is a Spanish economic and business newspaper published in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain.

History and profile

was established in May 1986. The paper is published in tabloid format and is owned by

Unidad Editorial Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers , and . It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of two media companies, namely Unedisa (co ...

, which is in turn controlled by

RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli Editore and Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, ra ...

. Its sister newspapers are and . used to be part of the British group Pearson, which had a share of 39% in the paper during the late 1990s. During this period, the publisher was Ârea Editorial. The headquarters of is in Madrid. The paper was awarded by the

Society for News Design A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ...

(SND) the World's Best Designed Newspaper™ for 1994. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2011 with an event led by Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.

Circulation and readership

The circulation of was 39,047 copies in 1994. The paper had a circulation of 52,645 copies in 2001. Its circulation fell to 48,108 copies in 2002. In 2003 the circulation of the paper was 48,000 copies. The paper had a circulation of 47,577 copies in 2005. Based on the findings of the European Business Readership Survey the paper had 13,047 readers per issue in 2006. The 2008 circulation of the paper was 50,128 copies, making it the most read business newspaper in the country. The OJD certified circulation of the paper was 55,971 copies in 2012.

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External links

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