Prensa Ibérica

Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creation of Prensa Canaria,^[1] the editor of the morning newspaper La Provincia and the evening newspaper Diario de Las Palmas. Yet the creation of Editorial Prensa Ibérica took place in 1984,^[2] following the acquisition in a public auction of La Nueva España (Asturias), Levante-EMV (Valencia) and Información (Alicante) from the Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado, the State-owned media holding liquidated by the Felipe González's government,^[3] a renaming of the Francoist Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento. It also purchased the Faro de Vigo.^[3] The group consolidated together with its rival Vocento as the two largest regional media holdings in Spain.^[4]

The company purchased Grupo Zeta in 2019,^{[n. 1][6]} adding newspapers such as El Periódico de Catalunya, El Periódico de Aragón, El Periódico Extremadura, La Crónica de Badajoz, Córdoba, Mediterráneo, Sport and La Grada.^[7][8] In 2021, Prensa Ibérica decided to move its headquarters from Barcelona to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.^[9] In June 2021, the group hired Fernando Garea [es] to launch a new newspaper based in Madrid,^[10] later disclosed to be named as El Periódico de España.^[11]

Daily newspapers

Weekly newspapers

• Empordà [ca]
• Mallorca Zeitung [de]

Local television stations

• Levante TV
• Información TV

• Mass media in Spain