PRISA
 | |
| Sociedad Anónima | |
| Traded as |
BMAD: PRS NYSE: PRIS |
| Industry | Broadcasting, Publishing, Media, Internet, Entertainment |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Jesús de Polanco |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
Key people |
Ignacio Polanco (Chairman) Juan Luís Cebrián (CEO) |
| Services | Television and radio production, press and publishing |
| €2.822 billion (2010)[1] | |
Number of employees | 14,987 (2009)[2] |
| Website |
www |
Promotora de Informaciones, S.A (PRISA) is a Spanish media conglomerate.
History and profile
The PRISA group was founded in 1972[3][4] by Jesús de Polanco who was the major shareholder and the president of the company until his death on 21 July 2007.[5] The other founder was José Ortega Spotorno, a son of the philosopher Ortega y Gasset.[4] The company was established as part of the Spanish Transicion.[4] The son of Jesús de Polanco, Ignacio Polanco, succeeded him as the president of PRISA.[5]
The share of the group in the Spanish press market was 15.1% in 2006.[5]
As of 2010 it was controlled by Nicolas Berggruen.[6] At the end of 2010 the US hedge fund Liberty Acquisitions Holdings acquired 51% of the company.[3]
Holdings
As of 2012, the company holds a 50% interest in El Huffington Post, the Spanish language version of the news source.[4] As of 2014 the PRISA group owned 95% of the Portuguese media company, Media Capital which controls the TV channel TVI, and several radio stations, among others.[7]
Newspapers
- El País, daily newspaper
- Diario AS sports newspaper
- Cinco Días economic newspaper
Magazines
- PRISA noticias
- Cinemanía
- Gentleman
- Car
- Claves
- Revista 40
- Rolling Stone
Music and radio
- PRISA radio
- Cadena SER news station
- Los 40 Principales music station
- M80 Radio music station
- Cadena Dial music station
- Máxima FM music station
- Radio Olé music station
- ONA FM music station
- Rádio Comercial music station (Portugal)
- Rádio Clube news station (Portugal)
- Cidade FM music station (Portugal)
- Best Rock FM music station (Portugal)
- Grupo Latino de Radio
- Caracol Radio news station (Colombia)
- Radio Continental news station (Argentina)
- ADN Radio news station (Chile)
- W Radio radio network (Mexico, co-owner with Televisa))
- XETRA-AM and WSUA news stations (United States)
Television
References
- ↑ "Annual Results 2010" (PDF). Prisa.
- ↑ Prisa: About us
- 1 2 Julia Pastor (27 December 2013). "Prisa Group: Dismantling of Spain’s Top Media Giant Means End of an Era". The Corner (Madrid). Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Country Profile: Spain". Institute of Media and Communications Study. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 Andrea Czepek; Melanie Hellwig; Eva Nowak (2009). Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe: Concepts and Conditions. Intellect Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-84150-243-4. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ Raphael Minder. "Prisa Looks for Return to Financial Health", The New York Times, 21 November 2010
- ↑ "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Spain- Newspapers". G2MI. Retrieved 26 November 2014.