Type Daily newspaper Language Portuguese Headquarters Lisbon | Founded 22 September 1942 Ceased publication 1990 | |
Owner(s) Projectos e Estudos de Imprensa | ||
Diário Popular was a Portuguese language daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1942 and 1990.
History and profile
Diário Popular was first published on 22 September 1942. Its headquarters was in Lisbon. The paper was one of two Portuguese newspapers published in Angola during the colonial rule. The other was Jornal de Notícias. In the 1960s Diário Popular was acquired by the Balsemão family.
Diário Popular was the organizer of the first journalism program in Portugal which was held in 1966. In the late 1960s the paper was acquired by the Quina group, a family company. In 1971 it was one of two Portuguese best-selling newspapers.
Diário Popular belonged to the Banco Borges and Irmão, a bank, before the Carnation revolution. The paper was nationalized following the revolution in 1974 along with other private dailies and publications. It was controlled by the communists and adopted a communist stance in October 1975. In May 1978 the paper had a left-wing political stance.
Diário Popular had a circulation of 73,000 copies in October 1975 and 66,000 copies in May 1978.
In 1989 Diário Popular was privatized and was acquired by the company, Projectos e Estudos de Imprensa (PEI) which also became the owner of the sports paper Record. The company was headed by Pedro Santana Lopes, a member of the Social Democratic Party. However, the paper ceased publication in 1990.