Empordà

What Empordà does

Empordà is a regional digital news media outlet serving the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia, Spain, with headquarters in Figueres, Girona. Founded in 1978, it is operated by Editorial Empordà, S.L., a private limited company that sits within the diversified Prensa Ibérica Media group. The core product is the emporda.info website, which publishes local news across Figueres, Castelló d'Empúries, L'Escala, Roses, La Jonquera, and other municipalities, with editorial sections covering politics, culture, sports (football, basketball, running, table tennis), economy, opinion, agenda, and multimedia (video, photo galleries). Supporting products include the Empordà Premium subscription (ad-free and exclusive content), an email newsletter service, online games at jocs.emporda.info, obituary and funeral notices (Necrològiques i Esqueles), RSS feeds, and a print edition distributed via kiosc.emporda.info with a PDF and digital flipbook companion.

The underlying technology is a standard digital news publishing platform; no proprietary AI/ML, APIs, or developer tooling is evident. Distribution is multi-channel: direct website access, active social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn), newsletter, RSS, and a physical print kiosk channel. Revenue is generated primarily through digital advertising — including banner ads, sponsored 'Idees' editorial content, and classifieds for employment, housing, and vehicles — supplemented by reader subscriptions via Empordà Premium. Pricing for Premium is not publicly disclosed.

The customer base is a long-tail of local readers in the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia; no enterprise advertisers or named B2B customers are disclosed in the source material. The audience is geographically concentrated in Catalonia and the broader Girona province. As of 2025, Empordà doubled its digital audience year-over-year and consolidated its position as the second most-read media outlet in the Girona counties. The company has approximately 20 employees.

Name

Empordà

Legal name

Editorial Empordà, S.L.

Website

https://emporda.info

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Empordà is a Catalan regional digital news outlet covering the Alt Empordà region for local readers. Operated by Editorial Empordà, S.L. under the Prensa Ibérica Media group, it monetizes via digital advertising, Premium subscriptions, and a print edition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Digital News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative/Independent Newsweeklies & Opinion Press (MPAJADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Content Aggregation, Curation & RSS Platforms (BPAMAJAI)

Keywords

• Local news publishing
• Regional journalism
• Digital news media
• Print newspaper
• Community news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Figueres

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Digital advertising including sponsored content sections (Idees/ideas), classifieds (classifieds for employment, housing, vehicles), and banner advertising. The publication also features native advertising content from sponsors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Empordà (emporda.info) is a regional digital news and media platform operated by Editorial Empordà, S.L., publishing local journalism covering municipalities in the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia including Figueres, Castelló d'Empúries, L'Escala, Roses, and La Jonquera. The platform offers news across politics, culture, sports, economy, opinion, and agenda, supplemented by a Premium subscription service, email newsletters, classifieds, online games, obituary notices, RSS feeds, and a print edition distributed via kiosks.

Product overview

Empordà is a regional digital news and media platform operated by Editorial Empordà, S.L. (part of Prensa Ibérica Media group). The offering consists of the core emporda.info news website providing local and regional journalism, supplemented by Empordà Premium subscription service for ad-free exclusive content. Additional products include an online games section (Jocs Empordà), newsletter subscriptions, obituary services, RSS feeds, and print edition subscriptions. The platform covers news across the Alt Empordà region including Figueres, Castelló d'Empúries, L'Escala, Roses, and surrounding municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Empordà (emporda.info) News Platform Digital news and media platform providing local and regional journalism covering Figueres, Castelló d'Empúries, L'Escala, Roses, La Jonquera and other municipalities in the Alt Empordà region, with sections for latest news, politics, culture, sports, economy, opinion, agenda, and multimedia content.
• Empordà Print Edition (Edició Impresa) Print subscription service delivering the newspaper in physical, PDF, and digital flipbook formats, accessible via kiosc.emporda.info for readers who prefer print or digital-archive reading.
• Email Newsletter Service Email newsletter subscription service delivering daily news summaries and key updates directly to subscribers' inboxes.
• Jocs Empordà (Online Games)

Quantifiable outcome

• Audience doubled in one year

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Prensa IbéricaparentOthersParent media group - Editorial Empordà, S.L. operates as part of the Prensa Ibérica Media group, which owns and operates multiple regional newspapers and media outlets across Spain including Diari de Girona, Diario Córdoba, El Periódico, and many others.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• El Periódico: Major Prensa Ibérica title serving Catalonia with both Spanish and Catalan editions. Comparable as a regional newspaper within the same parent group, though at significantly larger scale; provides a reference point for Empordà's growth trajectory.
• Diari de Girona: Sister publication within Prensa Ibérica Media covering the Girona province with print and digital editions. Directly comparable regional Catalan newspaper operating the same advertising-and-subscription model in overlapping geography.
• La Voz de Galicia: Regional newspaper serving Galicia with digital and print editions; part of the Prensa Ibérica group. Closely comparable business model as a sister regional title in another Spanish autonomous community.
• El Punt Avui: Catalan-language daily newspaper covering Catalonia with digital-first operations and a paywall. Comparable as a regional Catalan news brand competing for the same reader and advertiser pool.
• Segre: Regional newspaper serving Lleida with digital and print editions, covering provincial news, culture, sports, and opinion. Directly comparable as a Catalan regional press outlet with similar multi-product monetization (classifieds, obituaries, premium content).
• Regió7: Regional Catalan newspaper serving the Bages-Moianès area with digital and print editions. Comparable as an independent-style regional press outlet in Catalonia with similar local-news, opinion, and classifieds monetization.
• Ara (ara.cat): Digital-first Catalan-language daily newspaper with a strong subscription model. Comparable as a Catalan news brand competing for digital subscribers and advertisers in overlapping editorial territory.
• Diari de Sabadell: Regional Catalan newspaper serving the Vallès Occidental comarca. Comparable as a comarca-level press outlet with local news, classifieds, and community coverage of similar structure to Empordà.
• El Diario Montañés: Regional newspaper serving Cantabria within the Prensa Ibérica group. Comparable as a sister regional title with parallel digital audience growth, subscription, and advertising monetization playbook.

Broad incumbents

• La Vanguardia: Spain's largest Barcelona-based newspaper with deep Catalan coverage and a national footprint. Comparable as a regional Spanish news incumbent with digital subscription and advertising model, though operating at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/emporda_info
• Facebookfacebook.com/emporda.info
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/setmanariempord%C3%A0
• Instagraminstagram.com/emporda_info

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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