Prensa Ibérica

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Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L.
TypeSociedad limitada
IndustryMass media
Founded1984; 38 years ago (1984)
HeadquartersL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Area served
Spain
Key people
Javier Moll (ceo & owner)

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

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  [es], 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  [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
Local television stations
  • Levante TV
  • Información TV

See also[]

  • Mass media in Spain

References[]

Informational notes
  1. ^ The Grupo Zeta's audiovisual production subsidiary, Zeta Audiovisual, was left out of the purchase.[5]
Citations
  1. ^ "Prensa Ibérica se sale con la suya y compra el Grupo Zeta". Crónica Global. El Español. 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Carvajal, Miguel; García Avilés, José A. (2008). "From newspapers to multimedia groups". Journalism Practice. 2 (3): 456. doi:10.1080/17512780802281198.
  3. ^ a b Rubio, Cristina (12 April 2021). "El 'Rey Midas' de la prensa regional". El Mundo.
  4. ^ Carvajal & García Avilés 2008, p. 456.
  5. ^ Fernández, Eduardo (29 April 2019). "La compra del Grupo Zeta extiende el perímetro de Prensa Ibérica por los quioscos de España". El Mundo.
  6. ^ Arranz, Rubén; Zarzalejos, Álvaro (11 June 2021). "Javier Moll ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico en Madrid". Voz Populi.
  7. ^ Zarzalejos, Álvaro G. "Competencia sella la venta de Zeta a Prensa Ibérica tras aprobar la operación". El Confidencial.
  8. ^ "Prensa Ibérica compra el Grupo Zeta, editor de 'El Periódico' y 'Sport'". El País. 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Prensa Ibérica trasladará su sede corporativa de Barcelona a L'Hospitalet". La Vanguardia. 15 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Prensa Ibérica ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico nacional". El Independiente. 11 June 2021.
  11. ^ "'El Periódico de España' ultima su salida como nuevo diario nacional". El Siglo de Europa. 9 September 2021.
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