''El Español'' is a Spanish online newspaper which started in 2015. It has its headquarters in Avenida de Burgos, 16D, 7º,

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, Comunidad de Madrid.

History

In 2014 Pedro J. Ramírez was dismissed as the director from the newspaper '' El Mundo'', and with his daughter María Ramírez Fernández they founded ''El Español''. The website was opened on 11 January 2015. On 10 January 2015 it raised € from 5,624 people in two months through

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. In 10 April it became a Sociedad Anónima, with a

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of €17 million. In December 2017, ''El Español'' invested in ''Vandal'', a video game website at the time published by Forzáns Inversións SL.

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* {{Official, https://www.elespanol.com/ Spanish-language newspapers Publications established in 2015 Internet properties established in 2014 Daily newspapers published in Spain