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.

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

History and profile

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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

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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

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  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.
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