ABC (newspaper)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox newspaper Template:Conservatism in Spain ABC (Template:IPA) is a Spanish national daily newspaper. Along with Template:Lang and Template:Lang, it is one of Spain's three newspapers of record.
History and profile
ABC was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903<ref name="Voltmer2006">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="tere">Template:Cite journal</ref> by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio.<ref name=EB>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref name="jfox">Template:Cite journal</ref> The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena.<ref name=jfox/> The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905.<ref name=anmee>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville.<ref name=jfox/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The latter was named ABC de Sevilla.<ref name=jfox/>
On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ABC in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year Blanco y Negro, a magazine, became its supplement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The ABC printed in Seville was supportive of the Nationalists. In 1939 ABC in Madrid was given back to its original owners by Francisco Franco.<ref name=EB/> During this period the paper was one of two major dailies in the country together with La Vanguardia Española.<ref name=tere/>
ABC publishes in compact-sized stapled sheets, noticeably smaller than the loose tabloid format favoured by most Spanish dailies, including El País and El Mundo. Its cover distinctively features a full-size picture. In the late 1970s and 1980s, ABC had close connections with first Popular Alliance and later Popular Party.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the 1990s, the publisher of ABC was Editorial Española.<ref name=sand/> The paper later moved from its historic landmark offices in Madrid by Paseo de la Castellana, which is now a shopping mall. The paper is part of Grupo Vocento,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> which also owns El Correo Español, El Diario Vasco, La Verdad and Las Provincias, among others.<ref name=dwa>Template:Cite web</ref>
Editorial stance
ABC is known for generally supporting conservative political views,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and defending the Spanish monarchy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The paper also has a right-wing stance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its director since 1983, Luis María Ansón, left the paper in 1997;<ref name="sand">Template:Cite book</ref> he founded another daily, La Razón, which initially catered to even more conservative readers. Historically, it was noted in its heavy use of photography, and the front page is typically a large photo taking up to one third of the area. It has been recognized for its coverage of Spanish culture and arts.<ref name="EB" />
Archives
On 25 September 2009, ABC made its complete archives, dating back to 1903, available online, giving modern readers a chance to see contemporaneous news about the Spanish Civil War or Francisco Franco's death.
Circulation and readership
In February 1970 ABC had a circulation of 212,536 copies.<ref name=kmax>Template:Cite book</ref> It was 178,979 copies in February 1975,<ref name=kmax/> 171,382 copies in 1976, 145,162 copies in 1977. and 126,952 copies in 1978.<ref name=Voltmer2006/> The circulation of the paper was 135,380 copies in February 1980.<ref name=kmax/>
The 1993 circulation of ABC was 334,317 copies, making it the second-best-selling newspaper in Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=facts/> In 1994. it was again the second-best-selling newspaper in the country with a circulation of 321,571 copies.<ref name=facts>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the period of 1995–1996 the paper had a circulation of 321,573 copies, making again it the second-best-selling paper in the country.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The circulation of ABC was 292,000 copies in 2001<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and 262,874 copies in 2002.<ref name=dwa/> The paper had a circulation of 263,000 copies in 2003, being the fourth best-selling newspaper in the country.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Based on the findings of the European Business Readership Survey ABC had 5,685 readers per issue in 2006.<ref name="Carroll2010">Template:Cite book</ref> Between June 2006 and July 2007 the daily had a circulation of 230,422 copies.<ref name=anmee/> The 2008 circulation of the paper was 228,258 copies.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was 243,154 copies between July 2010 and June 2011.<ref>Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 in Spain Template:Webarchive, Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión. Retrieved 28 January 2012.</ref>
See also
References
Further reading
- Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers (1980). pp. 33–36.
External links
- ABC.es – official online version of ABC
- The ABC – Article in English discussing ABC
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