El Plural Explained

elplural.com
Motto:Progressive Daily Newspaper
Type:Digital daily
Headquarters:Gran Vía, 64 Madrid Spain
Founder:Enric Sopena
Political:Aligned with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Language:Spanish
Publisher:Corporate Communicator
Chiefeditor:Marcos Paradinas

elplural.com is a Spanish language news site which has been publishing since 19 September 2005. It defines itself as a combination of information with opinion which tries to offer its readers general interest news.[1]

History

elplural.com was born as a project by the Catalan journalist Enric Sopena,[1] whose previous experience came from audiovisual or written media such as La Vanguardia and TVE. Despite its geographical origin in Catalonia, El Plural deals with national and international topics, and over time a fixed section has focused on Andalusia, together with other regional sections. From 2010, Enric Sopena became a shareholder of the newspaper's publishing company. Until then the ownership of this medium was in the hands of a company linked to Lavinia TV.[2]

On 22 March 2017, the General Shareholders' Meeting of elplural.com accepted the retirement request of Enric Sopena as director of the newspaper, becoming 'President 'Emeritus', writing an opinion column titled 'Cabos Sueltos'.[3]

The journalist Angélica Rubio became the director of the site, having served as Economics editor.[4] [3] [5]

Structure

The newspaper has sections on Politics, Economic, Communications and Society. In addition, elplural.com has an Autonomous communities' section, focused on Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andalusia. The latter, since 26 September 2016, is formed by the integration of the Andaluces Diario newspaper,[6] led by the journalist Antonio Avendaño, who joined from Público.

The Opinion section is composed of conventional articles and analysis, as well as cartoons from the series "Los Calvitos", by humorist Patricio Rocco, aka Pat.

Apart from the usual sections, the newspaper includes various magazines, such as El Telescopio - dedicated to Technology and Innovation -, La Pimienta de la Vida - focused on gastronomy and lifestyle - Motor - automotive sector associated with the Autofácil publication -, Playtime - leisure and culture and Fuera de Foco, a miscellaneous section about social media, curiosities and humorous news..

Editorial line

El Plural defines itself as a progressive daily.[4] It has had connections with PSC-PSOE.[7] It is aligned social-democratically. In 2011, journalist Carlos Carnicero lost his job at the publication following repeated criticism of former Prime Minister Zapatero's PSOE government.[8]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 February 2014 . spanish . A new digital newspaper is born, Elplural.com, directed by the journalist Enric Sopena . Nace un nuevo diario digital, Elplural.com, dirigido por el periodista Enric Sopena . 19 September 2005 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203092629/http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/sociedad/nace-un-nuevo-diario-digital-elplural-com-dirigido-por-periodista-enric-sopena_194699.html . elperiodicoextremadura.com . 3 September 2018.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143559/http://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/television/2010-09-03/enric-sopena-se-compra-elplural-com_492619/ . Enric Sopena se compra elplural.com . spanish . Enric Sopena buys ElPlural.com . Eduardo . Verbo . . 3 September 2010 . 3 September 2018 . 20 April 2017 . live.
  3. Web site: Moreno . Marisu . Angélica Rubio sustituye a Enric Sopena en la dirección de ELPLURAL.COM . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180903164853/https://www.elplural.com/comunicacion/angelica-rubio-sustituye-a-enric-sopena-en-la-direccion-de-elplural-com_101159102 . 22 March 2017 . 3 September 2018 . El Plural . spanish . Angélica Rubio replaces Enric Sopena as manager of elplural.com.
  4. News: Sopena deja la dirección de "El Plural" en manos de una habitual de La Sexta. 4 September 2018 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170324022510/http://www.esdiario.com/822404508/Sopena-deja-la-direccion-de-El-Plural-en-manos-de-una-habitual-de-La-Sex.html . Sopena leaves the address of "El Plural" in the hands of a regular from La Sexta . 23 March 2017 . spanish . 24 March 2017 . EsDiario.com .
  5. Web site: El Plural acusa la caída en el negocio y pierde 100.000 euros . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090822/https://dircomfidencial.com/medios/el-plural-acusa-la-caida-en-el-negocio-y-pierde-100-000-euros-20170822-0403/ . 4 September 2018 . 22 August 2017 . spanish . 4 September 2018 . DirComfidencial.com . El Plural announces fall in business and loses 100,000 euros.
  6. Web site: ELPLURAL.COM reinforces its territorial expansion with the 'signing' of Andalucesdiario.es . ELPLURAL.COM refuerza su expansión territorial con el 'fichaje' de Andalucesdiario.es . live. 4 September 2018 . Gil . 23 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904072907/https://www.elplural.com/autonomias/andalucia/elplural-com-refuerza-su-expansion-territorial-con-el-fichaje-de-andalucesdiario-es_91240102 . spanish . El Plural . Sara . 4 September 2018.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20091118195120/http://www.periodistadigital.com/periodismo/internet/2009/11/16/elplura-sopena-lavinia-psoe.shtml . 16 November 2009 . Higinio . El Plural de Enric Sopena es propiedad del Grupo Lavinia . Enric Sopena's El Plural is owned by the Lavinia Group . Mosteiro . live. PeriodistaDigital.com . spanish . 18 November 2009 . 4 September 2009 .
  8. Web site: Luis . spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317200258/http://www.periodistadigital.com/periodismo/internet/2011/03/16/carnicero-sopena-el-plural-censor-despido-nueva-york-zapatero.shtml . El 'censor' Enric Sopena fulmina a Carlos Carnicero de El Plural.com . live. Balcarce . 17 March 2011 . The 'censor' Enric Sopena fires Carlos Carnicero of El Plural.com . PeriodistaDigital.com . 16 March 2011 . 2 January 2019 .

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