''Jornal de Notícias (JN)'' (; meaning ''News Journal'' in English) is a
Portuguese daily national
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
, one of the oldest in Portugal.
History and profile
''JN'' was founded in
Porto
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and was first published on 21 June 1888. It was one of two Portuguese newspapers published in
Angola
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during the
colonial rule.
The other was ''
Diário Popular''.
[ ''JN'' has since become one of the most popular newspapers, especially after the ]Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution ( pt, Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April ( pt, 25 de Abril, links=no), was a military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime on 25 April 1974 in Lis ...
.
Following the Carnation revolution, ''JN'' was nationalized
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to priv ...
and later privatized in the early 1990s. Then the paper and ''Diário de Notícias
''Diário de Notícias'' () is a Portuguese daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal.
History and profile
''Diário de Notícias'' was first published i ...
'' were sold to the Lusomundo group.[ In 2005 the Controlinveste group bought papers. Both papers are now owned by Global Media Group, which was named Controlinveste Media until January 2015.]
In 1995 ''JN'' started its online version, being one of the first two Portuguese newspapers in this regard. Since the late 1990s the paper has provided several gifts as a way to retain and attract new readers. It could offer various gifts, such as collectible fascicles and cutlery.
''JN'' is published in four editions: National, Centre, Minho, and South. Its editor-in-chief
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is Domingos de Andrade.
Circulation
The circulation of ''JN'' was 108,000 copies in the period between January and September 2000.[ Between January and March 2003 the paper had a circulation of 109,000 copies. The circulation of the paper was 102,000 copies in 2003, making it the second best selling newspaper in the country.
Its circulation was 100,188 copies in 2005. It was the second best-selling newspaper in Portugal with a circulation of 92,000 copies in 2007.] Between September and October 2013 the paper sold 65,403 copies.[
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Sections and supplements
* News Magazine Supplement or NM (weekly, on Sunday)
* News Saturday Supplement or NS (weekly, on Saturdays)
* TV or NTV News Supplement (weekly, on Fridays)
* JN classifieds Supplement (daily)
* JN Business Supplement (weekly, on Fridays)
* Sports Supplement (daily)
See also
* List of newspapers in Portugal
References
External links
''Jornal de Notícias'' online
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1888 establishments in Portugal
Mass media in Porto
Jornal de Noticias
Portuguese-language newspapers
Portuguese news websites
Publications established in 1888