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, the publisher of ABC. The group is also a player in the regional press sector, mainly owing to former properties of Correo. Through Net TV, the group also owns a digital terrestrial television license in Spain, which is leased to Paramount Network 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 started in 1984 with the acquisition of shares in El Diario Montañés.
In the 1980s, the holding company Corporación de Medios de Comunicación Social was created, which acquired eight regional leading newspapers. In 1988, the newspapers La Verdad, Hoy and Ideal 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. It is the national leader in the publication of general supplements and specialist magazines. It also has held assets in the entertainment sector, in both radio and television, and in audiovisual production and distribution, as well as the Internet, with more than 19 million unique visitors. In addition, the company has a news agency, Colpisa.
Vocento operates multiple media properties, including several newspapers over a century old. The company has been listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange since 8 November 2006.
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%.

Magazines

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