La Razón (Madrid) Explained
La Razón (pronounced as /es/;) is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain. It has the sixth-highest circulation among general-interest Spanish dailies, and the fourth-highest among those based in Madrid.
The newspaper has satellite news bureaux, and local editions, in Barcelona, Murcia, Seville, Valencia and Valladolid.
History and stance
La Razón was founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón.[1] [2] The paper is owned by Grupo Planeta[3] [4] and based in Madrid.[5] The newspaper's editorial stances are primarily neoliberal economically and conservative socially. The paper has also a rightist stance.[6] [7]
Circulation
La Razón had a circulation of 140,000 copies in 2003.[8] The 2008 circulation of the paper was 153,024 copies.[9] It was 124,284 copies in 2009, 118,466 copies in 2010 and 103,789 copies in 2011.[10] Between July 2010 and June 2011 the paper had a circulation of 109,166 copies.[11]
Staff
Francisco Marhuenda is the editor of the daily.[1] Leading contributors have included Alfonso Ussía, César Vidal, Carmen Gurruchaga, and Carlos Rodríguez Braun.[1]
Controversies
La Razón has been a focus of attention for the intentionally provocative design of the front pages, even appearing in other media and causing big debates on social networks.[12]
The edition of 9 May 2012 caused great controversy in some sectors, and it was criticized by the Le Monde newspaper, having featured photos of five students with names and surnames and a text below describing them as "bad students" and "stirrers" to make a call for participation on a protest against the cutbacks on education. The student union decided to file a complaint against the newspaper.[13]
In the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks, the paper published a doctored image of Veerender Jubbal, a Canadian Sikh, falsely labelling him as “one of the terrorists”.[14]
On 7 June 2016, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi won a libel case against the paper and was awarded €65,000 in damages, which he donated to the charity Médecins Sans Frontières.[15]
Notes and References
- News: La Razón Digital – Traducir EN. 28 June 2013. Semantix's Blog. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103030312/http://www.semantix.com/en_us/clients/la-razon-digital-traducir-en/. 3 January 2014. dmy-all.
- Rosario de Mateo. Laura Bergés. Anna Garnatxe. Crisis, what crisis? The media: business and journalism in times of crisis. TripleC. 2010. 8. 2. 18 December 2014.
- Enric Castelló. David Domingo. Spanish media facing new media: a challenge to journalists?. International Journal of Iberian Studies. 2005. 18. 3. 3 December 2014.
- Web site: Country Profile: Spain . Institute of Media and Communications Study . 21 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150221222930/http://www.mediadb.eu/en/data-base/eu-laenderportraets/spanien.html . 21 February 2015 .
- Web site: Himedia Spain and La Razón newspaper sign a digital media agreement. Himedia Group. 30 November 2014. September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030147/http://www.himediagroup.com/de/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/CP-HiMedia-LaRazon-EN.pdf. 24 September 2015. dead.
- News: Raphael Minder. Eric Pfanner. Spain's Troubles Catch Up With a Storied Newspaper. 30 November 2014. The New York Times. 23 October 2012. Madrid.
- Book: Stefaan Blancke. Hans Henrik Hjermitslev. Peter C. Kjærgaard. Creationism in Europe. 6 May 2015. 21 October 2014. JHU Press. 978-1-4214-1562-8. 39.
- Web site: World Press Trends. World Association of Newspapers. 8 February 2015. Paris. 2004.
- Book: Alan Albarran. Handbook of Spanish Language Media. 29 October 2014. 10 September 2009. Routledge. 978-1-135-85430-0. 25.
- Web site: National newspapers total circulation. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. 3 December 2014.
- Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain's Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- News: La polémica portada de La Razón agita las redes . La Informacion . 9 May 2012 . 28 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815085839/https://233grados.lainformacion.com/blog/2012/05/la-portada-de-la-raz%C3%B3n-agita-las-redes.html . 15 August 2019 . es.
- News: La portada de 'La Razón' revuelve a la izquierda . . 28 June 2013 . A. . Flotats . 9 May 2012 . Display Connectors, SL..
- News: Canadian pictured as Paris terrorist in suspected Gamergate smear . . 16 November 2015 . 6 April 2020 . Kevin . Rawlinson . Guardian News & Media Limited.
- News: Argentina's Lionel Messi wins libel case, donates damages to charity . ESPN . 7 June 2016.
