''Libertad Digital'' (literally, ''Digital Freedom'') is an advocacy journalism online newspaper edited in

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. It does not follow a particular party line, but it claims to be classic liberal, It is published in Spanish.

Origins

''Libertad Digital'' was founded by

Federico Jiménez Losantos Federico Jorge Jiménez Losantos (born 15 September 1951), also known by his initials FJL, is a Spanish radio presenter and right-wing pundit, being most known for his successful radio talk show ''Es la mañana de Federico''. He is also a TV hos ...

who continues to be associated with the publication. Its first edition was released on 8 March 2000. It was also promoted by the

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

Alberto Recarte Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

, who was the first president of the Libertad Digital society, and Javier Rubio, who was its first editor. In 2004 the media firm decided to seek a capital expansion. Some of the shares were acquired by people connected to the Popular Party such as the party's then treasurer

Álvaro Lapuerta Álvaro de Lapuerta Quintero (22 September 1927 – 2 June 2018) was a Spanish politician who sat on the Congress of Deputies between 1977 and 2004, and served as treasurer of the People's Party from 1993 to 2008. He was questioned regarding ...

. It has been claimed that Recarte persuaded "party circles" to get involved in this project after the party lost the general election of March 2004 to the

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.Ex-PP minister Acebes denies knowledge of party slush fund
''El Pais'' (English edition) Currently, Losantos presides the Libertad Digital society, while the editor of the online newspaper is Raúl Vilas.

The daily

Besides daily news, ''Libertad Digital'' is an opinion newspaper. It has nearly a hundred of contributors who write twelve columns a day. Since January 2005, the paper has also had an ideas supplement from Monday to Friday. Among its best-known contributors are Amando de Miguel ( es), Carlos Rodríguez Braun,

Carlos Semprún Carlos Semprún Maura (23 November 1926 in Madrid – 23 March 2009 in Paris) was a Spanish writer, playwright and journalist, mainly working in the French language. Biography The son of the Spanish politician, writer and diplomat José Mar� ...

, Pío Moa, and

Daniel Sirera Daniel Sirera Bellés (born 30 July 1967 in Badalona) is a Spanish politician. He served as the chairman of the People's Party in Catalonia (PPC) from 2007–2008.editorial cartoon A political cartoon, a form of editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist. They typically combine ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.libertaddigital.com/ 2000 establishments in Spain Conservatism in Spain Spanish news websites Libertarian publications Newspapers published in Madrid Newspapers established in 2000 Spanish-language newspapers