''El Comercio'' is a daily newspaper in Spain. Published in
Gijón
Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...
, it is the second-largest newspaper by circulation in
Asturias
Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
, with a daily circulation of 24,000.
History and profile
''El Comercio'' was first published on 2 September 1878. Since 1995 the paper has been part of
Grupo Vocento
Vocento, S.A., also known as Grupo Vocento, is a Spanish mass media group. Its flagship daily newspaper is the conservative and monarchist ''ABC'', also publishing '' El Correo''. Vocento was created in 2001 upon the merger of Grupo Correo with ...
. In 1996 it acquired ''
La Voz de Avilés'', and it continues that name for its
Avilés
Avilés (Asturian and ;) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias.
The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged ...
edition.
In 1995, ''El Comercio'' became the first newspaper in Spain to be available on the
Internet
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.
In 2006 ''El Comercio'' had a circulation of 27,843 copies.
See also
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List of newspapers in Spain
This list of newspapers in Spain includes daily, weekly Spanish newspapers issued in Spain. In 1950 the number of daily newspapers in circulation in Spain was 104; by 1965 this figure had fallen to 87. In 1984, in the period following the tran ...
References
External links
''El Comercio'' official website
''El Comercio'' digital hemerotec
1878 establishments in Spain
Grupo Vocento
Mass media in Gijón
Daily newspapers published in Spain
Newspapers established in 1878
Spanish-language newspapers
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