''Ideal'' is a daily Spanish language newspaper edited and published in

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. It forms part of the Corporación de Medios de Andalucía, which in turn belongs to the

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. Founded in 1932 by Editorial Católica, since then it has had a long history. While publication is largely circumscribed to , ''Ideal ''is distributed in the provinces of

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and Jaén, where it has local editions. At present it is the most widely subscription based newspaper in these provinces and one of the main newspapers in Andalusia, reaching in 2010 about 164,000 daily readers according to el Estudio general de medios (EGM).

History

''Ideal'' had in its origins in the Catholic and conservative daily ''

La Gaceta del Sur La Gaceta del Sur (Gazette of the South) was a Spanish newspaper published in the city of Granada. between 1908 and 1931. History The newspaper had a Catholic and fundamentalist ideology. It was founded in 1908. During the first third of the tw ...

'', which had disappeared in 1931. The Catholic hierarchy of Granada decided to launch a new newspaper, counting on the collaboration of journalists such as

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y de Pedro Gómez Aparicio. The newspaper went to the streets for the first time on May 8, 1932. It was edited by Editorial Católica. In these early years of existence was a clearly confessional and conservative newspaper, and its main journalistic rival was the liberal ''

El Defensor de Granada ''El Defensor de Granada'' (The Defender of Granada) was a Spanish newspaper with liberal-progressive ideology that was published in Granada between the end of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. It disappeared after the outbr ...

''. In the context of the 1930s, ''Ideal'' was the best manufactured newspaper in the province, surpassing others published in this period. During this era, it highlighted the work of

Ramón Ruiz Alonso Ramón Ruiz Alonso (1903–1982) was a Spanish politician who was a right-wing activist during the Second Spanish Republic and typographer by trade. Married to actress Magdalena Penella, they had four daughters: Terele Pávez (1939–2017), Ju ...

, the paper's typographer. During the years of the Second Republic the publication, which reached a circulation of 9000 copies, according to CEDA. On 10 March 1936 a group of right wing supporters set fire to the offices of ''Ideal'', whose printing press was destroyed and the premises reduced to the foundations. As a consequence, the newspaper did not circulate for some months. In early July, the newspaper returned to Granada, shortly before the outbreak of the

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Supplements

On Sundays, like many other newspapers in the

Grupo Vocento Vocento, S.A., also known as Grupo Vocento, is a Spanish mass media group. Its flagship daily newspaper is the conservative and monarchist ''ABC'', also publishing ''El Correo''. Vocento was created in 2001 upon the merger of Grupo Correo with , ...

, ''Ideal ''distributes the supplement ''XLSemanal''. It is a general journal, with reports and collaborations from writers like

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, ''El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was ...

and Juan Manuel de Prada.

Directors

El diario ha sido dirigido desde su fundación por los siguientes periodistas:

Notes

References

Bibliography

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External links

{{Official website, http://www.ideal.es/
Historia de Ideal
Publications established in 1932 Grupo Vocento Mass media in Almería