Diario AS explained

Diario AS
Type:Daily sports newspaper
Format:Tabloid
Owners:PRISA
Founder:Luis Montiel Balanzat
Publisher:Ignacio Díez
Editor:Vicente Jimenez
Language:Spanish
Headquarters:Madrid
Circulation:214,654 (2006)
Issn:1888-6671

Diario AS (pronounced as /es/) (sometime stylized as AS or As; pronounced as /es/) is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football.

Profile

Diario AS is part of PRISA which also owns El País and Cinco Días.[1] The paper particularly covers news of the Community of Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF, CD Leganés, and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with MARCA. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza.

In May 2012, the newspaper launched an English language sub-site offering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers, as well as their own content. The circulation of Diario AS was 181,172 copies in 2001[2] and 176,892 copies in 2002.[3] It rose to 214,654 copies in 2006.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Enric Castelló. David Domingo. Spanish media facing new media: a challenge to journalists?. International Journal of Iberian Studies. 2005. 18. 3. 3 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Specialised and local press. Grupo PRISA. 10 August 2015. Annual report. 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185457/http://www.prisa.com/upload/ficheros/cuentas-anuales/memoria2001_en/unidades/prensa.html. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Printed Media Group (GMI). Grupo PRISA. 10 August 2015. Annual report. 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193839/http://www.prisa.com/upload/ficheros/cuentas-anuales/memoria2002_en/unidades_prensa.html. 4 March 2016.
  4. http://www.introl.es/f_alta.htm Figures covering January to December 2006