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(; ), before , is the second largest printed
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in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with ''
El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...
'' and '' ABC''.


History and profile

was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the
Spanish transition to democracy The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as (; ) or (), is a period of History of Spain, modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system ...
. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper '' Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. , along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company
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through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to form Unidad Editorial, current owner of the paper. The paper has its headquarters in
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, but maintains several news bureaus in other cities. The daily has a national edition and ten different regional editions, including those for
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,
Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
,
Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...
, the
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and
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. It is published in
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. In 2005 started a supplement for women, ''Yo Dona'', which was modelled on '' IO Donna'', a supplement of the
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daily ''
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''. In January 2014 Pedro J. Ramírez, editor of the paper, was fired from his post. He argued that reporting on corruption scandals involving
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led to his sacking. Casimiro García-Abadillo served as editor until April 2015, when he was replaced in turn by David Jiménez.


Editorial stance

Editorially, often expresses the mainstream views of the
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with
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and liberal overtones. El Mundo defines its editorial line as liberal. It is usually critical of the
left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...
and peripheral nationalisms. Its current ideology is
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. Among its columnists there is a remarkable heterogeneity and eclecticism, often openly critical of the editorial line itself. At the time it was decisive in the fall of
Felipe González Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a retired Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996 and leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. He is the longest-serving democratically- ...
. According to its ideological principles, “it aspires to be a progressive newspaper, committed to defending the current democratic system, public freedoms and human rights included in the Universal Declaration promulgated by the UN and in the
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."


Political impact

has played a key role in uncovering a number of scandals, among them embezzlement by the commander of the Guardia Civil, accusations of
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and
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by the governor of the Central Bank of Spain and aspects of the Bárcenas affair. Investigative reporting by the staff of also revealed connections between the terrorist Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) and the
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administration of
Felipe González Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a retired Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996 and leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. He is the longest-serving democratically- ...
, revelations that contributed to his defeat in the 1996 elections. In October 2005, revealed that Nazi Aribert Heim (aka "Doctor Death") had been living in Spain for 20 years, probably with help from the
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network, in collaboration with
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, who had helped set up one of the most important ODESSA bases of operation in Spain, during the rule of
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. After the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings, the newspapers and '' La Razón'', the regional television channel
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and the
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radio network alleged that there had been inconsistencies in the explanations given by the Spanish judiciary about the bombings. Other Spanish media, such as ''
El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...
'', '' ABC'' and the
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radio network, accused and the other media of manipulation over this issue. The bombings and the results of the subsequent judicial inquiry are still debated in Spain today.


Circulation

The circulation of rose in the 1990s. It was * 209,992 copies in 1993 * 268,748 copies in 1994 *68,813 copies in 2020 In 2001 had a circulation of 291,000 copies and it was 312,366 copies next year. The paper had a circulation of 300,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in the country. Based on the findings of the European Business Readership Survey had 11,591 readers per issue in 2006. Its circulation between June 2006 and July 2007 was 337,172 copies. The 2007 circulation of the paper was 337,000 copies. It was 338,286 copies in 2008 and had 200,000 readers for the printed edition in 2009. The circulation of the paper was 266,294 copies in 2011. In April 2020 the newspaper had 51,526 readers of the printed edition.


Digital readership

(elmundo.es) is currently the second
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in Spanish. It was previously in the lead after introduced a payment system for access to the contents of its electronic version. It had 24 million unique web visitors per month in 2009. Many online readers are in Latin America, and the website has an edition for the Americas. However, digital expansion has done little to offset the decline in revenues from Spanish advertisers since 2008. The newspaper aims to increase digital profits via a subscription model. It launched a current affairs outlet only accessible to subscription customers, named ORBYT.


See also

*
Controversies about the 2004 Madrid train bombings The controversy regarding the handling and representation of the Madrid train bombings by the government arose with Spain's two main political parties, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Partido Popular (PP), accusing each other of con ...
* Spanish newspapers


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mundo Daily newspapers published in Spain Newspapers published in Madrid Spanish-language newspapers Spanish-language websites Newspapers established in 1989 1989 establishments in Spain RCS MediaGroup newspapers Spanish news websites El Mundo (Spain)