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 El Espectador front page, 18 September 2008 issue | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Fidel Cano Gutiérrez |
| Publisher | Fidel Cano Correa |
| Editor-in-chief | Élber Gutiérrez Roa |
| Editor | Jorge Cardona |
| Founded | March 22, 1887 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left, Liberalism, Social liberalism |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Calle 103 69B-43 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Circulation | 50,000 (Mon–Sat)[1] 190,000 (Sun)[1] |
| ISSN | 0122-2856 |
| OCLC number | 436626557 |
| Website | elespectador |
El Espectador (lit. 'The Spectator') is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became a daily paper.
As the oldest newspaper in Colombia still in circulation, El Espectador is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia and a home for prominent writers,[2] including the 1982 Nobel Prize Laurete Gabriel García Márquez. It is a member of the Inter American Press Association and the Asociación de Diarios Colombianos (ANDIARIOS). It defined itself as a "political, literary, news, and industrial newspaper"
In 2001, during a financial crisis, It transitioned into a weekly release, but reverted back to a daily release on May 11, 2008,[3][4] a comeback which had long been rumoured.[5][6] With this change, it now utilized a 28 centimetres (11 in) by 39.5 centimetres (15.6 in) tabloid format. From 1997 to 2011 its main shareholder was Julio Mario Santo Domingo.[7]
Since 2001, the paper has used the slogan "El Espectador. Opinion is news", implying it now focuses on opinion articles, as opposed to breaking news. This focus was kept when it regained its daily format on 2008.[8]
According to the Estudio General de Medios, El Espectador had 687,900 weekly readers in 2007.[9]
- ^ a b "Periódicos en busca de nuevos negocios" (in Spanish). Dinero. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Main newspapers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia official (Cancillería de Colombia)". Archived from the original on 2024-04-12.
- ^ "El Espectador impreso vuelve a ser diario". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ Solano, Víctor (2008-05-03). "El Espectador vuelve a diario el 11 de mayo" (in Spanish).
- ^ Solano, Víctor (2008-01-13). "¿Pasará este año El Periódico?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "'El Espectador' diario" (in Spanish). Semana. 2008-04-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Vendido El Espectador". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1997-11-13.
- ^ Osorio, Marcela (2008-05-11). "¡Seguimos adelante!". El Espectador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ El Espectador (2007-12-03). "Audiencia de Elespectador.com creció 79 por ciento" (in Spanish).