''El Periódico Extremadura'' (originally ''Extremadura'') is a Spanish-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1923, it is published in Cáceres, Spain. It is part of the Grupo Zeta. It is along ''Hoy'' one of the two major newspapers in the autonomous community of

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History

It was founded on 1 April 1923 under the auspice of Pedro Segura, bishop of Coria. During the Second Republic, the editorial policy oscillated between the Catholic integrism and the extreme right, although it occasionally endorsed the right-wing

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as the "lesser evil". Initially published as evening newspaper, it had a modest circulation. One of its writers (Juan Milán Cebrián) broke the news about the proclamation of

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as "Caudillo" in 1936, following the seizure of Cáceres by the rebel faction in the midst of the

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. The newspaper was edited by Tomás Murillo Iglesias (1923–1927), Antonio Reyes Huertas (1927–1937) and Rafael Bittini y López de Guijarro (1937–1939). During most of the

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it was edited by Dionisio Acedo (1939–1972). It was purchased by the Grupo Zeta in 1988, and it was renamed as ''El Periódico Extremadura''.

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