El País

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For other uses, see El País (disambiguation).

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Image:El Pais logo.png
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact

Owner	Grupo PRISA
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Madrid

Website: http://www.elpais.es/

El País (Spanish for "The Country") is the most widely-circulated newspaper in Spain. According to the 2005 General Media Study (Estudio General de Medios), it has about 2.1 million readers; El Mundo ("The World") is second with an estimated 1.29 million readers. El País is often referred to as the newspaper of record from Spain.

It was first published on May 4, 1976, during the early stages of the Spanish transition to democracy, with the French Le Monde as its model. It is part of the media conglomerate Grupo Prisa, managed by Jesús de Polanco.

In 1989, El País initiated several projects of collaboration with other newspapers in Europe. It participates in a joint resource network with La Repubblica (Italy) and Le Monde (France). Since October 2001, an English-language supplement of El País has been included in the Spanish version of the International Herald Tribune.

On May 4, 2004, The New York Times announced the launch of its New York Times International Weekly in El País and other European newspapers.

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