What El Heraldo de Mexico does

El Heraldo de México is a Mexican national daily newspaper and multimedia news organization founded in 1965 and headquartered in Mexico City, operating as part of the Grupo Andrade conglomerate. The company serves the general Mexican public with comprehensive news coverage spanning national, international, economic, sports, entertainment, political, cultural, and technology content, distributed across a digital portal (heraldodemexico.com.mx), a printed edition, a 24-hour radio station (Heraldo Radio, branded 'La H que si suena'), a television division (Heraldo TV), and a podcast network. The product architecture is platform-plus-modules: a core general-news editorial brand extended by regional state sub-brands for Estado de México, Oaxaca, and Quintana Roo, an international edition targeting the Mexican diaspora in the United States (Heraldo USA), and vertical sub-brands including Gastrolab for food and lifestyle content and El Mundo del Derecho for legal news.

The business operates three primary revenue streams: digital subscriptions through the website, one-time purchases of the printed newspaper, and advertising sold across digital, radio, and TV properties. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and requires direct inquiry. Marketing and distribution rely on the owned-and-operated platform ecosystem, email newsletters, organic social media, Google News integration, and physical print retail. The customer base is a horizontal consumer segment — individual Mexican readers seeking Spanish-language news across formats — rather than enterprise or B2B accounts, with no named institutional customers identified in the data.

Leadership is family-controlled under Grupo Andrade, with Ángel Mieres Zimmermann serving as Presidente del Consejo de Administración (Chairman) and Franco Carreño Osorio as Director General (CEO). The company employs between 251 and 500 people and operates as a privately held subsidiary with no public listing, no disclosed funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue. The company's primary intangible asset is its nearly six-decade editorial brand, anchored by the 1987 Premio Nacional de Periodismo recognition for the iconic 'Hand of God' World Cup photograph published by a Heraldo collaborator in 1986.

Name

El Heraldo de Mexico

Legal name

El Heraldo de Mexico

Website

https://heraldodemexico.com.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

El Heraldo de México is a privately held Mexican national daily newspaper and multimedia news organization serving general Mexican readers across digital, print, radio, and TV platforms, with regional state editions, a US diaspora edition, and niche sub-brands under Grupo Andrade.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Radio Broadcasting Stations (51611), Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832), Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

National Broadcast News Networks (MPABAAAB), Spanish-Language & Multicultural Radio Networks (MPABABAG)

Keywords

• National daily newspaper
• Multi-platform news
• Print and digital journalism
• News broadcasting
• Regional news editions

Headquarters

HQ city

Chilpancingo De Los Bravos

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: Online subscription service providing access to digital content including news articles, multimedia, and exclusive reports.
2. Print Edition Sales: Physical newspaper sales through the printed edition covering national, international news, economy, sports, entertainment, politics and finance.
3. Advertising Revenue: Advertising space sold across digital platform, radio (Heraldo Radio), and TV (El Heraldo TV) properties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

El Heraldo de México is a Mexican national daily newspaper and multi-platform media organization that produces and distributes news content across digital (website and mobile), print, radio (Heraldo Radio, 24-hour), and television (Heraldo TV) channels. It covers national, international, economic, sports, entertainment, political, cultural, and technology news, and serves the general Mexican public plus the Mexican diaspora in the United States via regional editions.

Product overview

El Heraldo de México is a comprehensive multimedia news organization operating as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering consists of the El Heraldo de México digital news portal covering national, international, economy, sports, entertainment, politics, culture, technology, and finance news. The platform extends across multiple distribution channels including Heraldo Radio (24-hour news radio station branded 'La H que si suena'), Heraldo Televisión (video content division), a Podcast section, the printed Edición Impresa (newspaper in regional editions across Mexico), and regional sub-brands for Estado de México, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, and Heraldo USA. Add-on services include Newsletter subscriptions and Juegos (online games). The organization also operates sub-brands including Gastrolab (food and lifestyle digital publication) and El Mundo del Derecho (legal news portal), all under the Grupo Andrade umbrella. The company also publishes Línea H (a citizen reporting channel) and has affiliated verticals like Heraldo de Deportes covering World Cup 2026 content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Heraldo Radio: Radio station operated by the media company, broadcasting 24 hours daily.
• Heraldo TV
• Gastrolab
• Linea H

Products and services

• El Heraldo de México (Digital News Portal)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Google NewsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIntegration with Google News allowing readers to add El Heraldo de México as a news source preference in Google News settings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Excélsior: Historic Mexican national daily newspaper with print and digital editions. Competes with El Heraldo in the same national general-interest news category and on overlapping advertising segments.
• Milenio: Mexican national daily newspaper owned by Grupo Multimedios, operating print, digital, TV, and radio properties. Directly comparable to El Heraldo de México in scale, multi-platform model, and Mexican national news positioning.
• Reforma: Leading Mexican national newspaper owned by Grupo Reforma, with strong digital subscription business. Comparable as a national daily serving similar general-interest, business, and political Mexican audiences.
• La Jornada: Mexican national daily newspaper with print and digital editions covering politics, economy, and culture. Closely comparable to El Heraldo in national daily positioning and Mexican general-interest audience.
• El Universal: One of Mexico's largest national daily newspapers, with print, digital, and a long-running TV partnership. Comparable in audience, multi-platform mix, and national general-interest coverage to El Heraldo de México.
• La Prensa: Mexican national tabloid-style daily newspaper with print and digital editions. Comparable to El Heraldo as a Mexico City-headquartered national daily competing for similar general-interest readership and ad inventory.
• El Financiero: Mexican financial and business newspaper with national print and digital presence, plus TV and digital verticals. Comparable as a multi-platform national daily, with overlap in economic and political coverage.

Broad incumbents

• TelevisaUnivision: Largest Spanish-language media conglomerate in the Spanish-speaking world, combining TV networks, streaming, and digital news. Overlaps with El Heraldo in TV, digital news, and Mexican-diaspora audience monetization, but operates at vastly greater scale.
• TV Azteca: Major Mexican broadcast TV network with digital and news operations. Comparable to El Heraldo's Heraldo TV and Heraldo Radio divisions as a multi-platform Mexican broadcaster and news producer, but much larger.

Emerging players

• Infobae: Fast-growing Latin American digital-native news outlet with strong presence in Mexico. Competes with El Heraldo for Mexican digital ad budgets and news audiences, with a digital-first model that pressures traditional print+digital players.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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