Prensa Iberica

What Prensa Iberica does

Prensa Ibérica is a privately held Spanish multimedia group, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Barcelona, that operates a national portfolio of regional, local and national print and digital media under long-established brands. Its core activity is the publication of 27 newspapers (including El Periódico, El Periódico de España, Sport, La Nueva España, Faro de Vigo, Levante-EMV, Información, La Opinión de Murcia and Diario de Mallorca), complemented by 4 magazines (Cuore, Stilo, Viajar, Woman), 55 corporate publications, 71 local chronicles, 3 television channels (LevanteTV, InformaciónTV and one further regional channel), in-house audiovisual production studios, printing operations (Artes Gráficas), and a network of distribution assets. The group reaches 2.1 million print readers (GfK DAM Jan 2026), 173,000 daily copies, 24.1 million unique monthly users (EGM 3rd accumulated 2025) and 515 million monthly page views (OJD 2025).

The business model combines six revenue streams: print and digital advertising (sold through the centralized Prensa Ibérica 360 platform and per-title inventory), print and digital subscriptions (sold via the corporate kiosk and individual publication storefronts), custom event production with group-media amplification (including Clúbes de prensa), and internal printing services. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer for readers and direct-to-enterprise for advertising clients, with community-led engagement reinforcing local reader loyalty. Customer segmentation is geography-vertical: a primary general Spanish readership across autonomous communities served by local newsrooms, with a secondary B2B segment of regional and national advertisers seeking segmented reach.

The company is controlled by its founding family with Javier Moll as President and Arantza Sarasola as Vice President. The group operates exclusively in Spain with no disclosed external investors, parent company, M&A activity or public listing. Recent activity has focused on leadership renewal at flagship titles, consolidation of editorial and institutional functions at the group level, and continued buildout of the digital, audiovisual and programmatic-advertising verticals to offset structural pressure on regional print.

Name

Prensa Iberica

Legal name

Prensa Ibérica

Website

https://epi.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prensa Ibérica is a privately held, family-controlled Spanish multimedia group publishing 27 regional and national newspapers, 4 magazines, 3 TV channels and thematic digital portals, monetizing reach across 24.1 million monthly users via advertising, subscriptions, events and printing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Print and Digital Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Spanish-Language & Multilingual Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAG)

Keywords

• Regional newspapers
• Print and digital journalism
• Multimedia media group
• Local news publishing
• Advertising media sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Print Advertising: Traditional advertising placements in newspapers and magazines across 27 titles. Segmenting and analyzing communities, producing multiformat content.
2. Digital Advertising: Online advertising across 24.1 million monthly unique users and 515 million monthly page views. Partner for content segmentation and reach.
3. Print Subscriptions and Sales: Sale of newspapers, magazines, weeklies through corporate kiosk and physical distribution. 173,000 copies of press and magazines.
4. Digital Subscriptions: Digital content access through web portals and thematic portals with online content sales.
5. Events: Custom event creation with own management and production, high-level speakers, and dissemination through group media channels.
6. Printing Services: Graphic arts operations including printing plants for own publications and potentially third-party printing services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Prensa Ibérica is a Spanish multimedia media group that publishes and distributes 27 newspapers across national, regional, and local Spanish territories, alongside 4 lifestyle magazines, 3 television channels, 55 corporate publications, 71 local chronicles, and a network of digital thematic portals. Its commercial offering combines consumer subscriptions (print and digital via the Kiosco Corporativo), advertising sales across the portfolio, custom-produced corporate events, and graphic arts/printing services.

Product overview

Prensa Ibérica is a Spanish multimedia media group operating a portfolio of 27 newspapers, 4 magazines, 3 television channels, 55 corporate publications, and 71 local chronicles. The group functions as a multi-platform media company comprising: (1) Print publications including major national newspapers (El Periódico, El Periódico de España, Sport) and regional/local titles (La Nueva España, Faro de Vigo, Levante-EMV, Información, El Correo Gallego, and 20+ others across Spain); (2) Magazines covering lifestyle (Cuore, Stilo, Viajar, Woman); (3) Digital thematic portals (abril, activos, Areajugones, Casa Gourmet, Código Nuevo, tucasa.com, iberempleos, Neomotor, RecetasGratis, EcologíaVerde, ExpertoAnimal, and others); (4) Television channels (InformaciónTV, LevanteTV); (5) Advertising services via Prensa Ibérica 360; (6) Event organization services; (7) Audiovisual production; and (8) Print/distribution infrastructure. The group reaches 2.1 million print readers, 24.1 million unique monthly web users, and 515 million monthly page views.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Opinión de Murcia Local daily newspaper covering news in the Murcia region of Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Super Deporte Sports newspaper focused on Spanish sports news coverage, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Opinión El Correo de Zamora Local newspaper serving the Zamora province in Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Regio7 Regional newspaper serving Catalonia with local news coverage, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Diario de Mallorca Daily newspaper covering news in Mallorca, Balearic Islands, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Mallorca Zeitung German-language newspaper serving Mallorca, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Periódico de Aragón Regional newspaper covering news in Aragon, Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Nueva España Major regional newspaper serving Asturias, Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Correo Gallego Newspaper covering news in Galicia, Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Periódico Extremadura Regional newspaper serving Extremadura, Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Correo de Andalucía Regional newspaper covering news in Andalusia, Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Provincia Newspaper serving Las Palmas, Canary Islands, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Periódico de España National newspaper covering Spain-wide news from Madrid, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Diari de Girona Catalan-language daily newspaper serving Girona province, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Periódico Major national newspaper with headquarters in Barcelona, covering national and international news, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Empordà Local newspaper covering the Empordà region of Catalonia, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Sport Sports newspaper focused on Barcelona and Spanish sports coverage, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Diario de Ibiza Local newspaper covering news in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Periódico Mediterráneo Regional newspaper serving the Mediterranean coastal areas of Spain, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Información Local newspaper covering the Alicante province, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Levante-EMV Newspaper covering Valencia and surrounding region, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Opinión A Coruña Local newspaper serving A Coruña, Galicia, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Faro de Vigo Newspaper covering Vigo and the province of Pontevedra, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Crónica de Badajoz Local newspaper serving Badajoz province, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Diario Córdoba Daily newspaper covering news in Córdoba, Andalusia, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• La Opinión de Málaga Local newspaper serving Málaga province in Andalusia, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• El Día Newspaper serving Tenerife and the Canary Islands, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Cuore Lifestyle and entertainment magazine distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Stilo Magazine covering fashion, beauty, and lifestyle topics, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Viajar Travel magazine featuring destinations and travel guides, distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• Woman Women's lifestyle magazine distributed via print, web, and mobile.
• InformaciónTV Video news platform for Información newspaper, providing audiovisual news content digitally.
• LevanteTV Video news platform for Levante-EMV newspaper, providing audiovisual news content digitally.
• Prensa Ibérica 360 Centralized advertising platform for the media group with capabilities to segment audiences, produce multiformat content, and provide reach analytics for advertisers across the group's portfolio.
• Thematic Portals Suite of specialized digital portals covering vertical topics including activos, Areajugones, Casa Gourmet, Código Nuevo, tucasa.com, iberempleos, Neomotor, Tendencias, RecetasGratis, EcologíaVerde, and ExpertoAnimal.
• Prensa Ibérica Corporate Kiosk (Kiosco Corporativo) Digital subscription and commerce platform offering newspapers, magazines, weeklies, web content, and local chronicles through packs and subscription bundles.
• Corporate Events Service Custom corporate event creation and production service with own management, high-level speakers, and dissemination through the group's media channels.
• Audiovisual Production Studio In-house audiovisual content creation studio producing video content for digital formats and television channels (LevanteTV, InformaciónTV).
• Graphic Arts / Printing Services (Artes Gráficas) Printing press and graphic arts services operating multiple printing plants across Spain for publication production.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grupo Prisa: Prisa is the publisher of El País and AS, plus Cadena SER radio and Santillana education. Directly comparable as a Spanish multimedia publishing group operating print, digital, broadcast and education assets at national scale.
• Vocento: Vocento is the closest Spanish regional-newspaper group, publishing national titles (ABC) plus regional dailies (El Correo, La Rioja, El Diario Vasco) and digital properties. Highly comparable business model of multi-regional print + digital + classifieds advertising.
• Grupo Godó: Grupo Godó publishes La Vanguardia and La Vanguardia Digital, plus radio (RAC1) and TV assets. Highly comparable multi-platform Spanish media group with both a flagship national paper and regional/local editions in Catalonia.
• Grupo Henneo (Heraldo): Henneo publishes Heraldo de Aragón and other regional dailies plus digital properties. Comparable regional-newspaper group with multi-territory footprint and digital expansion, competing for the same regional advertisers.
• Unidad Editorial: Unidad Editorial publishes El Mundo, Marca and Expansión, combining national newspapers, sports titles and business dailies with digital and B2B services. Directly comparable multi-title Spanish news publisher competing for the same advertisers and subscribers.

Broad incumbents

• Atresmedia: Atresmedia operates national free-to-air TV (Antena 3, La Sexta), radio (Onda Cero) and digital news (HuffPost España, Atresplayer). Broad-incumbent overlap in Spanish advertising sales, TV broadcast and digital news verticals.
• Mediaset España Comunicación: Mediaset España runs Telecinco and Cuatro national TV channels and their digital platforms. Broad-incumbent competitor for video advertising and audiovisual content budgets in Spain.

Others

• Corporación RTVE: Spanish public broadcaster operating La 1, La 2, 24h, Teledeporte, Radio Nacional and RTVE Play. Comparable as a Spanish broadcast news competitor for audience share and ad-free public content, though funded publicly rather than commercially.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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