El Tiempo (Colombia)
El Tiempo is the largest Colombian daily newspaper. It is published by the publishing group Casa Editorial El Tiempo and is a member of Grupo de Diarios América.
History
The newspaper El Tiempo was founded on January 30, 1911 by Alfonso Villegas Restrepo and Eduardo Santos Montejo 1913 sold to, who led this as the owner and manager until 1976. The newspaper was made up to the 130th edition in tabloid format and only then changed to the standard newspaper size.
On September 6, 1952, the headquarters of the publishing house burned down completely. The newspaper was printed but by the help of the newspaper El Liberal without exception on. In 1978 moved to the editorial on the Avenida Eldorado, where the newspaper is launched today.
Distribution and sale price
El Tiempo is published with six different regional sections:
- Bogotá
- Caribbean (Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Sincelejo, Riohacha and Valledupar )
- Medellín
- Coffee zone ( Pereira, Manizales, Armenia )
- Cali ( Cali, Popayán, Pasto )
- Rest of the country.
The sale price is 1500 COP for the weekdays and 3,000 COP for the Sunday edition.
The average range in 2004 was the Monday - through Saturday issue 314,000 readers in the Sunday edition of 453,000.