''Milenio'' is a major national
newspaper
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in
Mexico
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, owned by
Grupo Multimedios.
It is published in 11 cities across Mexico, including
Monterrey
Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...
,
Mexico City
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,
Guadalajara
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,
León,
Pachuca,
Puebla
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,
Villahermosa,
Tampico
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,
Torreón,
Toluca, and
Xalapa
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. In each local edition, they include local content and national news developed by the media group, not only from their newspaper reporters, but also from
Multimedios Televisión and
Multimedios Radio.
It started in Monterrey as ''Diario de Monterrey'', and expanded to other cities in the first decade of the 21st century.
During elections, Milenio publishes the acclaimed ''María de las Heras'' poll, that was the only poll in Mexico to predict the victory of
Vicente Fox in 2000.
The newspaper also publishes a biweekly magazine distributed nationwide, and operates the
24-hour news channel Milenio Televisión, which is distributed throughout Mexico via cable and satellite, and over-the-air through the subchannels of its sister network
Canal 6, with some American distribution.
The newspaper was criticized for publishing a daily poll which gave President
Enrique Peña Nieto an 18-point lead over
Andrés Manuel López Obrador 5 days before the election, while the real difference was 6.46%.
Ciro Gómez Leyva printed a public apology, adding that they would "retire from electoral polling."
See also
*
List of newspapers in Mexico
References
External links
''Milenio:'' Official Website
Companies based in Monterrey
Spanish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Mexico
Grupo Multimedios
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