El Tiempo (English: "Time" or "The Times") is a nationally distributed broadsheetdaily newspaper in Colombia launched on January 30, 1911. As of 2019[update], El Tiempo had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average daily weekday of 1,137,483 readers, rising to 1,921,571 readers for the Sunday edition.[1]
First Edition of El Tiempo using its now traditional logo, published on May 1st, 1917. The first edition of the newspaper was published 6 years before, in 1911.
From 1913 to 2007, El Tiempo's main shareholders were members of the Santos Calderón 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; Juan Manuel was elected president of Colombia in 2010 and served in that position until 2018.[2]
In 2007, Spanish Grupo Planeta acquired 55% of the Casa Editorial El Tiempo media group, including the newspaper and its associated TV channel Citytv Bogotá.[3] In 2012, businessman Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo bought the shares of Planeta, the Santos family and other small shareholders, becoming the only owner of the newspaper.[4][5]El Tiempo is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia.[6][7]
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 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, but in 2012 sold majority ownership to Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo who now owns 86% of El Tiempo.
Between 2001 and 2008, when El Espectador was published as a weekly newspaper, El Tiempo was Colombia's only national daily newspaper.
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, 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.
References
^ ab"Estudio revela que El Tiempo cuenta con más lectores diarios" [Studies show that El Tiempo has the highest daily readers]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2012-05-12. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
^McDermott, Jeremy (2010-08-04). "How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-04.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Committee to Protect Journalists. Attacks on the Press in 2007 - Colombia, February 2008
^Semana (2012-04-19). "Sarmiento Angulo oficializa compra de El Tiempo". Semana (in Spanish). from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
^El Tiempo, Casa Editorial. "Sarmiento Angulo es dueño de la totalidad de EL TIEMPO". Portafolio.co (in Spanish). from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
^ abRathbone, John Paul (3 June 2013). "The history and politics of Colombian media". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 May 2022. Luis Carlos Sarmiento, who has a $14bn fortune, according to Forbes, in 2012 bought El Tiempo, Colombia's largest-circulation daily and the newspaper of record.
^ ab"Terror of the Black Hand (Part 1)". The Irish Times. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2022. On January 19th in Bogota, the city section of El Tiempo, Colombia's newspaper of record, ran a report which sent shivers through most urban readers.
tiempo, colombia, other, uses, tiempo, disambiguation, tiempo, english, time, times, nationally, distributed, broadsheet, daily, newspaper, colombia, launched, january, 1911, 2019, update, tiempo, highest, circulation, colombia, with, average, daily, weekday, . For other uses see El Tiempo disambiguation El Tiempo English Time or The Times is a nationally distributed broadsheet daily newspaper in Colombia launched on January 30 1911 As of 2019 update El Tiempo had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average daily weekday of 1 137 483 readers rising to 1 921 571 readers for the Sunday edition 1 El TiempoTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Luis Carlos Sarmiento AnguloFounder s Alfonso Villegas RestrepoPublisherCasa Editorial El Tiempo S A Editor in chiefAndres MompotesFounded30 January 1911 1911 01 30 Political alignmentCentrismLanguageSpanishHeadquartersBogota D C ColombiaCirculation1 137 483 Daily readers1 921 571 Sunday readers 2012 1 ISSN0121 9987OCLC number28894254Websitewww wbr eltiempo wbr comFirst Edition of El Tiempo using its now traditional logo published on May 1st 1917 The first edition of the newspaper was published 6 years before in 1911 From 1913 to 2007 El Tiempo s main shareholders were members of the Santos Calderon family Several also participated in Colombian politics Eduardo Santos Montejo was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942 Francisco Santos Calderon served as Vice President 2002 2010 And Juan Manuel Santos as Defense Minister 2006 2009 during Alvaro Uribe s administration Juan Manuel was elected president of Colombia in 2010 and served in that position until 2018 2 In 2007 Spanish Grupo Planeta acquired 55 of the Casa Editorial El Tiempo media group including the newspaper and its associated TV channel Citytv Bogota 3 In 2012 businessman Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo bought the shares of Planeta the Santos family and other small shareholders becoming the only owner of the newspaper 4 5 El Tiempo is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia 6 7 Contents 1 History 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe 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 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 but in 2012 sold majority ownership to Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo who now owns 86 of El Tiempo Between 2001 and 2008 when El Espectador was published as a weekly newspaper El Tiempo was Colombia s only national daily newspaper El Tiempo is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia 6 7 Distribution EditEl Tiempo is published in six regional editions Bogota Caribe Barranquilla Cartagena Santa Marta Sincelejo Riohacha and Valledupar Medellin Cafe Pereira Manizales Armenia Cali Cali Popayan 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 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 America America Newspaper Group an organization of eleven leading newspapers from eleven Latin American countries References Edit a b Estudio revela que El Tiempo cuenta con mas lectores diarios Studies show that El Tiempo has the highest daily readers El Tiempo in Spanish Bogota 2012 05 12 ISSN 0121 9987 OCLC 28894254 Retrieved 2012 06 04 McDermott Jeremy 2010 08 04 How President Alvaro Uribe changed Colombia BBC News Retrieved 2017 08 04 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint url status link Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks on the Press in 2007 Colombia February 2008 Semana 2012 04 19 Sarmiento Angulo oficializa compra de El Tiempo Semana in Spanish Archived from the original on 2017 10 03 Retrieved 2021 04 26 El Tiempo Casa Editorial Sarmiento Angulo es dueno de la totalidad de EL TIEMPO Portafolio co in Spanish Archived from the original on 2017 10 03 Retrieved 2021 04 26 a b Rathbone John Paul 3 June 2013 The history and politics of Colombian media Financial Times Retrieved 6 May 2022 Luis Carlos Sarmiento who has a 14bn fortune according to Forbes in 2012 bought El Tiempo Colombia s largest circulation daily and the newspaper of record a b Terror of the Black Hand Part 1 The Irish Times 9 March 2001 Retrieved 6 May 2022 On January 19th in Bogota the city section of El Tiempo Colombia s newspaper of record ran a report which sent shivers through most urban readers External links Edit Colombia portal in Spanish El Tiempo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title El Tiempo Colombia amp oldid 1135008254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
