Correio da Manhã (Portugal)

Correio da Manhã
	The 26 December 2007 front page of; Correio da Manhã
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Cofina
Founded	1979; 45 years ago
Language	Portuguese
Headquarters	Lisbon
Circulation	105,519 (January–August 2015)
Sister newspapers	Jornal de Negócios
ISSN	0870-192X
Website	www.correiomanha.pt

Correio da Manhã (Portuguese pronunciation: [kuˈʁɐju ðɐ mɐˈɲɐ̃], lit. 'Morning Post') is a Portuguese daily newspaper from Portugal. Published in Lisbon, it is the most circulated daily newspaper in Portugal.^[1]

History and profile

Correio da Manhã was established in 1979.^[2]^[3] The paper is based in Lisbon.^[3] It is owned by the Cofina group^[4]^[5] and is published by its subsidiary.^[6] The company acquired the paper in 2000.^[7] Its sister newspaper is Jornal de Negócios.^[6] Both papers are published in tabloid format.^[8]

The newspaper focuses mainly on crime, scandals and attention-grabbing headlines.^{[citation needed]} It has a populist stance.^[9]

Circulation

Correio da Manhã is regarded as the most read general newspaper in the country.^[10] In the period of 1995–1996 the paper had a circulation of 69,000 copies, making it the best-selling paper in the country.^[11]

Between January and March 2003 the paper had a circulation of 118,000 copies.^[12] In 2003 it was the best selling newspaper in Portugal with a circulation of 107,000 copies.^[8] Its 2004 circulation was more than 100,000 copies.^[13] Next year its circulation was 119,431 copies.^[14]

Correio da Manhã had a circulation of 111,585 copies in 2006.^[14] In 2007 the daily was the best-selling newspaper in Portugal with a circulation of 115,000 copies.^[15] Its 2008 circulation rose to 122,090 copies.^[16] In 2009 it was also the best-selling newspaper in the country.^[17]

Between September and October 2013 Correio da Manhã had a circulation of 116,821 copies.^[5] It was 105,519 copies between January and August 2015.^[18]

Sports club

In 1981 the employees of Correio da Manhã founded a sporting club whose futsal team won the Portuguese Futsal League twice.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Gustavo Cardoso (January 2007). The Media in the Network Society: Browsing, News, Filters and Citizenship. Lulu.com. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-84753-792-8.
^ "Institutional presentation" (PDF). Cofina. 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ "Press in Portugal - Historical Overview". GMCS. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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^ Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce. SAGE Publications. 1998. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4462-6524-6.
^ "Top 10 Daily Newspapers in Portugal by Circulation". Top Ten.com. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Lynda Lee Kaid; Christina Holtz-Bacha (2006). The SAGE Handbook of Political Advertising. SAGE Publications. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4522-6154-6.
^ ^a ^b Anabela Gradim. "Press and profitable news. A business model for online newspapers" (PDF). BOCC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ Anabela Carvalho (2010). "Portugal: Media System" (PDF). The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ Rui Alexandre Novais; Hugo Ferro (2013). "Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario" (PDF). II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ Correio da Manhã consolida liderança, cmjornal.xl.pt, retrieved 30 October 2015