Grupo Godó de Comunicación, S. A., doing business as Grupo Godó, is a Spanish media conglomerate based in

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. Its assets include the daily newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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'' and the Catalan radio station

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History

The origins of the group are linked to the Godó family, owners of ''

'' since 1887, when textile businessman bought the newspaper, which had been founded in 1881. During the

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the newspaper was renamed to ''La Vanguardia Española''. In 1974, Godó became the exclusive owner of ' and the primary shareholder of ''

''. Following the death of Franco, ''La Vanguardia Española'' embraced a profile both in favour of Catalan autonomism and in defence of the monarchy of

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and returned to its original name. The Godó family was the primary shareholder behind

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, launched in 1982, but the radio station was soon absorbed by PRISA. The Godó family was also among the founders of the television channel Antena 3, but their shares in the latter were sold to the

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. In 2019, Godó sold its participation in the audiovisual production company Veranda (a joint venture with Boomerang TV) to Lagardère Studios. In 2021, the group sold the Catalan TV station 8TV to GANSO 2022.

Holdings

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