''Avui'' (, meaning "Today" in English) was a

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daily

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, based in

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, in

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. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was

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History and profile

''Avui'' was first published on 23 April 1976, (

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's day, a symbolic holiday in Catalonia). The founding company was Premsa Catalana. The paper initially relied on the

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of thousands of Catalans for financial support. It soon went into financial problems and changed ownership. A partnership of two publishers along with the Catalan national government itself took over in order to avoid imminent bankruptcy. The Grupo Godó owned 40% of the paper, which had its headquarters in Barcelona. The Catalan government subsidises with important amounts those Catalan newspapers with at least one Catalan language edition. In 2008 ''Avui'' was only second to ''El Punt'' in terms of circulation/funds granted, having received almost 1.5 million

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that amounted to 48.9 euros per newspaper sold. Then it went to change hands again in 2009, being bought by its rival ''

El Punt ''El Punt'' (, meaning in English "The Point") was a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia (Spain). The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original ''Punt Diari'' ('Daily Point'). It was published between 24 February 1979 and 31 ...

'', and creating the new newspaper ''

El Punt Avui ''El Punt'' (, meaning in English "The Point") was a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia (Spain). The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original ''Punt Diari'' ('Daily Point'). It was published between 24 February 1979 and 3 ...

'' on 31 July 2011.

References

External links

''Avui'' web site
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