Marca (newspaper)

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Marca
OCLC number
472455028
Websitewww.marca.com/en/

Marca (Spanish pronunciation:

Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético Madrid. It has a daily readership of over 2.5 million, the highest in Spain for a daily newspaper, and more than half of Spain's total sports readership, as of 2007.[1]

Since February 2001, there has also been an association 24-hour/day sports radio station, Radio Marca. In 2010, the TV channel MARCA TV was launched, before being closed in 2013.

History and profile

Marca was founded on 21 December 1938, at the height of the Spanish Civil War, in nationalist-held San Sebastián. Its founding editor was Manuel Fernández Cuesta, uncle of businessman Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta.[2] On 3 September 1987 Luis Infante became the editor of the paper.[3]

Punto Editorial SA was the owner of Marca.[4] In 1984 Espacio Editorial, which would be later called Recoletos, acquired the paper.[3][5] The company merged with Unedisa in 2007 to found Unidad Editorial which is the owner of Marca.[6]

The publisher of the paper is also Unidad Editorial and the sister newspapers are

tabloid format.[8]

On 25 November 1942, it ceased being published as a weekly publication and has been published as a daily ever since. The daily was awarded the World's Best Designed Newspaper for 2004 by the Society for News Design (SND).[9]

On 21 December 2007, Marca hosted a gala event, featuring the leading Spanish sportsmen of the 20th century, to celebrate the newspaper's 70th anniversary.[10]

The paper was involved in a dispute with

Real Madrid's "vehicle to unsettle players".[11]

In October 2012, Marca announced launching the Spanish edition of the

video games media outlet IGN, effectively replacing their own MARCA Player gaming news website. Marca also planned to launch another Spanish edition of IGN for Spanish-speakers in Latin America.[12]

In 2001 Marca sold 403,000 copies.[8] Its circulation was 382,000 copies in 2003, making it the second best selling newspaper in the country.[13]

On 6 November 2019, Marca signed a collaboration deal with Planeta Wrestling, the number one wrestling website in Spain.[14]

Awards

The following awards are awarded by Marca at the end of each season:

  • Pichichi[15] - To the top goalscorer in La Liga as well as to the top goalscorer in Segunda División.
  • Zarra[15] - To the top goalscorer among Spanish nationals in La Liga as well as to the top goalscorer among Spanish nationals in Segunda División.
  • Zamora[15] - To the best goalkeeper in La Liga as well as to the best goalkeeper in Segunda División.
  • Miguel Muñoz[15] - To the best head coach in La Liga as well as to the best head coach in Segunda División.
  • Guruceta - To the best referee in La Liga as well as to the best referee in Segunda División.
  • Di Stefano[15] - To the best player in La Liga Deportiva.
  • Golden Goal[15] – For the goal of the season.

The below awards are awarded by Marca at no specific time:

  • Marca Legend Award (Marca Leyenda) - To the best professional athletes in history.[16][17]
  • Best Football Player of All Time - To Argentine Lionel Messi via an online poll voted by the readers of Marca.com.[18]

Editors

Juan Ignacio Gallardo, Marca's editor since 2016.

Marca Player

In 2008, the

IGN España, a collaborative venture between IGN and Unidad Editorial.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ AIMC. Archived 27 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta e Illana" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^
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  7. ^ "Daily Press" (PDF). Unidad Editorial. December 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ "World's Best-Designed winners". Society for News Design. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  10. ^ 70th anniversary Marca.
  11. ^ Ferguson confronts Real over lack of morality and vows Ronaldo will stay; The Guardian 24 May 2008
  12. ^ David Sanz (9 October 2012). "Bienvenidos a IGN España" (in Spanish). IGN Spain. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  13. ^ "World Press Trends" (PDF). Paris: World Association of Newspapers. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  14. ^ Miguel Pérez (6 November 2019). "Marca y Planeta Wrestling alcanzan un acuerdo de colaboración". PLANETA WRESTLING (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "The MARCA 2019 football awards: Messi collects sixth Pichichi". Marca. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  16. ^ "- Marca.com" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Hugo Sánchez, nuevo MARCA Leyenda - MARCA Claro México". MARCA Claro México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  18. ^ MARCA.com. "Real Madrid: Messi and Cristiano on the all-time podium of football - MARCA.com (English version)". MARCA. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  19. ^ a b c d González, José Manuel (28 September 2012). "Historia de las revistas de juegos en España". Vandal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.
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  21. ^ Staff (10 September 2008). "'Marca Player', la nueva revista de videojuegos de Unidad Editorial". El Publicista (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
  22. ^ Staff (10 October 2012). "IGN y Unidad Editorial lanzan un gran sitio web especializado en videojuegos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015.

Further reading

  • Carlos Toro (2008). La Historia de Marca [The History of Marca] (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 424.
    ISBN 978-84-9734-723-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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