La Verdad (Murcia) Explained

La Verdad
Type:Daily newspaper
Owner:Grupo Vocento
Publisher:La Verdad Multimedia, S.A.
Language:Spanish
Headquarters:Murcia
Publishing Country:Spain
Issn:1138-7858
Oclc:1018001200

La Verdad (Spanish; Castilian: The Truth) is a daily newspaper based in Murcia, Spain. It is the largest newspaper of the Murcia province as well as of the Albacete province. During its existence it had presence in the Alicante province, being discontinued from the Land of Valencia in 2017.[1]

History and profile

La Verdad was first published on 1 March 1903.[2] [3] The paper became part of the Vocento Group in 1988.[3] The company also owns ABC, El Correo Español, El Diario Vasco, El Diario Montañés and Las Provincias, among others.[4] The publisher of La Verdad is La Verdad Multimedia, S.A.[2] [5]

The headquarters of La Verdad is in Murcia[6] [7] and the paper serves for the provinces of Murcia, Alicante and Albacete.[2] It has editions for Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca and Albacete.[2] The online edition of the paper was launched in 1998.[5]

José María Esteban served as the editor-in-chief of La Verdad.[8]

Circulation

In 1993 La Verdad sold 46,919 copies.[9] The circulation of the paper was 40,832 copies in 2002.[4] Its 2009 circulation was 35,136 copies.[2] The paper sold 30,500 copies in 2011.[10] The paper had a circulation of 20,524 copies and 197,000 readers in 2014.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Diario Información. es. Cierra el diario 'La Verdad' en Alicante, tras más de medio siglo informando. 24 January 2017. 18 February 2017.
  2. Web site: WAN-IFRA XMA Cross Media Awards 2010. WAN IFRA. 23 February 2015. 2010.
  3. Web site: Regional Press. La Verdad. Vocento Group. 23 February 2015.
  4. Web site: David Ward. A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries. Dutch Media Authority. 23 February 2014. 2004. 12 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203318/http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf.
  5. José Alberto García Avilés. Miguel Carvajal. Integrated and Cross-Media Newsroom Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 2008. 14. 2. 221–239. 10.1177/1354856507087945. 11000/4555. free.
  6. Web site: Media group Vocento restructures its operations in Malaga. Sur in English. 23 February 2015. 10 May 2008.
  7. Victoria Carrillo. Ana Castillo. María Jiménez-Fernández. The boom and the establishment of "blogs" in online regional press in Spain. Observatorio (OBS*) Journal. 2012. 6. 4.
  8. José A. García Avilés. Klaus Meier. Andy Kaltenbrunner. Miguel Carvajal. Daniela Kraus. Newsroom integration in Austria, Spain and Germany. Journalism Practice. 2009. 3. 3. 285–303. 10.1080/17512780902798638. free. 11000/4570. free.
  9. Web site: Facts of Spain. Florida International University. 23 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621080435/http://www2.fiu.edu/~rquin001/factsspain.html. dead. 21 June 2013.
  10. Web site: La Verdad. Cesanamedia Italy. 23 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223201023/http://www.cesanamedia.com/en/media-portfolio/search-by-media-type/media-print/europe/spain/la-verdad/. 23 February 2015. dmy-all.

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