Las Provincias
{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Spain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
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| type = Regional daily newspaper
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| owner = Grupo Vocento
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| publisher = Federico Domenech SA
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1886|1|30|df=yes}}
| political = {{ubl|Conservatism|Blaverism}}
| language = Spanish
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| headquarters = Valencia
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| publishing_country = Spain
| circulation = 10,500
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| sister newspapers = {{ubl|ABC|El Correo Español|El Diario Vasco|La Verdad}}
| website = {{URL|lasprovincias.es}}
| ISSN = 1578-7923
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Las Provincias is a regional newspaper published in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1886, it is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
Las Provincias was first published in Valencia in January 1886.{{cite book|author1=Helena Buffery|author2=Elisenda Marcer|title=Historical Dictionary of the Catalans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssQhIHb-gx8C&pg=PR24|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7514-2|pages=24,43|location=Lanham, MD}} The paper is part of the Vocento Group{{cite web|title=Las Provincias|publisher=Vocento|url=http://www.vocento.com/en/regionales_prensa_las_provincias.php|access-date=19 February 2015}} and is published by Federico Domenech SA.{{cite web|title=Las Provincias|work=Publicitas
|url=http://www.publicitas.com/india/media-solutions/factsheet/?PARAM1=DV1PV1&title=las-provincias-spain#.VJmI58AgEc|access-date=23 December 2014}} The daily has six local editions published in La Ribera, Camp de Morvedre, La Costera, La Safor, La Marina and Castellon. Its sister newspapers include ABC, El Correo Español, El Diario Vasco and La Verdad, all of which are part of the Vocento Group.
Las Provincias has a right-wing political stance.{{cite book|author=Miles Roddis|title=Costa Blanca|year=2002|publisher=Lonely Planet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs5yVBmuTv4C&pg=PA56|isbn=978-1-74059-032-7|page=56}} In the 1960s the paper opposed the attempts of intellectuals to revive the culture and language of the region.
The paper has a supplement, namely XL Semanal.{{cite web|title=Tom on the Cover|publisher=Tom Cruise Forever|access-date=23 December 2014|url=http://www.tomcruiseforever.com/valkyrie_interviews.php?start_from=24&ucat=&archive=&subaction=&id=&|date=2 January 2009}}
Circulation
Las Provincias sold 58,354 copies in 1993.{{cite web|title=The Daily Press|access-date=19 February 2015|publisher=Contenidos
|url=http://contenidos.educarex.es/mci/2004/30/WebQuest/faseprevia_archivos/www.sispain.org/english/media/press.html}}{{cite web
|title=Facts of Spain|publisher=Florida International University|url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~rquin001/factsspain.html|access-date=23 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621080435/http://www2.fiu.edu/~rquin001/factsspain.html|archive-date=21 June 2013}} Its circulation was 42,905 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}} It was 28,000 copies in 2011.{{cite web|title=Las Provincias|url=http://www.cesanamedia.com/en/media-portfolio/search-by-media-type/media-print/europe/spain/la-verdad/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223201023/http://www.cesanamedia.com/en/media-portfolio/search-by-media-type/media-print/europe/spain/la-verdad/|archive-date=23 February 2015|work=Cesanamedia Italy|access-date=23 February 2015|url-status=dead}} The paper had a circulation of 20,771 copies in 2014.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.lasprovincias.es}} {{in lang|es}}
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Category:1886 establishments in Spain
Category:Daily newspapers published in Spain
Category:Mass media in Valencia
Category:Newspapers established in 1886