Basque Country: Newspapers & Broadcasting
A Change in the Landscape of Basque Country Mass Media: The Independence Factor Plus the Crisis of 2008
During the period 1975-2017, the independence group Euskal ta Askatasuna (ETA was present in the Basque Country and employed violence as a vehicle to obtain independence. ETA's presence together with the Left abertzale affected social, cultural and economic the entire Basque society, provoking also dramatic changes in the Basque mass media. Moreover, the 2008 global crisis provoke new social networks and new electronic media, addressing an increasingly proactive social community. This also has promoted a significant number of new newspapers, radios, blogs, televisions and other media of communication that are today active in the Basque Country.Our goal is to organize in this section a comprehensive list of new and traditional media present today (2018) in the Basque Country. Our goal is to help institutional selectors to identify changes that are presently occurring in the Basque Country.
Digital News & Newspapers Born During the 21st Century
2013
Type: Digital newspaper in Spanish | Headquarters: Bilbao |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Centre-wing. Liberalism, Spanish unionism |
2012
June 12, 2012 - to date; digital with daily updates:
Type: Digital newspaper in Basque, French, English and Spanish | Headquarters: Donostia |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Left-wing. Left abertzale, Basque nacionalism, Basque independentism, Socialism |
more info -- Quienes somos
more info -- Primer dia, presentación
Type: Digital newspaper in Basque, French, English and Spanish | Headquarters: Donostia |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Left-wing. Left abertzale, Basque nacionalism, Basque independentism, Socialism |
more info -- Quienes somos
more info -- Primer dia, presentación
2003
- Berria | https://www.berria.eus/ --- ISSN> 1696-5108
June 21, 2003 - to date; version print and digital
Type: Daily newspaper in Basque language | Headquarters: Andoain | Coverture: Distributed only in Bizkaia |
Point of view: Left-wing, Basque nacionalism | Circulation: 22.564 (2011) |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Note This newspaper begin its publication after a Spanish judge closed the newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria (1990-2003 in 2003 for its relations with ETA.
Type: Daily newspaper in Basque language | Headquarters: Andoain | Coverture: Distributed only in Bizkaia |
Point of view: Left-wing, Basque nacionalism | Circulation: 22.564 (2011) |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Note This newspaper begin its publication after a Spanish judge closed the newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria (1990-2003 in 2003 for its relations with ETA.
2000
December 16, 2000 - to date; version print and digital in pdf
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish | Headquarters: Bilbao | Coverture: Distributed only in Bizkaia |
Point of view: General news | Circulation: 22.564 (2011)
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish | Headquarters: Bilbao | Coverture: Distributed only in Bizkaia |
Point of view: General news | Circulation: 22.564 (2011)
Well-Known Newspapers
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Gara: Euskal Herriko egunkaria| https://www.naiz.eus/hemeroteca/gara--- ISSN: 1695-8969
January 30, 1999 - to date; Print edition; also version and archive digital
Type: Daily newspaper in Basque and Spanish | Headquarters: Donostia |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Left-wing. Left abertzale, Basque nacionalism, Basque independentism, Socialism |
more info -- Wiki in English |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Note This newspaper begin its publication after a Spanish judge closed the newspaper
Type: Daily newspaper in Basque and Spanish | Headquarters: Donostia |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Left-wing. Left abertzale, Basque nacionalism, Basque independentism, Socialism |
more info -- Wiki in English |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Note This newspaper begin its publication after a Spanish judge closed the newspaper
- Egin (1977-1998) in 1998 for its relations with ETA.
- Deia | http://www.deia.eus/--- ISSN: 1578-9845; ISSN: 1578-9861
June 8, 1977 - to date; Also version and archive digital: open source last 2 years
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Bilbao |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Centre-wing. Basque nacionalism | Circulation: 11.148 (2017 |
more info -- Wiki in English |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Bilbao |
Coverture: Basque Country
Point of view: Centre-wing. Basque nacionalism | Circulation: 11.148 (2017 |
more info -- Wiki in English |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
- El Correo | http://www.elcorreo.com --- ISSN: 0213-4578
April 11, 1938 - to date; Also version and archive digital in pdf by subscription
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Bilbao | Coverture: Basque Country with 7 different editions.
Point of view: Centre-right wing, Liberal conservatism, Spanish unionism, Foralism | Circulation: 77.751 (2017)|
more info -- Wiki in English
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Bilbao | Coverture: Basque Country with 7 different editions.
Point of view: Centre-right wing, Liberal conservatism, Spanish unionism, Foralism | Circulation: 77.751 (2017)|
more info -- Wiki in English
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
- El Diario Vasco | http://www.diariovasco.com/ --- ISSN: 2173-1918
November 27, 1934 - to date; Also version and archive digital
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Donostia | Coverture: Basque Country |
Point of view: Centre-right wing, Liberal conservatism, Spanish nationalism | Circulation: 137.725 (2008)|
more info -- Wiki in English
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
Type: Daily newspaper in Spanish and Basque | Headquarters: Donostia | Coverture: Basque Country |
Point of view: Centre-right wing, Liberal conservatism, Spanish nationalism | Circulation: 137.725 (2008)|
more info -- Wiki in English
more info -- Wiki in Spanish
March 0, 1988 - to date; version digital,
Type: Annual | Headquarters: Bilbao | Language: Basque and Spanish|
Point of view: Left wing, Anarchism, Feminism |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish|
Note: Two editions, one in Basque and Spanish languages for Basque Country, and another edition only in Spanish for Spain
Type: Annual | Headquarters: Bilbao | Language: Basque and Spanish|
Point of view: Left wing, Anarchism, Feminism |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish|
Note: Two editions, one in Basque and Spanish languages for Basque Country, and another edition only in Spanish for Spain
- Jakin | https://www.jakin.eus/ --- ISSN: 0213-909X
1956 - to date; version digital,
Type:Quarterly | Headquarters: Tolosa | Language: Basque |
Point of view: Lingusitcs, cultural, General news |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish|
Note: From 1967 to 1977 this magazine was suspended by its socialist ideology
Type:Quarterly | Headquarters: Tolosa | Language: Basque |
Point of view: Lingusitcs, cultural, General news |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish|
Note: From 1967 to 1977 this magazine was suspended by its socialist ideology
- Argia | http://www.argia.eus/ --- ISSN: 0213-909X
Type: weekly + | Headquarters: Donostia | Language: Basque |
Point of view:Cultural, general information. |
more info -- Wiki in Spanish|
Note: From 1919 to 1980 was called Zeruko Argia. in 1997 began its internet presence with the name Sareko Argia
Hemerotecas
- EMD. Memoria Digital Vasca = Euskal Memoria Digitala. Revistas Sancho el Sabio
EMD is an open access repository of digital funds on Basque culture that the Sancho el Sabio Fundazioa produces, acquires or maintains at its headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It gives access to magazines and newspapers published between the last third of the 19th century and the 20th century. An important magazine for the recent history of the Basque Country included is: Punto y hora de Euskal Herria. - Liburuklik. Biblioteca Digital Vasca: Hemeroteca
This project is born from the need to preserve the Basque bibliographic heritage, avoiding its deterioration and at the same time it facilitates that any researcher or person interested in the Basque language and culture have easy access to the documents. In this way, Liburuklik will gather everything edited before 1940. - DonostiaTEKA - periódicos y DonostiaTEKA - Revistas
This Digital Hemeroteca project was started in 2003 as a collection of San Sebastian's historical press, from the 19th-20th centuries. The digitized collection is of great interest, some of its copies are unique. Among the most relevant titles include: The Whip, Week, The Galerna, The Thun Thun, Heraldo de Guipúzcoa, The Basque Region, Basque Journal 1916-19, The land, The Eco of Pamplona, Aurrera and Justice. At present, the digital newspaper library has more than 40 publications whose extreme dates are 1830 to 1937. - DokuMeta: Hemeroteka digitala de la Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea (Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa) | Tambien se puede acceder en esta interface
Esta web ofrece la posibilidad de consultar los ejemplares digitalizados de 105 periódicos y revistas de la Biblioteca de Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea. - Archivo municipal de Irún. Hemeroteca
This Digital Hemeroteca cover from 1880 to the current year, highlighting local titles such as "El Alarde", "El Bidasoa", "El buen Combate", "Irun Republican", "Without border", "Echoes of the Jaizkibel" - Diputación foral de Bizkaia . Hemeroteca Digital
The archives contain periodicals, current and historical press, magazines and an important selection of scientific and cultural articles on different subjects from the 18th, 19th and 20th century from the Newspaper Archives of the Provincial Library. Special mention should be made of the Basque historical press collection, including papers such as Egin (1977-1998); El Liberal (Madrid. 1879. Ed. de Bilbao) (1910-1937); El Noticiero Bilbaino (1877-1937), Euzkadi (1917-1937), El Nervión (1891-1937), La Gaceta del Norte (1901-1987), etc - Hemeroketa.com. Euskal Prentsaren Lanak
Hemeroteca that provides access to literary magazines published between the 19th century and the 1936 civil war: Eskualdun Ona, Argia, Euzkadi and El Día
Vocabulary: Argitalpenak means publications; kazetriak means journalists; bilatzailea means search engine; - Euskomedia. Cultura Vasca on-line: la Cultura Vasca en la prensa 1900-1975
News releases about the Basque culture published in newspapers around the Basque Country between 1900 and 1975 (only mentions). In addition, it also contains a news report Eusko Ikaskuntza collected until 1936. In this case, besides the mention, the report itself is already in digital format.