El Tiempo
Encyclopedia
El Tiempo is a daily newspaper in Colombia
, a non-tabloid daily with national distribution. , it had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average weekday circulation of 314,000, rising to 453,000 for the Sunday edition. After longtime rival El Espectador
was reduced to a weekly publication following an internal financial crisis in 2001, El Tiempo enjoyed monopoly
status in Colombian media as the only daily that circulated nationally, because most smaller dailies have limited distribution outside their own regions. On May 11th, 2008 El Espectador
returned to the daily format.
From 1913 to 2007 El Tiempos main shareholders were members of the Santos family. Several also participated in Colombian politics: Eduardo Santos Montejo was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942, Francisco Santos Calderón
served as Vice-President (2002-2010) and Juan Manuel Santos
as Defense Minister (2006-2009) during Álvaro Uribe
's administration. The latter was elected President in 2010.
In 2007, Spain's Grupo Planeta acquired 55% of the Casa Editorial El Tiempo media group, including the newspaper and its associated TV channel Citytv Bogotá
.
On Sundays there are special sections. For about 3 years it published every Sunday a special section with a weekly selection of articles from The New York Times
, translated into Spanish
and using the same pictures. This section was dropped in January 2008 and since August 2008 it has been published by rival newspaper El Espectador.
El Tiempo is part of Grupo de Diarios América (America Newspaper Group), an organization of eleven leading newspapers from eleven Latin American countries.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, a non-tabloid daily with national distribution. , it had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average weekday circulation of 314,000, rising to 453,000 for the Sunday edition. After longtime rival El Espectador
El Espectador
El Espectador is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá...
was reduced to a weekly publication following an internal financial crisis in 2001, El Tiempo enjoyed monopoly
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
status in Colombian media as the only daily that circulated nationally, because most smaller dailies have limited distribution outside their own regions. On May 11th, 2008 El Espectador
El Espectador
El Espectador is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá...
returned to the daily format.
From 1913 to 2007 El Tiempos main shareholders were members of the Santos family. Several also participated in Colombian politics: Eduardo Santos Montejo was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942, Francisco Santos Calderón
Francisco Santos Calderón
Francisco Santos Calderón also known as Pacho Santos born 14 August 1961 in the city of Bogotá, is a Colombian politician and journalist. Santos was elected as Álvaro Uribe's second runner up and became Vice President in the Colombian elections of 2002...
served as Vice-President (2002-2010) and Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who has been the President of Colombia since 7 August 2010. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Finance, and Minister of National Defense.-Career:...
as Defense Minister (2006-2009) during Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
's administration. The latter was elected President in 2010.
In 2007, Spain's Grupo Planeta acquired 55% of the Casa Editorial El Tiempo media group, including the newspaper and its associated TV channel Citytv Bogotá
Citytv Bogotá
Citytv Bogotá is a local television station in Colombia's capital city. It is owned by the Casa Editorial El Tiempo , which publishes the main national Colombian daily newspaper El Tiempo, as well as other magazines such as Portafolio, Cambio, Motor, and Carrusel. CEET licensed the Canadian...
.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1911 by Alfonso Villegas Restrepo. In 1913 it was purchased by his brother-in-law, Eduardo Santos Montejo. From then until 2007, El Tiempos main shareholders were members of the Santos family, as part of the media conglomerate Casa Editorial El Tiempo. In 2007, the Spanish Grupo Planeta obtained majority ownership of the daily.Distribution
El Tiempo is published in six regional editions:- Bogotá
- Caribe (Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Sincelejo, Riohacha and Valledupar)
- Medellín
- Café (Pereira, Manizales, Armenia)
- Cali (Cali, Popayán, Pasto)
- Region, for the remainder of the country.
On Sundays there are special sections. For about 3 years it published every Sunday a special section with a weekly selection of articles from The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, translated into Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and using the same pictures. This section was dropped in January 2008 and since August 2008 it has been published by rival newspaper El Espectador.
El Tiempo is part of Grupo de Diarios América (America Newspaper Group), an organization of eleven leading newspapers from eleven Latin American countries.