''El Día'' was a

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by El Día, Inc. The company's offices are in Greater Sharpstown. The newspaper, which began in 1982,Sanz, Alex.
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. Each newspaper had 56 pages. The newspaper had articles, celebrity coverage, comic strips, and locally written columns such as "Love Doctor." ''El Días principal competitor was the newspaper ''Rumbo'', which opened in late August 2004. The newspaper closed in 2009. Carlos Munoz, a former reporter for the newspaper, said that the newspaper was too expensive to publish.

said that the end of the newspaper left "thousands of Spanish-speaking residents without a daily voice." The parent company of ''El Día'', now La Subasta Inc.,Inicio
" '. Retrieved on May 22, 2010. continues to publish ', a classified paper.

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''El Día''
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''La Subasta''
Hispanic and Latino American culture in Houston Newspapers published in Houston Newspapers established in 1982 1982 establishments in Texas Newspapers disestablished in 2009 Defunct Spanish-language newspapers published in Texas 2009 disestablishments in Texas {{Texas-newspaper-stub

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