Doblón

Doblón was a Spanish language weekly news and business magazine which was in circulation between 1974 and 1976. Its subtitle was semanario de economía e información general (weekly economic and general information magazine).[1] It was one of the critics of Franco regime.[2]

This article is about a magazine. For the coin, see Doubloon.

Doblón
Editor-in-chiefJosé Antonio Martínez Soler
Categories
  • Political news magazine
  • Business magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation30,000 (1975)
PublisherPublicaciones Controladas
FounderJosé Antonio Martínez Soler
Founded1974
First issueSeptember 1974
Final issueSeptember 1976
LanguageSpanish

History and profile

Doblón was launched in September 1974.[3] José Antonio Martínez Soler was the founder of the magazine who had worked as the editor-in-chief of Cambio 16.[1] He started Doblón following his dismissal from Cambio 16.[1]

Soler was kidnapped on 2 March 1976.[3][4] The reason for his kidnapping was his article on civil guards which was published in Doblón on 10 February 1976.[5][6] Soler escaped unhurt, but left the magazine and also, Spain in September 1976.[3][5]

In 1975 Doblón sold nearly 30,000 copies.[3] Although it featured economy-related articles and news, Ángel Arrese argues that it was not a genuine business publication, but employed these writings to camouflage its political stance to avoid bans.[7] Some of the contributors of the weekly included Primo González, José García Abad, Fernando González Urbaneja, Mª Antonia Iglesias, Manuel Leguineche, Karmentxu Marín, José Luis Martín Prieto, Nativel Preciado, Vicente Verdú and caricaturist Peridis.[1] The magazine ceased publication in September 1976 when the publisher, Publicaciones Controladas, went bankruptcy.[1]

References
  1. Jaume Guillamet Lloveras; Lucía García-Carretero; José María Sanmartí Roset; José Reig Cruañes (2018). "Información, política y partidos durante la Transición española. Análisis de las revistas de información". Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico (in Spanish). 24 (2): 1343. doi:10.5209/ESMP.62220. hdl:10230/43979. S2CID 149763577.
  2. Tobias Reckling (March 2016). Foreign correspondents in Francoist Spain (1945-1975) (PhD thesis). University of Portsmouth. p. 178.
  3. Juan Andrés García Martín (2019). "Doblón. Un semanario económico para tiempos de cambio político" (PDF). Historia Actual Online (in Spanish). 48 (1). ISSN 1696-2060.
  4. William Chislett. "The Foreign Press During Spain's Transition to Democracy, 1974-78 A Personal Account" (PDF). Transicion. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. José Antonio Martínez Soler (2 March 2006). "My kidnapping" (PDF). 20 Minutes. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. James Burns (1977). "The wrinkled new face of Spain". Index on Censorship. 6 (3): 7. doi:10.1080/03064227708532644. S2CID 144407982.
  7. Ángel Arrese (2016). "The role of economic journalism in political transitions". Journalism. 18 (3): 373. doi:10.1177/1464884915623172. S2CID 147918088.
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