| Type | Business newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Grupo Recoletos |
| Publisher | Unidad Editorial |
| Founded | 1 May 1986; 38 years ago (1986-05-01) |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Circulation | 55,971 (2012) |
| Sister newspapers | El Mundo Marca |
| Website | expansion |
Expansión is a Spanish economic and business newspaper published in Madrid, Spain.
Expansión was established in May 1986.[1][2] The paper is published in tabloid format[2] and is owned by Unidad Editorial, which is in turn controlled by RCS MediaGroup.[3][4] Its sister newspapers are El Mundo and Marca.[4][5]
Expansión used to be part of the British group Pearson,[6] which had a share of 39% in the paper during the late 1990s.[7] During this period, the publisher was Ârea Editorial.[2]
The headquarters of Expansión is in Madrid. The paper was awarded by the Society for News Design (SND) the World's Best Designed Newspaper™ for 1994.[8] It celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2011 with an event led by Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.[9]
The circulation of Expansión was 39,047 copies in 1994.[2] The paper had a circulation of 52,645 copies in 2001.[10] Its circulation fell to 48,108 copies in 2002.[5] In 2003 the circulation of the paper was 48,000 copies.[11] The paper had a circulation of 47,577 copies in 2005.[12]
Based on the findings of the European Business Readership Survey the paper had 13,047 readers per issue in 2006.[13] The 2008 circulation of the paper was 50,128 copies, making it the most read business newspaper in the country.[3] The OJD certified circulation of the paper was 55,971 copies in 2012.[14]
