El Diario La Prensa

Infobox_Newspaper
name = El Diario La Prensa


type = Daily newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1913
owners = impreMedia LLC
political = Moderate
headquarters = New York City, NY, U.S.
editor = Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush
publisher = Rossana Rosado
website = [http://www.eldiariony.com www.eldiariony.com]

"El Diario la Prensa" is the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. The paper covers local, national and international news with an emphasis on Latin America, as well as human-interest stories, politics, business and technology, health, entertainment, and sports. "El Diario La Prensa" currently has 294,769 daily readers and 676,570 unique readers each week.

History

The newspaper was created in 1963 through the merger of "El Diario de Nueva York" (established 1947) and "La Prensa" (established 1913 by Rafael Viera) when both were purchased by O. Roy Chalk. [http://www.eldiariony.com/mediakit/GI_about.htm] In 1981, Chalk sold the newspaper to Gannett, which owned it until 1989. "El Diario La Prensa" merged with the Los Angeles-based "La Opinión" in 2004 to form ImpreMedia. "La Opinión" is the largest Spanish-language newspaper publisher in the United States.

The newspaper has won many awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications. In 2005, its awards included first place for editorial writing, political and cultural reporting, and feature writing.

"El Diario's" chief competitor is "Hoy", a Spanish-language daily with 180,000 readers in New York. However, on February 12, 2007, ImpreMedia announced that they had purchased the New York edition of "Hoy" from the Tribune Company. [http://www.libn.com/breakingNews.htm?articleID=6987&sourceReferrer=flashReport]

ee also

* Media of New York City

External links

* [http://www.eldiariony.com "El Diario's" website]