Expansión (Spanish newspaper)

{{Lang|es|Expansión}} was established in May 1986.{{cite web|title=Expansión (Spain)|url=http://www.publicitas.com/zh/italy/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/expansion-spain-ed-nacional/?PARAM1=AM1EM2|work=Publicitas|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226055549/http://www.publicitas.com/zh/italy/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/expansion-spain-ed-nacional/?PARAM1=AM1EM2#.VO6MZ7OsXRA|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}} The paper is published in tabloid format and is owned by Unidad Editorial, which is in turn controlled by RCS MediaGroup.{{cite book|author=Alan Albarran|title=Handbook of Spanish Language Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uOPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20|access-date=29 October 2014|date=10 September 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-85430-0|page=25}}{{cite web|title=Daily Press|url=http://www.unidadeditorial.com/publicidad/MediaBook/sumario%202013%20en.pdf|work=Unidad Editorial|access-date=31 January 2015|date=December 2013|archive-date=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402064352/http://www.unidadeditorial.com/publicidad/MediaBook/sumario%202013%20en.pdf|url-status=dead}} Its sister newspapers are {{Lang|es|El Mundo}} and {{Lang|es|Marca}}.

{{Lang|es|Expansión}} used to be part of the British group Pearson,{{cite book|editor=Robert G. Picard|title=Media Firms: Structures, Operations, and Performance|date=2002|publisher=Lawrence Erlbaum Associates|location=Mahwah, NJ|page=61|url=https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|access-date=|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226123329/https://www.questia.com/read/104790656/media-firms-structures-operations-and-performance|url-status=dead}} which had a share of 39% in the paper during the late 1990s.{{cite book|editor1=Denis McQuail|editor2=Karen Siune|title=Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIRXve8kalcC&pg=PA12|access-date=20 April 2015|year=1998|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-5939-7|page=12}} During this period, the publisher was Ârea Editorial.

The headquarters of {{Lang|es|Expansión}} is in Madrid. The paper was awarded by the Society for News Design (SND) the World's Best Designed Newspaper™ for 1994.{{cite web|title=World's Best-Designed winners|url=http://www.snd.org/competitions/print/worlds-best-designed/|work=Society for News Design|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811101446/http://www.snd.org/competitions/print/worlds-best-designed/|url-status=dead}} It celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2011 with an event led by Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.[http://www.europapress.es/chance/realeza/noticia-dona-letizia-brilla-luz-propia-aniversario-diario-expansion-20110908135051.html Anniversary] Europress. 8 September 2011.

The circulation of {{Lang|es|Expansión}} was 39,047 copies in 1994.{{cite web|author1=Jose L. Alvarez |author2=Carmelo Mazza |author3=Jordi Mur |title=The management publishing industry in Europe |url=http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |work=University of Navarra |access-date=27 April 2015 |format=Occasional Paper No:99/4 |date=October 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630042406/http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2010 }} The paper had a circulation of 52,645 copies in 2001.{{cite book|author1=Jagdeep S. Chhokar|author2=Felix C. Brodbeck|author3=Robert J. House|title=Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v0txL5LnLcYC&pg=PA644|access-date=31 January 2015|date=17 June 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-70380-6|page=644}} Its circulation fell to 48,108 copies in 2002.{{cite web|author=David Ward|title=A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries|url=http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|work=Dutch Media Authority|access-date=19 February 2014|year=2004}} In 2003 the circulation of the paper was 48,000 copies.{{cite journal|title=Financial Newspapers|journal=SFN Flash|date=7 January 2004|volume=7|issue=1|url=http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|access-date=17 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217223544/http://www.wan-press.org/IMG/pdf/04Q_03_SFN_Flash_FullText-2.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2015|url-status=dead}} The paper had a circulation of 47,577 copies in 2005.{{cite book|author=Ramón Salaverría|date=2007|title=The Spanish Media Landscape|url=http://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/36289/1/Spanish_media_landscape__Salaverria.pdf|publisher=Intellect Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-84150-192-5|page=279|access-date=24 April 2015|format=Book chapter}}

Based on the findings of the European Business Readership Survey the paper had 13,047 readers per issue in 2006.{{cite book|author=Craig Carroll|title=Corporate Reputation and the News Media: Agenda-setting Within Business News Coverage in Developed, Emerging, and Frontier Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2iNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176|access-date=31 January 2015|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-25244-1|page=177}} The 2008 circulation of the paper was 50,128 copies, making it the most read business newspaper in the country. The OJD certified circulation of the paper was 55,971 copies in 2012.{{cite web|title=MD Spain sees circulation rise|url=http://www.money-marketuk.com/Ausbanc-Inhouse-News/md-spain-sees-circulation-rise.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008010216/http://www.money-marketuk.com/Ausbanc-Inhouse-News/md-spain-sees-circulation-rise.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2013|work=money-marketuk|access-date=6 October 2013|date=31 January 2013}}

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• [http://www.expansion.com Expansión] – official website

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