Expresso (newspaper)

Expresso was first published on 6 January 1973.{{cite news|title=Expresso, Caras and SIC News were awarded at the 12th edition of the Meios & Publicidade Awards|url=http://eurotux.com/news/expresso-caras-and-sic-news-were-awarded-at-the-12th-edition-of-the-meios-publicidade-awards?set_language=en|access-date=2 February 2015|work=Eurotux|date=18 November 2014|archive-date=2 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202195239/http://eurotux.com/news/expresso-caras-and-sic-news-were-awarded-at-the-12th-edition-of-the-meios-publicidade-awards?set_language=en|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author1=Peter Karibe Mendy|author2=Lobban Jr.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbJ8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA467|date=17 October 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8027-6|page=467|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404181648/https://books.google.com/books?id=NbJ8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA467#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}} The founder was Francisco Pinto Balsemão.{{cite web|title=Expresso (Portugal)|url=http://www.publicitas.com/uae/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/expresso-portugal/?PARAM1=SL2EL1#.VHtDFWSsXRA|work=Publicitas|access-date=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205153815/http://www.publicitas.com/uae/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/expresso-portugal/?PARAM1=SL2EL1#.VHtDFWSsXRA|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author1=Douglas L. Wheeler|author2=Walter C. Opello|title=Historical Dictionary of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-3kxBySncsC&pg=PA189|date=10 May 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7075-8|page=189}} The paper is based in Lisbon and is published on a weekly basis.{{cite web|title=Press in Portugal - Historical Overview|url=http://www.gmcs.pt/en/historical-overview-20140314-122908|work=GMCS|access-date=24 January 2015|date=7 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132841/http://www.gmcs.pt/en/historical-overview-20140314-122908|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}} The newspaper is part of the Portuguese company Impresa,{{cite web|title=Reality could become a show…|url=http://binaries.cdn.impresa.pt/escenic-legacy/binary/2013/11/1/15/BanifImpresa-InitiatingCoverageSept2005.pdf|work=BANIF Investment Banking|access-date=9 December 2014|date=15 September 2005|archive-date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007093410/http://binaries.cdn.impresa.pt/escenic-legacy/binary/2013/11/1/15/BanifImpresa-InitiatingCoverageSept2005.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Top 10 Daily Newspapers in Portugal by Circulation|url=http://www.top-ten-10.com/business/publishingbiz/portugal-newspapers.htm|work=Top Ten.com|access-date=12 January 2015|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922143731/http://www.top-ten-10.com/business/publishingbiz/portugal-newspapers.htm|url-status=dead}} which also controls various magazines, including Caras and Visão, among others.{{cite web|title=Portuguese Media|url=https://www.bpiequity.bpi.pt/others/PDF.aspx?id=49681|work=BPI Equity|access-date=2 February 2015|date=5 March 2014|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226071840/https://www.bpiequity.bpi.pt/others/PDF.aspx?id=49681|url-status=live}}

Expresso was published in broadsheet format{{cite web|title=Newspaper Sizes|url=http://www.paper-sizes.com/other-paper-sizes/newspaper-sizes|work=Paper Sizes|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428111528/http://www.paper-sizes.com/other-paper-sizes/newspaper-sizes|url-status=live}} until September 2006 when it switched to Berliner format.{{cite news|title=The New Expresso. The First Berliner in Portugal|url=http://www.innovationsinnewspapers.com/2006/09/new-expresso-first-berliner-in.html|access-date=14 April 2015|work=Innovations in Newspapers|date=5 September 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033158/http://www.innovationsinnewspapers.com/2006/09/new-expresso-first-berliner-in.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|author=Roy Greenslade|title=Top Portuguese paper chooses Berliner format|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2006/sep/11/topportuguesepaperchoosesb|access-date=23 February 2015|work=The Guardian|date=11 September 2006|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223220210/http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2006/sep/11/topportuguesepaperchoosesb|url-status=live}} It is the first Portuguese paper to be published in Berliner format.

A weekly newspaper, it incorporates various supplements, covering general news, business, sports, international news, entertainment, society, a magazine, recruitment and real estate classified supplements, as well as having a site on the Internet. It is particularly known for its editorial independence and its probing political reporting.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/cultura/dn-volta-a-subir-na-confianca-dos-leitores-12320723.html|title=DN volta a subir na confiança dos leitores|access-date=6 August 2020|language=pt|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617203246/https://www.dn.pt/cultura/dn-volta-a-subir-na-confianca-dos-leitores-12320723.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-06/DNR_2020_FINAL.pdf|title=Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020|work=Reuters Institute|page=79|access-date=6 August 2020|archive-date=31 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531050725/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-06/DNR_2020_FINAL.pdf|url-status=live}}

The Prémio Pessoa is a notable Portuguese award instituted in 1987 by Expresso and the Unisys Company. It is one of the most reputed prizes awarded in Portugal, named after the poet Fernando Pessoa. In 1980 Expresso, in partnership with SDG – Simuladores e Modelos de Gestão – created the Global Management Challenge, a strategic management competition for university students.

In 2014, Expresso was the recipient of the Meios and Publicidade award in the category of weekly generalist publication. The paper received the European Newspaper Award in 2006{{cite web|title=Europe's most innovative newspaper 2006: De Morgen|url=http://www.oberauer.com/pressenews/europes-most-innovative-newspaper-2006-de-morgen/|work=Oberauer|access-date=6 March 2015|date=17 November 2006|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112335/http://www.oberauer.com/pressenews/europes-most-innovative-newspaper-2006-de-morgen/|url-status=dead}} and in 2015 in the category of weekly newspaper.{{cite news|title=17th European Newspaper Award: Main prize winners from Norway, Spain, Belgium and Portugal|url=http://www.publicitas.com/usa/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=126087&title=europe-17th-european-newspaper-award-main-prize-winners-from-norway-spain-belgium-and-portugal#.Vz7975OLT6Y|access-date=20 May 2016|work=Publicitas|date=18 November 2015|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731110035/http://www.publicitas.com/usa/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=126087&title=europe-17th-european-newspaper-award-main-prize-winners-from-norway-spain-belgium-and-portugal#.Vz7975OLT6Y|url-status=dead}}

The circulation of Expresso was 138,000 copies during the period between January and September 2000.{{cite book|author1=Manuel Pinto|author2=Helena Sousa|editor=M. Kelly|display-editors=etal|title=The Euromedia Handbook|date=2004|publisher=SAGE|location=London|pages=180–190|url=https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/1000/1/manuelpinto_helenasousa_D.MCQUAIL_ChapterFinal.pdf|chapter=Portugal|access-date=9 December 2014|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104214011/https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/1000/1/manuelpinto_helenasousa_D.MCQUAIL_ChapterFinal.pdf|url-status=live}} Between January and March 2003 its circulation was 142,000 copies, making it the best-selling newspaper in Portugal.

Expresso was again the best-selling newspaper in the country with a circulation of 118,000 copies in 2007.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=etal|title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact |url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|work=ZenithOptimedia|access-date=11 April 2015|date=2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015|df=dmy}} Its circulation was 117,507 copies in 2008.{{cite encyclopedia|author=Anabela Carvalho|title=Portugal: Media System|url=https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/27578/1/Carvalho-Portugal-Media%20System.pdf|encyclopedia=The International Encyclopedia of Communication|access-date=14 April 2015|date=2010|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414070450/https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/27578/1/Carvalho-Portugal-Media%20System.pdf|url-status=live}} The 2011 circulation of the paper was 108,923 copies.[http://www.ligateamedia.pt/LigateaMedia/Artigos/Imprensa/ArticleItem.aspx?tabid=2414&code=pt&ItemId=1954 Imprensa: Circulation Portugal 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106232230/http://www.ligateamedia.pt/LigateaMedia/Artigos/Imprensa/ArticleItem.aspx?tabid=2414&code=pt&ItemId=1954 |date=6 January 2014}} Ligatea Media. The paper sold 93,707 copies between September and October 2013. It dropped to 71,465 copies between January and August 2015.[http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/tv_media/detalhe/cm_alcanca_maior_quota_de_sempre.html Correio da Manhã consolida liderança] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030160602/http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/tv_media/detalhe/cm_alcanca_maior_quota_de_sempre.html |date=30 October 2015 }}, cmjornal.xl.pt, Retrieved 30 October 2015

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