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El País (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 for "The Country") is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. According to the 2005 Estudio General de Medios (General Media Study), it has about 2.1 million readers; El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)

El Mundo is the second largest daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspaper of record in this country, with a circulation topping 330,000....
 ("The World") is second with an estimated 1.29 million readers. El País is often referred to as a newspaper of record
Newspaper of record

Newspaper of record is a term that may refer to either of the following:# any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish Public notice....
 from Spain, along with its fellow Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
 morning dailies El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)

El Mundo is the second largest daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspaper of record in this country, with a circulation topping 330,000....
 and ABC.






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El País (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 for "The Country") is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. According to the 2005 Estudio General de Medios (General Media Study), it has about 2.1 million readers; El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)

El Mundo is the second largest daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspaper of record in this country, with a circulation topping 330,000....
 ("The World") is second with an estimated 1.29 million readers. El País is often referred to as a newspaper of record
Newspaper of record

Newspaper of record is a term that may refer to either of the following:# any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish Public notice....
 from Spain, along with its fellow Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
 morning dailies El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)

El Mundo is the second largest daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspaper of record in this country, with a circulation topping 330,000....
 and ABC. Politically and ideologically it is connected with social democrats.

It was first published on May 4, 1976, during the early stages of the Spanish transition to democracy
Spanish transition to democracy

The Spanish transition to democracy was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democracy. The transition is usually said to have begun with Franco?s death on November 20, 1975, while its completion has been variously said to be marked by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the failure of 23-F on Februar...
. Founder José Ortega Spottorno
José Ortega Spottorno

Jos? Ortega Spottorno was a Spain journalist and publisher. Born in Madrid to famous philosopher Jos? Ortega y Gasset and Rosa Spottorno Topete, Jos? Ortega Spottorno was the founder of affordable paperback publishing firm Alianza Editorial and the Spanish daily newspaper El Pa?s, which quickly became the bestselling Spanish newspaper, a...
 based it on the model of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
's Le Monde
Le Monde

Le Monde is a France daily evening newspaper with a circulation of 371,803. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries....
. It is now part of the media conglomerate
Media conglomerate

A media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet....
 Grupo Prisa
PRISA

PRISA , is a media conglomerate and the biggest publisher in Spain. The group was founded in 1972 by Jes?s de Polanco.*The brands owned by Grupo PRISA are:...
 .

On September 26, 2007 the paper published the Bush-Aznar memo
Bush-Aznar memo

The Bush-Aznar memo is reportedly a documentation of a February 22, 2003 conversation in Crawford, Texas between George W. Bush, then-Prime Minister of Spain Jos? Mar?a Aznar, then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Fried, Alberto Carnero, and Javier Rup?rez, the Spanish ambassador to the U.S....
, a leaked transcript of a closed-door meeting between presidents Bush and Aznar shortly before the invasion of Iraq .

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    Elvira Lindo

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    Rosa Montero is an award-winning journalism for the Spanish newspaper El Pa?s and an author of contemporary fiction....
  • Manuel Rivas
    Manuel Rivas

    Manuel Rivas is a Galician people writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El Pais, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia ....
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  • Empar Moliner
    Empar Moliner

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  • Juan José Millás
    Juan José Millás

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