| El Mundo (El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno) | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Unidad Editorial S.A. |
| Publisher | Pedro J. Ramírez |
| Editor | Pedro J. Ramírez |
| Founded | 23 October 1989, as El Mundo del Siglo Veinte |
| Political allegiance | Conservative[1] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Price | €1.30 daily in Spain |
| Headquarters | Pradillo 42, 28002 Madrid  Spain |
| Circulation | 330,634 daily in 2006[2] |
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| Website: www.elmundo.es | |
El Mundo (Spanish for "The World") is the second largest daily newspaper in Spain, with a circulation topping 330,000. El Mundo is often referred to as a newspaper of record from Spain, along with its fellow Madrid morning papers El País and ABC. It first appeared on October 23, 1989, founded by Alfonso de Salas, Pedro J. Ramírez (who still serves as publisher and editor), Balbino Fraga and Juan González. It has maintained a self-defined liberal (in the sense of classical liberalism) editorial line. It has its headquarters in Madrid, but maintains several news bureaux in outlying cities and different editions are printed for regions such as Andalusia, Valencia, Castile and Leon, the Balearic Islands, Bilbao, etc. Unlike other Spanish newspapers, its editor, Pedro J. Ramirez, is a very prominent public figure who has become totally identified with the paper in the eyes of the public. The newspaper's full name, El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno (sometimes written El Mundo del Siglo XXI) translates as "The World of the Twenty-first Century". The name originally ended ... del Siglo Veinte ("... of the Twentieth Century").
Political impact
El Mundo has played a key role in uncovering several scandals. Among them was embezzlement by the Guardia Civil commander, Luis Roldán, and the governor of the Central Bank of Spain, Mariano Rubio, who was accused of insider trading and tax fraud. El Mundo also gave publicity to connections between the terrorist Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) and the socialist administration of Felipe González, a news story that contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the 1996 elections. In October 2005, El Mundo revealed that Nazi Aribert Heim (aka "Doctor Death") had been living for 20 years in Spain, probably due to help to ODESSA network, among whom were the henchmen of Otto Skorzeny, who had helped set up one of the most important ODESSA bases in former dictator Francisco Franco's Spain. Since the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings, El Mundo has been trying to clarify what it considers to be unresolved aspects (the so-called "black holes") of the official investigation. This has caused a bitter dispute among the Spanish media. While El Mundo, La Razón newspaper, Telemadrid TV station and the Catholic-backed radio station COPE denounced alleged inconsistencies in the explanation given by the Spanish judiciary about the bombings, other Spanish media, like El País, ABC and radio station Cadena SER accuse El Mundo and the other media of manipulation in this issue.
External links
References
- ^ Carvajal, Doreen. "Tape Cites Iraq War as Reason for Bombs; 5 Suspects Arrested". International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2004.
- ^ Figures covering January to December 2006 from Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, accessed April 26, 2007.
Daily newspapers published in Spain with circulation over 100,000* | ||
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| News | ABC • El Correo • El Mundo • El País • El Periódico de Catalunya • La Razón • La Vanguardia • La Voz de Galicia • Público |  |
| Sports | Diario AS • Marca • El Mundo Deportivo • Sport | |
| List of all newspapers in Spain with over 5,000 daily paid circulation (* according to Spanish Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, 2006) | ||
