Ecuadorian government launches a newspaper
Posted by Clara Martínez Turco on September 7, 2010 at 3:59 PM
The daily PP El Verdadero hit the streets of Ecuador yesterday.The tabloid, which has 16 pages and costs $0.40, is the latest newspaper to be launched by the government "to counteract the powers disguised as media," President Rafael Correa claimed, according to Agence France Press. The daily is aimed at the working class and will compete with popular titles like Últimas Noticias and Extra, the Public and News Agency of Ecuador and South America (ANDES) revealed. It will have weekly raffles in which readers can win cash and credit for prepaid mobile phones, El Telegrafo reported.
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El Telegrafo, a newspaper managed by the state since its owner and former banker Fernando Aspiazu went to jail in 2007, is publishing daily, Efe reminded. However, PP's director Maximo Garcia said that the tabloid will not follow the editorial line of its publisher and denied that it pages will be used for governmental propaganda, Prnoticias.com quoted.
The new daily adds to the list of media already owned by the government, including three TV channels and public radio, Efe informed.
The new daily adds to the list of media already owned by the government, including three TV channels and public radio, Efe informed.
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