El País
El País is one of Spain's most widely read daily newspapers, published in Madrid and read across Spain and Latin America. Generally regarded as centre-left in its editorial orientation, it covers national and international news, politics, economy, and culture. It is widely considered a newspaper of record in the Spanish-speaking world and maintains a substantial digital presence.
El País at a glance
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1976
- Owner
- PRISA
- Published from
- Madrid
- Website
- elpais.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups El País
Crosswire groups El País as Centrist for comparisons within Spain'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 Spain, elDiario.es and Público are listed as Left-leaning, while ABC and La Razón are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open El País beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where El País sits in Spain's press
El País was founded in 1976, is published from Madrid and is owned by PRISA. It is one of 13 outlets tracked in Spain, and one of 7 daily newspapers among them — the others being El Mundo, ABC, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, 20 Minutos and La Razón. By outlets tracked, Spain ranks first of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El País outside Spain, starting with Southern Europe, are Corriere della Sera (Italy), Público (Portugal), Kathimerini (Greece) and Times of Malta (Malta). Opening one of them beside El País is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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