European Dailies Alliance (EDA) is an alliance formed by like-minded
Conservative
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newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
s in
Europe
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, namely
''ABC'' in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, i ...
, ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was fo ...
'' in
United Kingdom
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, ''
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...
'' in
France
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and ''
Die Welt
''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.
''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
'' in
Germany
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.
In 2001, the four newspapers, each of which is a
newspaper of record
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in their country, agreed to form an alliance to enhance the co-operation between them and their respective websites. The agreement of the alliance included:
* to extend the international coverage of individual newspaper through editorial co-operation
* to have renowned foreign writers in the newspaper
* to offer privileged access to the database of other newspapers in the alliance
* to have links to other newspaper in the alliance on their own website
* to have exchange of editors
* to be benefited from the enhanced co-operation in the area of journalistic education and advertising business
The chairperson of the alliance is rotated among the
chief editor
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of the member newspapers. Yves de Chaisemartin, the then chief editor of Le Figaro, the oldest newspaper in the alliance, was the first chairperson.
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See also
* Leading European Newspaper Alliance
Leading European Newspaper Alliance (LENA) is an organisation initially set up by seven (now eight) European newspapers in March 2015, to improve journalism in Europe. The group aims to share content and technology practice within the transformatio ...
* Grupo de Diarios América
Grupo de Diarios América () is a consortium of 11 major newspapers in Latin America. GDA was founded in 1991 by ''O Globo'' (Brazil), ''La Nación'' (Argentina), ''El Mercurio'' (Chile), '' El Tiempo'' (Colombia), '' El Comercio'' (Ecuador), ''L ...
* Latin American Newspaper Association The Latin American Newspaper Association (, PAL) is a press group representing media organizations in Latin America. Founded in 2008, it represents 16 newspapers in 11 countries, as well as magazines. '' El Universal'', 24 March 2009Periódicos Asoc ...
* Asia News Network
Asia News Network (ANN) is a news coalition of 24 news organisations from various Asian countries. Headquartered in Singapore, it was established in 1999 to form an alliance and enhance co-operation between them and their respective journalists ...
References
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Mass media in Europe
Internet in Europe
2001 establishments in Europe
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