El Espectador

For the Uruguayan media company, see CX 14 El Espectador.
El Espectador
El Espectador front page, 18 September 2008 issue
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherFidel Cano Correa
Editor-in-chiefÉlber Gutiérrez Roa
EditorJorge Cardona
Political alignmentCentre-left,
Liberalism,
Social liberalism
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersCalle 103 69B-43
Bogotá, Colombia
Circulation50,000 (Mon–Sat)[1]
190,000 (Sun)[1]
ISSN0122-2856
OCLC number436626557
Websiteelespectador.com
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El Espectador ("The Spectator") is a newspaper of national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on March 22, 1887, in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It transition from a daily to a weekly edition in 2001, following a financial crisis, and again with a daily released since May 11, 2008,[2][3] a comeback which had been long rumoured,[4][5] in tabloid format (28 x 39.5 cm). From 1997 to 2011 its main shareholder was Julio Mario Santo Domingo.[6]

It is the oldest newspaper in Colombia. Since its first issue its motto has been "El Espectador will work for the good of the country with liberal criteria and for the good of the liberal principles with patriotic criteria". It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each. It defined itself as a "political, literary, news and industrial newspaper". Years later it became a daily and in 2001 became a weekly. Since then, the paper uses the slogan "El Espectador. Opinion is news", implying it now focuses in opinion articles, not in breaking news. This focus was kept when it regained its daily format on 11 May 2008.[7]

According to the latest Estudio General de Medios (EGM – Segunda Ola 2007 (II-2007)), El Espectador has 687,900 readers every week.[8] El Espectador being the oldest newspaper in Colombia still in circulation, is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia[9] and also a house of important columnist, including a Nobel Prize in Literature, Gabriel García Márquez. It is a member of the Inter American Press Association and the Asociación de Diarios Colombianos (ANDIARIOS).

  1. ^ a b "Periódicos en busca de nuevos negocios" (in Spanish). Dinero. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  2. ^ "El Espectador impreso vuelve a ser diario". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ Solano, Víctor (2008-05-03). "El Espectador vuelve a diario el 11 de mayo" (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Solano, Víctor (2008-01-13). "¿Pasará este año El Periódico?" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  5. ^ "'El Espectador' diario" (in Spanish). Semana. 2008-04-19.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Vendido El Espectador". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1997-11-13.
  7. ^ Osorio, Marcela (2008-05-11). "¡Seguimos adelante!". El Espectador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  8. ^ El Espectador (2007-12-03). "Audiencia de Elespectador.com creció 79 por ciento" (in Spanish).
  9. ^ "Main newspapers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia official (Cancillería de Colombia)". Archived from the original on 2024-04-12.