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daily newspaper based in

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, Spain. After ''

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. The paper has a widely accessed Spanish-language website and is considered to be the most reliable and influential periodical in Castile.

History

The newspaper can be traced to 1854, when Mariano Pérez Mínguez and Pascual Pastor created '' El Avisador'' ("The Reminder"). In 1856, this paper merged with a local competitor, '' El Correo de Castilla'' ("The Castile Courier"). ''El Norte de Castilla'' was established in April 1856 by the amalgamation of these two papers; the first issue of the newly formed paper was published on 17 October 1856. In 1870, the paper was acquired by Gaviria and Zapatero, and was sold in 1893 to César Silió y Cortés and Santiago Alba y Bonifaz, who would both later become Ministers of the President. They occupied the positions of director and manager, respectively. It was under their leadership that the paper was published daily. Cortés was replaced in his position by Antonio Royo Villanova, of whom the present chairman of the board, Alejandro Royo-Villanova, is a descendant. From 1958 to 1963, the director was

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. The illustrator José Orcajo was a cartoonist at the paper at this time. As of March 2014 the chairman of the board was Alejandro Royo-Villanova, and the CEO was Ángel de las Heras. ''El Norte de Castilla'' launched its digital edition in 1997. Its web page offers three primary services: multimedia service, interactivity with subscribers via blogs, and hypertext interpolation. The website is ranked as the 24,055th most visited website in the world, and the 703rd most visited in Spain.

References

External links

Official WebsiteDiario Ayamonte
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