Prensa Ibérica

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| location = L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

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| key_people = Javier Moll ({{Smallcaps|ceo}} & owner)

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Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers.

History

Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creation of Prensa Canaria,{{Cite web|url=https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/business/prensa-iberica-compra-grupo-zeta_223023_102.html|website=Crónica Global|publisher=El Español|title=Prensa Ibérica se sale con la suya y compra el Grupo Zeta|date=19 February 2019}} the editor of the morning newspaper La Provincia and the evening newspaper Diario de Las Palmas. Yet the creation of Editorial Prensa Ibérica took place in 1984,{{Cite journal|first=Miguel|last=Carvajal|first2=José A.|last2=García Avilés|year=2008|title=From newspapers to multimedia groups|journal=Journalism Practice|volume=2|issue=3|page=456|doi=10.1080/17512780802281198|hdl=11000/4558|hdl-access=free}} following the acquisition in a public auction of La Nueva España (Asturias), Levante-EMV (Valencia) and Información (Alicante) from the {{ill|Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento|es|lt=Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado}}, the State-owned media holding liquidated by the Felipe González's government,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/2014/04/12/5348063022601d767f8b4586.html|website=El Mundo|title=El 'Rey Midas' de la prensa regional|first=Cristina|last=Rubio|date=12 April 2021}} a renaming of the Francoist Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento. It also purchased the Faro de Vigo. The group consolidated together with its rival Vocento as the two largest regional media holdings in Spain.{{Sfn|Carvajal|García Avilés|2008|p=456}}

The company purchased Grupo Zeta in 2019,{{refn|group=n.|The Grupo Zeta's audiovisual production subsidiary, Zeta Audiovisual, was left out of the purchase.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/empresas/2019/04/29/5cc367b3fc6c83b8118b4653.html|website=El Mundo|title=La compra del Grupo Zeta extiende el perímetro de Prensa Ibérica por los quioscos de España|date=29 April 2019|first=Eduardo|last=Fernández}}}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vozpopuli.com/economia_y_finanzas/javier-moll-periodico-madrid.html|website=Voz Populi|title=Javier Moll ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico en Madrid|date=11 June 2021|first=Rubén|last=Arranz|first2=Álvaro|last2=Zarzalejos}} adding newspapers such as El Periódico de Catalunya, El Periódico de Aragón, El Periódico Extremadura, La Crónica de Badajoz, Córdoba, Mediterráneo, Sport and La Grada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2019-05-14/competencia-prensa-iberica-grupo-zeta-operacion_1998598/|website=El Confidencial|first=Álvaro G.|last=Zarzalejos|title=Competencia sella la venta de Zeta a Prensa Ibérica tras aprobar la operación}}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2019/04/18/actualidad/1555605794_968003.html|website=El País|title=Prensa Ibérica compra el Grupo Zeta, editor de ‘El Periódico’ y ‘Sport’|date=18 April 2019}} In 2021, Prensa Ibérica decided to move its headquarters from Barcelona to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20210215/6248862/prensa-iberica-trasladara-sede-corporativa-barcelona-l-hospitalet.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=15 February 2021|title=Prensa Ibérica trasladará su sede corporativa de Barcelona a L’Hospitalet}} In June 2021, the group hired {{ill|Fernando Garea|es}} to launch a new newspaper based in Madrid,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elindependiente.com/series-y-television/comunicacion/2021/06/11/prensa-iberica-ficha-a-fernando-garea-para-lanzar-un-nuevo-periodico-nacional/|website=El Independiente|title=Prensa Ibérica ficha a Fernando Garea para lanzar un nuevo periódico nacional|date=11 June 2021}} later disclosed to be named as El Periódico de España.{{Cite web|url=https://elsiglodeuropa.es/el-periodico-de-espana-ultima-su-salida-como-nuevo-diario-nacional/|website=El Siglo de Europa|title=‘El Periódico de España’ ultima su salida como nuevo diario nacional|date=9 September 2021}}