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for "
Thursday") is a
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[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
satirical weekly magazine published in
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. Its complete title is "" ("
Thursday, the magazine that comes out on Wednesdays"). As of 2007, one issue costs 2.50
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in
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Spain and
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and 2.70 € in the
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Founded in 1977, it has currently between 72 and 80 pages, with about 20 pages about current political, economical or social affairs, always in an irreverent tone and in comic format.
(
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
for "
Thursday") is a
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
satirical weekly magazine published in
BarcelonaBarcelona is the capital, most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the 11th-most populous municipality in the European Union and sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris,...
. Its complete title is "" ("
Thursday, the magazine that comes out on Wednesdays"). As of 2007, one issue costs 2.50
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in
mainlandMainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby, or, if the region is entirely insular, the largest of the several islands comprising the region. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders"...
Spain and
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and 2.70 € in the
Canary IslandsThe Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago which, in turn, forms one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities and an Outermost Region of the European Union. The archipelago is located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the disputed border between Morocco and the...
.
Layout
Founded in 1977, it has currently between 72 and 80 pages, with about 20 pages about current political, economical or social affairs, always in an irreverent tone and in comic format. The rest are weekly strips. An extra is edited every three months with between 104 and 120 pages about a particular issue:
monarchyThe person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch. It was a common form of government in the world during the ancient and medieval times. A Monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged with an individual, who is the head of state, often for life or...
,
religionA religion is a system of human thought which usually includes a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power, deity or deities, or ultimate truth...
,
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or some piece of news related to those or other topics. The magazine has had more than 1,500 issues. Its
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is the jester that appears since the beginning on the
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.
Some of the recurring sections of El Jueves are:
- "", a four-page newspaper parody with comic strips, brief humorous texts and photomontages about current national and international affairs.
- "", a section with News of the Weird
News of the Weird is a syndicated newspaper column edited by Chuck Shepherd that collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. , it is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate and published in more than 250 newspapers in the United States and Canada. As of July 2008, the daily internet...
-like headlinesHeadlines may refer to:* Headlines , a song by the Spice Girls* Headlines , a weekly comedy segment performed on The Jay Leno Show.* Headlines , an album by Flash and the Pan...
or curiosities published in ordinary press.
- "", about the most ridiculous person of the week according to the El Jueves contributors.
- "", letters to the editor.
- A poster
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, generally by VizcarraVizcarra is a Basque surname which originated in the town of Guernica, Spain. This surname is mostly found in the Basque country, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and the Philippines.In Basque, "Bizkarra" means "back" or "shoulder"....
.
- The editorial
Editorials are featured in many newspapers and magazines, usually written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of the publication. Additionally, most print publications feature an editorial, or letter from the editor, sometimes followed by a Letters to the Editor section...
about the current affairs topic that is developed in the first pages of the magazine.
Supplements
With the issue about
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(number 1428), another magazine was published, Mister K, which addresses children and teeneagers.
In 2003, was first published, a supplement to
20 minutos20 minutos is a free Spanish newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by "Multiprensa & Mas S.L.", a company founded in Madrid in 1999....
with several comic strips that focused on students. It is distributed for free on the second Thursday of every month in university areas.
Insulting the crown
The July 18 2007 edition of the magazine was sequestered by law on July 20 as it violated laws 490.3 and 491 (both related to
insults to the CrownLèse majesté is the crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state....
) and was an offence to
Prince of AsturiasFelipe, Prince of Asturias , is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain...
and
his wifeLetizia, Princess of Asturias is the wife of Felipe, the Prince of Asturias, who is heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Before her marriage with the prince, she was a journalist. She is styled HRH The Princess of Asturias...
, who were portrayed with a caricature on the front cover performing a sexual act. This cartoon referred to a new proposal of the government, where €2,500 will be given to parents for each newborn child. As the Prince has never held a paid job, the caption said that if the Princess got pregnant and they got the money, it's the closest he would ever come to working.
http://www.20minutos.es/data/img/2007/07/20/657066.jpg The magazine's website was also briefly closed, but has since re-opened. In November 13 2007, Guillermo Torres and Manel Fontdevila were found guilty of having offended the crown by vilifying "the crown in the most gratuitous and unnecessary way". They were fined €3,000 each.
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