Diário Económico

Diário Económico
TypeBusiness newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherOngoing Media
Founded30 October 1989
LanguagePortuguese
Ceased publication18 March 2016
HeadquartersLisbon
CountryPortugal
Circulation15,000 (as of 2013)
Sister newspapersWeekend Económico

Diário Económico was a print Portuguese business newspaper based in Lisbon, Portugal. On 18 March 2016, the paper published the last print edition and went on online.

History and profile[edit]

Diário Económico, based in Lisbon,[1] was first published on 30 October 1989[2] and is published on weekdays.[3] The publisher and owner of the paper, which is one of the leading reference on daily economics and finance in Portugal, was the holding Económica.[4] It was part of Media Capital.[5]

The current owner and publisher of Diário Económico is Ongoing Media.[6][7][8] The company has other business newspapers: Semanário Económico, Weekend Económico,[9] in Portugal and Brasil Econômico in Brazil which was established in October 2009.[10]

Diário Económico was published in tabloid format.[11] Until 2009 Martim Avillez Figueiredo, editor-in-chief of i, served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[12][13]

Diário Económico offered a monthly supplement, namely Fora de Série, which includes diverse economic and social topics and special supplements on an irregular basis on various subjects.[3] In 2012, the paper launched a TV channel, Económico TV.[8]

On 18 March 2016 the last print edition of Diário Económico appeared and the paper went on online.[14]

Circulation[edit]

In 1995 Diário Económico had a circulation of 5,566 copies.[15] It was 7,882 copies in 1996, 9,352 copies in 1997, and 11,922 copies in 1998.[15] In 1999 the paper had a circulation of 11,540 copies and in 2000 it was 12,843 copies.[15] Its circulation was 11,000 copies both in 2003 and 2004.[11][16]

The circulation of Diário Económico was 12,000 copies in 2007.[17] It rose to 15,222 copies in 2009[18] and to 16,088 copies in 2010.[19] Its 2011 circulation was 15,552 copies.[19] The paper had a circulation of 13,754 copies in 2012.[19] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 15,000 copies.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Portuguese Media". Embassy of Portugal in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Overview of the Sector". GMCS. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Diário Económico". Euro Topics. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  4. ^ Fernando Correia and Carla Martins. (2013). Media landscapes. Portugal Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine European Journalism Centre. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  5. ^ Gustavo Cardoso (2006). The Media in the Network Society: Browsing, News, Filters and Citizenship. Lisbon: CIES. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-84753-792-8.
  6. ^ "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ^ Portugal: Business daily Diario Economico has changed format Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Publicitas. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b Diário económico PressEurop. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Semanario Economico becomes Weekend Economico". Publicitas. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  10. ^ The Portuguese group Ongoing uses Protecmedia to launch a new financial newspaper in Brazil Protectmedia. 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  11. ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ^ Martim Avillez Figueiredo (8 November 2010). "The winding story of Europe's most innovative newspaper". Inma. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  13. ^ Miguel Carvalho (18 March 2016). "One less newspaper in Europe". Via News. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Portuguese "Diário Económico" ceases print edition". European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  15. ^ a b c Paulo Faustino. "Media Concentration, Market Dynamics and Pluralism of Information: the Portuguese case" (PDF). IPSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  17. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  18. ^ "National Newspapers". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  19. ^ a b c "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

External links[edit]

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