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==History== ===El Dia=== [[File:Letrero en neón (ca. 1965), Periódico El Día, Museo de la Historia de Ponce, en Ponce, Puerto Rico (20191221 133120).jpg|thumb|left|Sign from former headquarters of the El Día newspaper, while on Calle Salud, [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] (1945–1970), now on display at [[Museo de la Historia de Ponce]]]] El Nuevo Día was founded in 1909 in the city of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] as "El Diario de Puerto Rico,"{{efn|From 1909 to 1911, the newspaper was called "El Diario de Puerto Rico". In 1911 it shortened its name to "El Día", a name it would carry until its 1970 move to San Juan and reorganization, where it was renamed "El Nuevo Día". In 1950, under [[Luis A. Ferre]]'s directorship, El Día adopted its first slogan, "El Decano de la Prensa Puertorriqueña" (English: The dean of the Puerto Rican press"). Years later, it took on the slogan "Periódico político defensor de los ideales de la Unión de Puerto Rico y de los intereses generales del país." (English: "A political newspaper defender of the ideals of the [[Union of Puerto Rico|Unión de Puerto Rico]] and the general interests of the [Puerto Rican] country").<ref name="Chronicling">[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90070179/ ''About El diario de Puerto Rico. (Ponce, P.R.) 1909-1911.''] National Endowment for the Humanities: Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers. U. S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref>}} later changing its name to "El Día" in 1911, a name it kept for nearly seven decades. Its founder was Guillermo V. Cintrón,<ref name="Baralt"/> with assistance from Eugenio Astol and [[Nemesio Canales]].<ref name="ICP"/> Its editorial staff consisted of Felix Matos Bernier, Juan Braschi, Nemesio R. Canales, Felix Astol, and Eugenio Deschamps.<ref name="Rodriguez"/> In 1928 Guillermo V. Cintron sold the paper to [[Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso]] who formed an editorial team consisting of the three Gil De Lamadrid brothers (Jesus, Joaquin and Alfredo), Enrique Colon Barega, and Julio Enrique Monagas, and published the paper until 1945. Under his directorship the paper also started distribution in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<ref name="Rodriguez"/> On 8 November 1945, the newspaper was acquired by Ponce native and future [[List of Governors of Puerto Rico|governor]] [[Luis A. Ferré]]. Its board of directors consisted of Raul Matos Balaguer, Arturo Gallardo Guerrero, Miguel Sotero Palermo, Juan A. Wirshing, and Luis A. Ferre. After Ferré was elected governor of Puerto Rico in 1968, his eldest son, Antonio Luis Ferré, purchased the paper from his father.<ref name="Rodriguez"/> The paper's slogan was ''"Y vivamos la moral, que es lo que nos hace falta"'' (roughly, "And let us live by the moral yardstick, which is what we lack").<ref name="Rodriguez">Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Ph. D., curator. Journalism Hall. Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. March 2011.</ref> ===El Nuevo Día=== Two years after this, in 1970, Antonio Luis moved the newspaper to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] and renamed it "El Nuevo Día". The paper's first director under Antonio Luis Ferre was Carlos Castañeda. During its first years in San Juan, El Nuevo Día's newsroom was located in the "Torre de la Reina" building, near the [[Luis Muñoz Rivera Park]] in [[Puerta de Tierra]]. It subsequently moved, in 1986, to its current location municipality of [[Guaynabo]]. "El Nuevo Día" continues to be owned and published by the Ferré family. The newspaper's current president is María Eugenia Ferré Rangel and the current editor is Luis Alberto Ferré Rangel. As of 2006, El Nuevo Día is the most widely read newspaper in Puerto Rico, with a daily circulation of 155,000.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Its main competitor in terms of sales is ''[[El Vocero]]''. Content-wise, both papers have somewhat different news formats and audiences. While ''El Nuevo Día'' has been known largely for its political reporting, ''El Vocero'' has traditionally taken a more tabloid-oriented approach, giving greater prominence to news stories on daily street crime. More recently, however, "El Vocero" has begun to put greater emphasis to political and business news, making it a more direct competitor to "El Nuevo Día." In addition to its political and community sections, ''El Nuevo Día'' also has [[sports]], entertainment and business sections. Its previous [[television commercial|television commercial campaign]] [[slogan]] read: ''El Nuevo Día: Un Gran Periodico'' ("El Nuevo Día: A Great Newspaper"). The campaign slogan recently{{when|date=July 2018}} changed to "El Nuevo Día: Conocer es Crecer" ("El Nuevo Día: To Know is to Grow"). From 2003 to 2008, El Nuevo Día had an [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] edition called ''El Nuevo Día Orlando''. It started publication on 2 September 2003 and was published on weekdays. On 13 November 2009, the newspaper began to circulate free of charge. The paper printed 25,000 copies daily.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} A study showed that 96% percent of people who read the Orlando edition read it at home. The Orlando edition ceased publication on 29 August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-el-nuevo-dia-orlando-closes-081408,0,2673363.story |title=Orlando Sentinel dated ''14 August 2008'' |access-date=16 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815225358/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-el-nuevo-dia-orlando-closes-081408,0,2673363.story |archive-date=15 August 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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