El Universal (Mexico City)

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El Universal
Spanish: El gran diario de México
(Mexico's great newspaper)
Sede del diario El Universal en Ciudad de Mexico.jpg
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Founder(s) Félix Fulgencio Palavicini  [ es ]
PresidentJuan Francisco Ealy Ortiz
EditorJuan Francisco Ealy Jr.
Founded1916
Language Spanish
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
Website www.eluniversal.com.mx

El Universal is a Mexican newspaper based in Mexico City.

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History

First issue of El Universal, published on 1 October 1916 Fragmento de la primera plana del primer numero de El Universal (1-10-1916).jpg
First issue of El Universal, published on 1 October 1916

El Universal was founded by Félix Palavicini  [ es ] and Emilio Rabasa in October 1916, in the city of Santiago de Querétaro to cover the end of the Mexican Revolution and the creation of the new Mexican Constitution. The circulation of the print edition of El Universal is more than 300,000 readers.

In 2013 the El Universal website claimed to have an average of more than 16 million unique visitors each month, with 140 million page views, and 4 million followers on Facebook. [1]

Aviso Oportuno [2] is the classifieds service of El Universal. The brand has become widely known in Mexico, and the phrase Aviso Oportuno is sometimes used as a generic term for the classifieds business. This brand has four sub-sites: Inmuebles, Vehículos, Empleos and Varios (Real Estate, Vehicles, Jobs and Miscellaneous).

News items are open to reader comments through a simple sign-up system which has resulted in many accusations of bias and propaganda. The system also tends towards anonymity and abuse by having questionable users and operators pass as average readers discrediting political and journalistic adversaries. [3]

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References

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  2. "Aviso oportuno: Legal notice". avisooportuno.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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