- El País
Infobox Newspaper
name = El País
caption =
type =Daily newspaper
format =Tabloid
foundation =May 4 ,1976
ceased publication =
price = €1 daily
owners = Grupo PRISA
publisher =Jesús de Polanco
editor =Javier Moreno
language = Spanish
political =Social-Democrat Fact|date=July 2008
circulation = 432,204 daily in2006 Figures covering January to December 2006 from [http://www.introl.es/f_alta.htm Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión] , accessedApril 26 ,2007 .]
headquarters = Miguel Yuste 40, 28037Madrid ESP
ISSN =
website = [http://www.elpais.com/ www.elpais.com]"El País" (Spanish for "The Country") is the most widely-circulated
daily newspaper inSpain . According to the 2005 "Estudio General de Medios" (General Media Study), it has about 2.1 million readers; "El Mundo" ("The World") is second with an estimated 1.29 million readers. "El País" is often referred to as anewspaper of record from Spain, along with its fellowMadrid morning dailies "El Mundo" and "ABC". Politically and ideologically it is connected withsocial democrats .Fact|date=July 2008It was first published on
May 4 ,1976 , during the early stages of theSpanish transition to democracy . FounderJosé Ortega Spottorno based it on the model ofFrance 's "Le Monde ". It is now part of themedia conglomerate Grupo Prisa [ [http://www.elpais.com/especiales/2006/30aniversario/index.html "El País 30 Aniversario"] ] .On
September 26 ,2007 the paper published theBush-Aznar memo , a leaked transcript of a closed-door meeting between presidents Bush and Aznar shortly before the invasion of Iraq [ [http://harpers.org/archive/2007/09/hbc-90001301 "El País" on Bush, Aznar, and Iraq". Harper's Magazine] ] .Notable contributors
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Ariel Dorfman
*Juan Carlos Gumucio
*Elvira Lindo
*Mario Vargas Llosa
*Javier Marías
*Rosa Montero
*Manuel Rivas
*Eduardo Mendoza
*Empar Moliner
*Maruja Torres
*Eduardo Haro Tecglen
*Pilar Rahola
*Juan José Millás
*Manuel VallsReferences
External links
*es icon [http://www.elpais.com "El País" official webpage]
* [http://www.iht.com/global.html "El País" at the "International Herald Tribune"]
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