La Jornada

Throughout many years La Jornada was characterized as having left-oriented editorial policy with focus on sensitive political topics that other media did not dare to cover. It was founded in 1984 by a group of prominent journalists. In recent years, the stability of the newspaper was endangered, mainly due to a drop in revenues due to the growing consumption of news over the internet, as well as blockages in official advertising.

Key facts

Audience Share

110,236

Ownership Type

Cooperative

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

Paid content

Active Transparency

company/channel informs proactively and comprehensively about its ownership, data is constantly updated and easily verifiable

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Media Companies / Groups

Demos, Desarrollo de Medios S.A. de C.V.

Ownership

Ownership Structure

Since its beginning the newspaper La Jornada has been functioning as a cooperative, which means, it belongs to its employees.

Voting Rights

Missing Data

Individual Owner

Cooperative La Jornada

Media Companies / Groups

Demos, Desarrollo de Medios S.A. de C.V.

Facts

General Information

Founding Year

1984

Affiliated Interests Founder

Carlos Payán and other 69 journalists, among them, Carmen Lira Saade (current CEO), Elena Poniatowska, Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa and José Woldenberg.

Carlos Payán - Department Head in the Legal Directorate General at the Ministry of Industry and Trade; Advisor of the Director of FOVI (Fund for Operation and Banking Finance for Housing) of the Bank of Mexico; Head of the Credit Department at INFONAVIT (Workers' National Housing Fund Institute); Counselor at the National Human Rights Commission since its foundation until March 1997; Founder of the newspaper Unomásuno and Republican Senator for the political party PRD (Democratic Revolutionary Party).

Elena Poniatowska is a Mexican chronicler and activist who has won numerous awards for her literary works. Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa was a political columnist who for long years has been exposing cases with political power abuse; university lecturer, citizens' counselor at the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute since 1994 until 1996. José Woldenberg is a Mexican politician and academic who was also known for being President and Board Member at the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute.