La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia in a post-box
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Grupo Godó |
| Publisher | Javier Godó (Earl of Godó) |
| Editor | Màrius Carol |
| Founded | 1 February 1881 |
| Political alignment | Liberalism, Catalanism, Monarchism, Centrism |
| Language | Spanish (since 1881) and Catalan (since 2011) |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain |
| Circulation | 196,824 (2011) |
| Sister newspapers | Mundo Deportivo |
| Website | La Vanguardia |
La Vanguardia (Catalan: [ɫə βəŋˈɡwardiə]; Spanish: [la βaŋˈɡwarðja], Spanish for "The Vanguard") is a Spanish daily newspaper, printed in Spanish and since 3 May 2011 also in Catalan (Spanish copy is automatically translated into Catalan). It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper.
La Vanguardia, despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, has Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid dailies – El País, El Mundo and ABC, all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country.
Its editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, although under Franco it followed Francoist ideology and to this day has Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family.
La Vanguardia's newspaper history began in Barcelona on 1 February 1881 when two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published the paper. It was defined as a Diario político de avisos y notícias (Political Newspaper of Announcements and News), intended as a means of communication for a faction of the Liberal Party that wanted to gain control over the Barcelona city council.
On 31 December 1887, the paper published its last edition as a party organ, and the next day, 1 January 1888, the first day of the Universal Exposition of Barcelona, it presented a new, politically independent format with morning and afternoon editions.
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