''Expansión'' is a
Spanish-language
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news
magazine targeted to business markets in
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
and
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
created in 1969 and redesigned in 1999. While most business media in Mexico focus on
macroeconomic
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An economy is an area of the production, distributio ...
and
political
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aspects, ''Expansión'' is set apart by its coverage of the people and ideas that drive the private sector in Mexico.
''Expansión'' is the flagship publication of ''Grupo Expansión (GEx)'', founded in 1966. In 2005, GEx was bought by
Time Inc. In 2007, ''Expansión'' and
CNN jointly launched a website specializing in
business,
economic
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, and
financial aspects in
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
and
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
. The site was originally launched as ''CNNExpansion.com'' as an adaptation modeled on
CNNmoney.com for the Latin American market.
Expansión includes more advertising pages than any other magazine in Mexico for more than 10 years only in the last 3 years has it been surpassed by its sister publication: Who magazine. With 51,000 copies aimed at an executive segment (93% senior management), Expansión has been the authority on business in Mexico for more than 50 years and has almost twice the circulation of its closest competitor.
References
External links
ExpansiónGrupo ExpansiónTime Inc.
1969 establishments in Mexico
Business magazines
Magazines published in Mexico
Magazines established in 1969
Mass media in Mexico City
News magazines published in South America
Spanish-language magazines
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