El Tiempo (Colombia)
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El Tiempo is the highest circulation daily newspaper in Colombia and the only non-tabloid daily with national distribution. As of 2004, it had an average weekday circulation of 314,000, rising to 453,000 for the Sunday edition.
The newspaper was founded in 1911 by Alfonso Villegas Restrepo. In 1913 it was purchased by his son-in-law, Eduardo Santos Montejo. El Tiempo's 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.
Related websites
PDF file / El Tiempo web page / Casa Editorial El Tiempo web page
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