El Diario Research Paper

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El Diario, which is mostly now known as El Diario/La Prensa is the longest publishing Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States. This news organization has over 100 years of standing. It went through some economic issues at one point but somehow they pulled through, some even call it a miracle. Just by the title of the newspaper “El Diario” we can safely say that is for native Spanish speakers. This newspaper is specifically for Hispanics/Latinos to inform them of what’s occurring at the moment. Also, keeping them up to date like any newspaper does but it’s mostly primarily for new incoming immigrants who don’t know a tad bit of English. This organization dedication is to help immigrants adjust to their new home. As well, as in advocating for Latinos from the prohibition era through today’s struggle over immigration reform. Till this day their motto is “El Champeon de Los Hispanos” which translates to “The Champion of the Hispanics”. …show more content…

La Prensa, another Hispanic newspaper that started in the lower Manhattan, New York was founded by Rafael Viera a Spaniard in 1913.In 1963, in its fifties year of being called solely “La Prensa” it merged with its competition El Diario. These two newspaper merged to reach more Hispanic audience, to let them be aware of what was happening in our Big Apple. In 2003, a Canadian newspaper executive John Paton purchased the paper later merging it with the second largest Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion, which is located in Los Angeles, California. Also, that same year it was co-founded by Impre-media the Hispanic engagement solutions which today owns the seven most popular Hispanic newspapers like El Diario, La Opinion, La Raza etc. El Diario is now a state of the art multimedia operation that includes print, digitals and other

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