''Levante-El Mercantil Valenciano'' is a Spanish regional newspaper from the

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that belongs to the

Prensa Ibérica Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers. History Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creati ...

media holding. It had a brief precedent in ''Avance'' (30 March – 15 April 1939) and it was the bulletin of the Valencian section of the

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. The newspaper later belonged to the ''Movimiento'' (official Francoist political movement) press. From 1977 it belonged to the ''Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado'' (Social Communication Media of the State) and in 1984 it was purchased by the private enterprise Prensa Valenciana. Its ideology could be placed in the center-left even though it holds its independence. In Castelló it is published as ''Levante de Castelló''. It has different editions that correspond to different areas of the Valencian region (

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, L'Horta,

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and so on). It is nowadays the most read newspaper in the Valencian region.Levante-EMV is the most read newspaper in the Valencian region
News in Levante-EMV from 2 December 2013. The printed edition is mostly in

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, even though two pages about cultural and social events in

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is published daily (''Panorama'') and weekly there is also a literary supplement (''Post Data'') in that language, together with some collaborations and articles. The digital edition has a version in Spanish and since 1 May 2016 also in Catalan.

Important journalists and collaborators

Joan Fuster Joan Fuster i Ortells (; 23 November 1922 – 21 June 1992) was an influential Spanish writer. He is considered a major writer in the Valencian language (a dialect of the Catalan language), and his work contributed to reinvigorate left-wing, pr ...

, historian, writer and essayist. *

Francesc de Paula Burguera Francesc de Paula Burguera i Escrivà (13 July 1928 – 16 October 2015) was a Spanish journalist and politician. Born in Sueca, Valencia, Burguera served in the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1979, representing his hometown district. He w ...

, writer and journalist. He took an active role in the Valencian politics during the

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. * Antonio Ortiz Fuster, a.k.a. ''Ortifus'', Valencian cartoonist. He publishes a dayly cartoon on the second page of the newspaper.

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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