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 , the publisher of ''ABC''. The group is also a player in the regional press sector, mainly owing to former properties of Correo (''
El Diario Montañés'', ''
La Verdad'', ''
Hoy'', ''
Ideal'', ''
Sur'', ''La Rioja'', ''
El Norte de Castilla'', ''
El Comercio''). Through
Net TV, the group also owns a
digital terrestrial television
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license in Spain, which is leased to
Paramount Network
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and
Disney Channel
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.
History
It has its origins in 1910 with the launch of ''El Pueblo Vasco'', a newspaper founded by the Ybarra family, which merged with ''El Correo Español'', another newspaper, in 1938. In the 1940s they obtained shares in the newspaper ''El Noticiero Bilbaíno'' and in 1948 they began its development with the acquisition of most of ''El Diario Vasco''. The expansion outside the Basque Country (Spain) started in 1984 with the acquisition of shares in ''El Diario Montañés'' (a newspaper published in the nearby
province of Santander).
In the 1980s, the holding company Corporación de Medios de Comunicación Social (Comecosa) was created, which acquired eight regional leading newspapers (''Las Provincias'', ''La Rioja'', ''El Norte de Castilla'', etc). In 1988, the newspapers ''La Verdad'' (Murcia), ''Hoy'' (Badajoz) and ''Ideal'' (Granada) were acquired. In 1990, the ''Diario Sur de Málaga'' was also incorporated.
Profile
The Group was established in 2001 as a result of the merger of Grupo Correo and Prensa Española.
[ The company has its headquarters in Madrid.][ and television (]Telecinco
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(13%),[ Fly Music), and in audiovisual production and distribution (''Hospital Central'', ''El Comisario'' and '' Pasapalabra'', among others), as well as the Internet, with more than 19 million unique visitors. In addition, the company has a ]news agency
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, Colpisa.
Vocento is composed of over 120 companies, some of which are over a hundred years old. Since 8 November 2006, the Group has been listed on the Spanish stock market.
Vocento and ''ABC'' opened a new headquarters in Josefa Valcárcel in July 2020.
Holdings
Newspapers
In 2006 the share of the group in the Spanish press market was 25,7%.
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
2001 establishments in Spain
Companies listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange
Conglomerate companies of Spain
Companies based in Madrid
Mass media in Madrid
Mass media companies established in 2001
Newspaper companies
Mass media companies of Spain