Grupo Godó de Comunicación, S. A., doing business as Grupo Godó, is a Spanish media conglomerate based in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
. Its assets include the daily newspapers ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
'' and ''
Mundo Deportivo'' and the Catalan radio station
RAC1.
History
The origins of the group are linked to the Godó family, owners of ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
'' since 1887, when textile businessman bought the newspaper, which had been founded in 1881. During the
Francoist dictatorship
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, Sp ...
the newspaper was renamed to ''La Vanguardia Española''. In 1974, Godó became the exclusive owner of ' and the primary shareholder of ''
Mundo Deportivo''. Following the death of Franco, ''La Vanguardia Española'' embraced a profile both in favour of Catalan autonomism and in defence of the monarchy of
Juan Carlos I and returned to its original name.
The Godó family was the primary shareholder behind
Antena 3 Radio
Antena 3 Radio was a nationwide Spanish radio station opened on 1 February 1982 and closed on 19 June 1994. It served as the basis for the creation of Antena 3 Televisión.
Foundation
Antena 3 was created on 1 February 1982 by ''La Vanguardia ...
, launched in 1982, but the radio station was soon absorbed by
PRISA.
The Godó family was also among the founders of the television channel
Antena 3, but their shares in the latter were sold to the
Grupo Zeta
Grupo Zeta is a Spanish media conglomerate which owns several newspapers and magazines. Founded by Antonio Asensio in 1976, it launched the magazines '' Interviú'' and ''Tiempo'' before its most successful title, the daily newspaper ''El Periód ...
.
In 2019, Godó sold its participation in the audiovisual production company Veranda (a joint venture with Boomerang TV) to Lagardère Studios. In 2021, the group sold the Catalan TV station
8TV to GANSO 2022.
Holdings
;Newspapers
* ''
La Vanguardia
' (; , Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and i ...
''
* ''
Mundo Deportivo''
;Radio
*
RAC1
*
See also
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Mass media in Spain
Mass media in Spain includes a variety of online, print, and broadcast formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
Mass media groups
A list of the main mass media groups is presented as follows:
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