Ara (newspaper)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Founded | 11 April 2010 |
| Political alignment |
Catalanism Centrism Catalan independentism |
| Language | Catalan |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| ISSN | 2014-010X |
| Website | www |
Ara (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaɾə] is a Catalan daily newspaper that began publication on 28 November 2010, coinciding with the Catalan parliamentary elections. It is the third most read daily newspaper in Catalonia, and the most read daily newspaper written exclusively in the Catalan language. Its regional edition, Ara Balears, is the most popular Catalan language newspaper on the Balearic Islands. As of June 2007, ARA is the most widely-read Catalan language newspaper on the Internet, with nearly 2,4 million readers.
The founding editor was Carles Capdevila and the current editor is Esther Vera. The president is Ferran Rodés and the CEO is Salvador Garcia. The newspaper's advisory council includes journalists Antoni Bassas, Albert Om and Toni Soler, all known for their work with the Catalan public TV broadcaster, TV3. Ara's content includes Catalan translations of reports and articles from the New York Times International Edition.
Ara's founding shareholders were, among others, Ferran Rodés, Fundació Carulla, Víctor Font and the group Cultura 03, which also publishes magazines Sàpiens, TimeOut Barcelona, Descobrir and Cuina. Cultura 03 is not currently a shareholder. In September 2010, Antoni Bassas announced that he would participate as a shareholder.
The first issue of Ara came out on 28 November 2010, selling out all 120,000 print copies.
In 2015 Ara received the 17th European Newspaper Award in the category of regional newspaper.
Other awards include:
Ara has currently 40.000 subscribers. Subscriptions are Ara's main source of income (41 per cent), having surpassed advertising revenue in 2015. Revenue from readers is also 2.5 times more significant than income derivered from newsstand sales.
The newspaper is closely associated with Catalonias' proindependence movement.
Unlike two of its main competitors, La Vanguardia and El Periódico de Catalunya (considered supportive, respectively, of the centre-right Convergència i Unió and the centre-left Socialists' Party of Catalonia), Ara's editorial policies are not considered to be supportive of any particular party or specific political ideology.
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