Tiempo (magazine)

Tiempo was first published on 17 May 1982.^[1][2] Its founder was Antonio Asensio Pizarro,^[1] who also established Grupo Zeta in 1976.^[3] Julián Lago was the founding editor-in-chief of the magazine which had its headquarters in Madrid.^[2] Although Tiempo was started as a political magazine, its political content reduced from June 1987.^[2] Then, it began to frequently cover news about culture, entertainment, economy and sports.^[2]

The magazine was published weekly by Grupo Zeta on Fridays.^[1][4] The company also published other publications, including Interviu, a magazine,^[5][6] and El Periódico de Catalunya, a daily newspaper.^[7]

Tiempo focused on news about social issues.^[1] Its target audience was people of high and upper-medium social class from all parts of Spain^[8] and 67% of its readers were male.^[8] The magazine had a council of readers.^[9] The magazine had a centrist political leaning^[10] and was a sensationalist publication.^[11] The US Department of State also described the magazine as a centrist publication in 2000.^[12] It was also argued that the weekly had a left-liberal political stance.^[1]

The last issue of Tiempo was published in January 2018.^[13][14] It included a collection of significant editorials and other news that had been published in the magazine.^[15]

The circulation of Tiempo was 141,000 copies in 1994.^[16] Its circulation was 31,680 copies in 2009.^[17] In June 2011 the weekly had a circulation of 24,975 copies.^[8] For the first part of 2013 the circulation of the magazine rose to 29,229 copies.^[18]

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