El Vocero
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | PubliInversiones |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Political alignment | Conservative, |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Website | http://www.vocero.com |
El Vocero (English: The Spokesperson) is a Puerto Rican free newspaper that is published in San Juan.
Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading El Reportero and The San Juan Star in sales. With the temporary demise in the late 1980s of El Mundo, El Vocero became even more popular, becoming the island's second largest newspaper. It is owned since 1985 by Caribbean International News Corp. The owners of Caribbean International News Corp, and therefore owners of El Vocero, are Elliot Stein, I. Martin Pompadur and The Henry Crown Co.
For most of its history, El Vocero was known as a sensationalist tabloid that dramatized all the violent news. However, in the early 2000s, the newspaper changed its direction, becoming a mainstream newspaper, adding a much broader coverage of entertainment as well as business related news, and carrying more political news, as in the situation in Vieques.
In addition to its regular news section, El Vocero also has business, entertainment, sports, and travel sections, among others.
On April 8, 2007, Gaspar Roca, the paper's founding publisher and editor in chief died due to a respiratory arrest. He was replaced by his son Miguel Roca. As of January 2011 Miguel Roca is no longer working at the newspaper, and was replaced by a San Juan-based construction lawyer named Peter Miller. Due to financial difficulties, in December 2013 El Vocero went bankrupt (Chapter 7). The new owner and publisher is Publi-Inversiones,formed by a group of local entrepreneurs. The new General Director and Publisher is Edward Zayas, a renowned journalist/business editor and Press Sec. of former Gov. Luis Fortuño.
In July 31, 2012, El Vocero changed its format, becoming the first free daily circulation newspaper in Puerto Rico. Later on other daily newspapers which were free were introduced, including the Swedish owned Metro newspaper as well as the GFR Media owned Indice. Vocero was well received by its readers, growing its circulation.
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