Antonio Caño Barranco (born 1957) is a Spanish journalist. He was the editor of ''

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'' from 2014 to 2018.

Biography

Born in 1957 in

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. After a brief spell working for the

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, he joined ''El País'' at a young age, working at the newspaper's international area. A correspondent in

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and the

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, he was responsible for the editions for the Americas. He was appointed as editor-in-chief of ''El País'' on 4 May 2014, at the 38th anniversary of the newspaper. A protegè of

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, ''El País'' founder and former editor-in chief, during his 4 year spell as editor, the newspaper's editorial line experienced a further swing towards right-leaning positions, at odds with the chiefly left-leaning readership base of the newspaper in Spain. By early 2018, after a steady decline in sales, his removal from the position of editor was reported; this was interpreted as an attempt to cater to the newspaper's traditional readership.

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was announced as his successor in June 2018, in what it was interpreted as a left swing of the editorial line.

References

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