''Excélsior'' is a

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. It is the second oldest paper in the city after '' El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917.

History

''Excélsior'' was founded by Rafael Alducin and first published in

on March 18, 1917. In 1924, Alducin died at the age of 35, and his family led the newspaper into difficult times. Ultimately, it was reconstituted as a worker-owned cooperative in 1932, with one-time accountant Gilberto Figueroa named general manager. His ability to manage finances and broker compromise within the newspaper contributed to a successful 30-year reign, in which the newspaper would become politically and economically stable. Beginning in 1968, the newspaper's editorial stance was of a relatively liberal bent, under the editorship of Julio Scherer García. After Scherer left the newspaper in 1976, the editorial stance became more overtly supportive of the

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(PRI) and the Mexican establishment in general, in a move spurred when President

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secretly incited a group of workers to take over the cooperative and install new leadership. The "Excélsior coup" instituted the new leadership that would be at the head of ''Excélsior'' until 2001. The outgoing editorial staff went on to found new publications, like '' Proceso'', '' Vuelta'' and ''

Unomásuno ''Unomásuno'' (English: ''One Plus One'') is a Mexican daily tabloid newspaper circulated in Mexico City. Formed in 1977 by former employees of Mexico City's daily newspaper ''Excélsior'', it became one of the leading leftist newspapers in M ...

''. In 2001, Regino Díaz Redondo, who had led the paper since 1976, was ousted, leaving in his wake a disorganized cooperative and an indebted newspaper. The end of the PRI's hold on Mexican politics brought with it a falling out of favor for the publication. In January 2006, the newspaper was sold to

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, the owners of

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and TV interests in Mexico City, headed by

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. The cooperative voted 591–7 to authorize the sale of ''Excélsior''. The sale led to the dissolution of the cooperative and the relaunch of the newspaper on March 18, 2006. Its main writers also contribute to Imagen radio and Cadena Tres;

Excélsior TV Excélsior TV is a Mexican FTA news channel owned by Grupo Imagen. It is named for Imagen's ''Excélsior ''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second oldest paper in the city after '' El Universal'', printing its fir ...

, a cable news channel also available over the air in Mexico City, launched in September 2013.

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''Excélsior''
at the Mondo Times
English translations of ''Excélsior'' articles available at nonprofit WorldMeets.US
Newspapers published in Mexico City Publications established in 1917 Spanish-language websites Grupo Imagen 1917 establishments in Mexico {{mexico-newspaper-stub

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