ElUniversal.com.mx

According to the last report on audience of ElUniversal.com.mx, published in November 2017, the website registered 17,5 millions of visitors during September 2017, which makes this website once again the most visited one in the country when it comes to news access.

The civil organization Fundar discovered that El Universal Compañía Periodística Nacional S.A. de C.V. in 2016 received around 240.9 millions of Mexican pesos for government advertising during Enrique Peña Nieto's term; from this amount, 49.9 millions of pesos were used exclusively for the web page ElUniversal.com.mx, which makes it the online news outlet that acquired most contracts with the government.

Key facts

Audience Share

10,355,000 Total Unique Visitors/Viewers

Ownership Type

Private

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

Free content

Active Transparency

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Ownership

Ownership Structure

ElUniversal.com.mx is a website owned by El Universal, Compañía Periodística Nacional S.A. de C.V.

Voting Rights

Missing Data

Individual Owner

Ealy Ortiz Family

Facts

General Information

Founding Year

2001

Affiliated Interests Founder

Félix Fulgencio Palavicini - He was an engineer, politician and journalist. Through his media outlet and his proximity to the political power he was able to become a Congressman at the time when the existing Federal Constitution was adopted. He had a fruitful career as a diplomat and many of his books were printed in governmental premises.

Affiliated Interests Ceo

Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz - He is the Executive President and the President of the Administrative Council of El Universal since 1969. Officially he does not have businesses additional to this media outlet. His public life unfolds between El Universal and his participation in different citizen councils, such as the Foundation UNAM (Autonomous National University of Mexico), the Attorney General's Office and the trust of the National Institute of Public Health, among else. His son, Juan Francisco Ealy Jr. is the general director of El Universal.

Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief

David Aponte - Aponte is married with the former chief of the department of international press release of José Antonio Meade, when he was Secretary of Social Development and Finance. José Antonio Meade was the presidential candidate for PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) for the presidential term 2018-2024.