Prensa Ibérica

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Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers.

Company type
Sociedad limitada
IndustryMass media
Founded1984; 42 years ago (1984)
HeadquartersL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L.
Company type
Sociedad limitada
IndustryMass media
Founded1984; 42 years ago (1984)
HeadquartersL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Area served
Spain
Key people
Javier Moll (ceo & owner)
Websiteprensaiberica.es
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History

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]

Assets

Daily newspapers
Weekly newspapers
  • Empordà [ca]
  • Mallorca Zeitung [de]
Local television stations
  • Levante TV
  • Información TV

See also

References

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