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| Type | Daily sports newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | PRISA |
| Founder | Luis Montiel Balanzat |
| Publisher | Ignacio Díez |
| Editor | Vicente Jimenez |
| Founded | 6 December 1967 (1967-12-06) |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Circulation | 214,654 (2006) |
Sister newspapers | |
| ISSN | 1888-6671 |
| Website | as |
Diario AS (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjaɾjo ˈas]) (sometime stylized as AS or As; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈas]) is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on association football.
Profile
Diario AS is part of PRISA which also owns El País and Cinco Días.1 The paper particularly covers news of the Community of Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF, CD Leganés, and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with Marca. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia, and Zaragoza.
In May 2012, the newspaper launched an English language sub-site offering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers, as well as their own content. The circulation of Diario AS was 181,172 copies in 20012 and 176,892 copies in 2002.3 It rose to 214,654 copies in 2006.4
MeriStation
MeriStation is a digital magazine dedicated to video games, operated as a subdirectory of AS since 2011.56
References
References
- Castelló, Enric; Domingo, David (2005). "Spanish media facing new media: a challenge to journalists?". International Journal of Iberian Studies. 18 (3). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- "Specialised and local press". Grupo PRISA. 2002. Archived from the original (Annual report) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Printed Media Group (GMI)". Grupo PRISA. 2003. Archived from the original (Annual report) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Figures covering January to December 2006". Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión. 26 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007.
- "MeriStation English | Video Game News, guides, cheats and more on PS5, PC, PS4, Switch, XBOX". Meristation. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- "PRISA Digital cierra la adquisición del portal de juegos Meristation" [PRISA Digital completes the acquisition of the gaming portal Meristation]. Cinco Días (in Spanish). 1 February 2011.