''Superdeporte'', also known as ''Super Deporte'', is a daily online Spanish sports newspaper published in Valencia.

Background

''Superdeporte'' is an internet based daily sports newspaper from Valencia. They cover many sports with a particular interest in the two large football teams from the region,

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and Levante, along with

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and sports run through local polideportivos. Their offices were located at Avda de Aragon 2, Valencia.

History

Superdeporte was founded in 2003, one of two Spanish newspapers to be founded that year along with the

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based '' La Opinión de Granada''. Founded in the 2000s, they joined the marker at the time the online Seville based sport daily, ''

Estadio Deportivo ''Estadio Deportivo'' (; ) is a Spanish-language sports daily newspaper published in Seville, Spain. The paper has been in circulation since 1995. It is a supplement of the daily newspaper, '' El Mundo''. History ''Estadio Deportivo'' was estab ...

''. The two publications were both in competition with the big four sport dailies: '' Marca, AS,

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'' and ''

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''. While Spain underwent an economic crisis and newspaper circulation overall went into decline, ''Superdeporte'', ''Estadio Deportivo'', Marca, ''AS, Mundo Deportivo'' and ''Sport'' all saw readership growth. Their director in 2003 was Vincente Bau Miquel. He continued to hold this role in 2005. By 2008, they had established themselves as one of the most read online newspapers in Valencia.

References

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