist. He served as Mayor of Madrid as well as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts and Minister of Grace and Justice during the reign of Alfonso ...

(1902–1906) * Baldomero Argente (1906–1909) * (1909–1926) * (1927–1936) * (1936–1937) * Federico de la Morena (1937–1939)

Collaborators

The staff of the newspaper included standout writers and correspondents such as

José Echegaray José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 183214 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Li ...

Ramiro de Maeztu Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney (May 4, 1875 – October 29, 1936) was a prolific Spanish essayist, journalist and publicist. His early literary work adscribes him to the Generation of '98. Adept to Nietzschean and Social Darwinist ideas in his youth, ...

Carmen de Burgos Carmen de Burgos y Seguí (pseudonyms, Colombine, Gabriel Luna, Perico el de los Palotes, Raquel, Honorine and Marianela; Almería, December 10, 1867 – Madrid, October 9, 1932) was a Spanish journalist, writer, translator and women's rights act ...

("Colombine"),

Ramón del Valle-Inclán Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 – Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered per ...

, Isabel Oyarzábal or

Manuel Chaves Nogales Manuel Chaves Nogales (Seville, Spain August 1897 – May, 1944 in London) was a Spanish journalist and writer. Politically he was a moderate left-wing republican democrat who defined himself as "antifascist and antirevolutionary". As such, he was ...

, to name a few.

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heraldo Madrid Daily newspapers published in Spain Newspapers published in Madrid Spanish-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1890 1890 establishments in Spain 1939 disestablishments in Spain Publications disestablished in 1939 Republicanism in Spain Defunct newspapers published in Spain