El Ibérico is a free newspaper printed and distributed in London, England. The newspaper has fortnightly editions and is London's only Spanish language newspaper.
| Type | Regional free daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founded | 2010[1] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | www |
History edit
El Ibérico was founded in 2010 by Paco de la Coba. During the first year of activity, sales were profitable enough to pay for the next edition and so on.[2]
In 2015, the distribution of El Ibérico started to grow outside of London to cities such as Leeds, Manchester, Brighton, Dublin and Edinburgh.[2]
In July 2016, El Ibérico was the first news outlet to talk about the Byron Hamburgers' scandal that involved trapping illegal immigrants into a fake job application to feed a government raid on illegal immigration.[3]
Editorial edit
Whilst focussing on London's Hispanic community, the newspaper prints stories about both the UK and Spain.[4]
Distribution edit
Like most other free newspaper publications in London, it is mainly distributed outside tube stations,[5] mainly around the "ethnic enclaves" of the city.[6] The newspaper also gets circulation in Spanish restaurants, Spanish-speaking embassies, and regular commercial outlets willing to distribute it. Since 2015, the newspaper is distributed in other major cities of the United Kingdom.[2]
References edit
- ^ "El Iberico' s 5th birthday party". Latasca.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Sandra Hernández de León Rufino (2016). "El Ibérico. El periódico digital de Londres en español" (PDF). Riull.ull.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Byron gets grilled on social media over immigration raid scandal". Visibrain.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "¿Quiénes Somos?". Eliberico.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Angloinfo London: El Iberico The Business Directory London, United Kingdom". Angloinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Maria Elena Cepeda (25 August 2016). The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Media. Routledge. ISBN 9781317935414.