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Home > Company Index > Media > Publishing - Newspapers > Promotora de Informaciones, S.A.

Promotora de Informaciones, S.A.
 PROFILE
Promotora de Informaciones, more commonly known as Grupo PRISA, is a force to be reckoned with on the Spanish media scene. The publisher of "El País," Spain's #1 newspaper, Grupo PRISA issues a string of other newspapers and magazines, has a 21% stake in and operates Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable, and owns Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (SER), the #1 radio network in Spain. Also under the Grupo PRISA umbrella are book publisher Santillana Group, music company Gran Vía Musical, ad firm Gerencia de Medios (GDM), and Internet unit Prisacom. Chairman Jesús de Polanco controls a majority of the company he founded in 1972.

 COMPETITION
Bertelsmann AG (dossier)
Recoletos Compañia Editorial S.A. (REC)
Telefónica, S.A. (TEF)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 573.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (1.5)%

 KEY PEOPLE
• Juan Luis Cebrián
    CEO
• Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Calle Gran Vía, 32
28013 Madrid, Spain
Phone: 34-913-301-000
Fax: 34-330-1038
Online: Web Site

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