El Español

El Español is a Spanish online newspaper that started in 2015.[1][2] It has its headquarters in Avenida de Burgos, 16D, 7º, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.[3][4]

El Español
TypeOnline newspaper
Founder(s)
  • María Ramírez
  • Eduardo Suárez
  • Pedro J. Ramírez
  • Eva Fernández
PublisherEl León de El Español Publicaciones S.A.
PresidentPedro J. Ramírez
Founded7 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-07)
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersMadrid
CountrySpain
Websitewww.elespanol.com Edit this at Wikidata

History

In 2014, Pedro J. Ramírez was dismissed as the director from the newspaper El Mundo.[5] Alongside his daughter María Ramírez Fernández, he founded El Español.[6][7] The website was opened on 11 January 2015.[8]

On 10 January 2015, it raised €3,600,000 from 5,624 people in two months through crowdfunding.[9] On 10 April 2015, it became a Sociedad Anónima,[10] with a share capital of €17 million.[11]

In December 2017, El Español invested in Vandal, a video game website at the time published by Forzáns Inversións SL.[12]

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