The voice of Galicia

La Voz de Galicia is the fourth general newspaper in Spain with an audience of 492,000 readers throughout the country, according to data from the first wave of the General Media Study 2020. In the Galician territory it is the hegemonic header. Its digital edition is the community's first informative website.

Founded in 1882, it is the parent company of the first Galician multimedia group, the Corporación Voz de Galicia, with a presence in all fields of communication and of which they are part, in addition to La Voz de Galicia, Radio Voz, Voz Audiovisual, Sondaxe, La Voz de Asturias, Canal Voz, Galicia Editorial, Galician Publications Distributor

At the beginning of 2019, the newspaper undertook a profound reorganization with the total integration of the newsrooms of the printed and digital editions to adapt to the new scenario in which the press sector operates and the charging for content that is premiered in April of the same year.

History

La Voz de Galicia was founded in 1882 by Juan Fernández Latorre as a republican, progressive and free-thinking newspaper. During the First World War its positions were between neutrality and an allyophilia " de facto". Already consolidated in the years of the Second Republic with a circulation of more than 20,000 copies, it was in the sixties, with the arrival of Santiago Rey Fernández-Latorre to the management, when La Voz begins its expansion, achieving several milestones: it undertakes a technical renovation, exceeds 100,000 copies of daily circulation, becomes the sixth newspaper in Spain with the largest audience and creates the edition system that covers all of Galicia. In 1885 he had created the Galician Library, a publishing house with the aim of disseminating the work of Galician writers.

In the eighties it advanced towards its conversion into a multimedia group, leading to the subsequent birth of the Voz de Galicia Corporation, which operates in multiple fields of communication. Its activity is carried out by various companies:

• La Voz de Galicia: germen de la Corporación Voz, es el cuarto diario con más lectores a nivel nacional y el primer en Galicia.
• www.lavozdegalicia.es: The digital edition of La Voz was launched in 2000.
• www.lavozdeasturias.es: the most recent project led by the Corporación Voz de Galicia after the acquisition of the majority of the social capital of Periódic Editions of the Northwest S.L. in 2016 and the whole of it in 2018.
• Radio Voz: the radio network of the Corporation with 23 frequencies in Galicia. It is heavily dumped in proximity information.
• Voz Audiovisual: the producer created in 1985 is one of the most active in the Galician audiovisual landscape. Signs numerous series of audience leaders in Galicia and has also collaborated in film productions.
• Sondaxe: demoscopia company launched in 1991. Conduct surveys, market studies and other sociological research.
• Canal Voz: the digital content company born in 1999 as a company specialized in the internet and new technologies.
• Distributor Gallega of Publications: service company dedicated to the distribution.
• Galicia Editorial: the printing plant with greater capacity of the community where La Voz de Galicia is printed as well as other publishing products.

On November 7, 1997, [1] was established, refounded in 2001 to provide continuity to the ownership and editorial line of La Voz de Galicia and its group of companies. Among his tasks, the management of the Voz Natura and Prensa-Escuela programs and the organization of the Fernández Latorre award stand out. The Foundation is also responsible for the management of the Santiago Rey Fernández-Latorre Museum (with more than 5,000 historical headlines and 38 journalistic editing machines) and the Master in Audiovisual Production and Management (MPXA), an official degree from the University of La Coruna.

Editions

The newspaper publishes thirteen daily editions every day, prepared from twenty-six points (delegations, subdelegations and correspondents). Each edition is distinguished by an interior booklet that collects all the local information, a specific first page (cover) for each area and specific news from each area in the general body of the newspaper, especially in the sports section.

La Voz de Galicia created its first branch outside of La Coruña in 1953, with the opening of the Ferrol branch. In 1959 the Santiago de Compostela delegation was opened; in 1964, that of Carballo, and so on progressively until 1978, when the seven main Galician cities had a local editorial office. In 1990, the main regions were also covered and, shortly after, the Madrid editorial office was inaugurated.

The editions receive the following names in each area of Galicia:

• The Coruña: The Voice of A Coruña
• Arosa: The Voice of Arousa
• The Barbanza: The Voice of Barbanza
• Bergantiños: The Voice of Bergantiños
• The Deza: The Voice of Deza-Tabeirós
• Ferrol: The Voice of Ferrol
• Lugo: The Voice of Lugo
• La Mariña: The Voice of Mariña
• Monforte de Lemos: The Voice of Lemos
• Orense: The Voice of Ourense
• Pontevedra: The Voice of Pontevedra
• Santiago de Compostela: La Voz de Santiago
• Vigo: The Voice of Vigo

Digital edition

Coinciding with the celebration of the Day of Galician Literature in honor of the writer Manuel Murguía, on May 17, 2000, the website of La Voz de Galicia came to light. It is the most consulted website in Galicia, with more than 66 million page views in July 2019 and 11.5 million users, according to Google Analytics data.

In 2015, lavozdegalicia.es opted even more for local journalism with the publication of 313 hyperlocal websites, with news and service information from all the municipalities of Galicia. In May 2016, it put the spotlight on audiovisual language, strengthening the editing team, which in a few months allowed the video audience to increase from 200,000 monthly views to more than two million.

Since January 2019, La Voz integrated the digital editorial team and the print edition into a single team that produces content for both media.

According to Alexa, the website lavozdegalicia.es is the 163rd most popular website in Spain.

It can be seen that as of July 22, 2020, from its website, it is not clearly indicated which content is paid (most of it) and which is not. Users cannot know which comments have been published, nor is their history recorded.

Collaborators

La Voz de Galicia has given space in its pages to intellectuals such as Manuel Murguía and Emilia Pardo Bazán, columnists for La Voz in the first stage of the newspaper, in addition to to Casares Quiroga, Martínez Salazar, Manuel Aznar Zubigaray (grandfather of the former president of the Government), Ramón Otero Pedrayo and Castelao. During the Second Republic, authors such as Josep Pla, Julio Camba, Gregorio Marañón, Azorín and Pérez de Ayala wrote in the newspaper. During the fifties, he wrote in La Voz Álvaro Cunqueiro and Paco Umbral during the Transition.