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Type
  
Daily newspaper

Founded
  
23 April 1976

Format
  
39x29cm

Language
  
Catalan

Avui

Owner(s)
  
Hermes Comunicacions (publisher of El Punt)

Political alignment
  
Catalan nationalism, Catalan independentism, Centrism

Avui ([aˈvuj], meaning Today in English) was a Catalan daily newspaper, based in Barcelona, in Spain. It was one of the city's newest papers, having been founded in 1976. The editorial line was Catalan nationalist.

History and profile

Avui was first published on 23 April 1976, (Saint George's day, a symbolic holiday in Catalonia). It initially relied on the subscriptions of thousands of Catalans for financial support. It soon went into financial problems and changed ownership. A partnership of two publishers along with the Catalan regional government itself took over in order to avoid imminent bankruptcy. The Grupo Godó owned 40% of the paper, which had its headquarters in Barcelona.

The Catalan government subsidises with important amounts those Catalan newspapers with at least one Catalan language edition. In 2008 Avui was only second to El Punt in terms of circulation/funds granted, having received almost 1.5 million euros that amounted to 48.9 euros per newspaper sold.

Then it went to change hands again in 2009, being bought by its rival El Punt, and creating the new newspaper El Punt Avui on 31 July 2011.

References

Avui Wikipedia