La Vanguardia

Infobox Newspaper
name = La Vanguardia


caption =
type = Daily newspaper
format = Berliner
foundation = February 1, 1881, as "Diario de los Políticos de avisos y notícias"
ceased publication =
price = €1 daily in Spain
owners = Grupo Godó
publisher = Javier Godó
editor = José Antich
language = Spanish
political = Centrist
circulation = 202,161 daily in 2006Figures covering January to December 2006 from [http://www.introl.es/f_alta.htm Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión] , accessed April 26, 2007.]
headquarters = Diagonal 477, 7^o Piso, 08005 Barcelona ESP
ISSN =
website = [http://www.lavanguardia.es/ www.lavanguardia.es]

"La Vanguardia" is the highest-circulation daily newspaper based in Barcelona and Catalonia, trailing only the three main Madrid dailies among general-interest circulation in Spain. Its circulation is slightly higher than its main Catalan competition, "El Periódico de Catalunya".

History

"La Vanguardia"'s newspaper history began on February 1, 1881, when two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published the paper. It was defined as a "Diario de los Políticos de avisos y notícias" (Political Newspaper of Announcements and News), intended as a means of communication for a faction of the Liberal Party that wanted to gain control over the Barcelona city council.

On December 31, 1887, the paper published its last edition as a party organ and on the next day, January 1, 1888, the first day of the Universal Exposition of Barcelona, it presented a new, politically independent format with a morning and an afternoon edition.

Traits

Although the newspaper's articles are only in Spanish, letters submitted in Catalan are left untranslated and run next to the Spanish ones. Another unusual trait for a Spanish-language newspaper is its practice of always referring to Catalonia as "Catalunya" (the Catalan name) rather than the Spanish "Cataluña"; the name of Catalan institutions are also left untranslated (such as "Govern" instead of the Spanish "Gobierno" for the regional Government or "conseller" instead of "consejero" for its councilors). Interviews made in Catalan are frequently left untranslated, too.

References

External links

* [http://www.lavanguardia.es/ La Vanguardia] newspaper website