El Comercio (EC)
El Comercio is a major daily newspaper based in Quito and one of Ecuador's oldest and most prominent press titles. Published in Spanish, it covers national politics, economics, society, and international affairs for a general audience. It operates print and online editions and is regarded as a leading reference among the country's traditional newspapers.
El Comercio (EC) at a glance
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- elcomercio.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups El Comercio (EC)
Crosswire groups El Comercio (EC) as Centrist for comparisons within Ecuador's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Ecuador, El Telégrafo is listed as Left-leaning, while Teleamazonas is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open El Comercio (EC) beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where El Comercio (EC) sits in Ecuador's press
El Comercio (EC) is one of 5 outlets tracked in Ecuador, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being El Universo and El Telégrafo. By outlets tracked, Ecuador ranks 19th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El Comercio (EC) outside Ecuador, starting with South America, are Clarín (Argentina), El Mercurio (Chile), El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Comercio (Peru). Opening one of them beside El Comercio (EC) is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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