Type Weekly newspaper Owner(s) Newshold Political alignment Center-right | Format Tabloid Editor José António Saraiva | |
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Founded 16 September 2006; 10 years ago (2006-09-16) | ||
Sol (Portuguese for Sun) is a Portuguese language weekly national newspaper published every Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.
History and profile
Sol was first published on 16 September 2006. The paper was founded by José António Saraiva with the premise to compete with the long-established Expresso.
Sol is directly or indirectly owned by Angolan businessman Álvaro Sobrinho through Newshold, the controlling society of the newspaper, which also owns a 12,21% stake in Cofina.
The circulation of Sol was 49,000 copies in 2008. The paper had a circulation of 33,089 copies in 2011.
Sol appeared in the Portuguese market as a competitor of Expresso which until now (2015) maintains a clearly leading position.
References
Sol (newspaper) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA