Ara (newspaper)

Ara
Type	Daily newspaper
Founded	11 April 2010
Political alignment	Catalanism; Centrism; Catalan right of self-determination
Language	Catalan
Headquarters	Barcelona
ISSN	2014-010X
Website	ara.cat/en

Ara (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaɾə], meaning Now in English) is a Catalan daily Spanish newspaper that began publication on 28 November 2010, coinciding with the 2010 Catalan regional election. It is the third most read daily newspaper in Catalonia,^[1] and the most read daily newspaper written exclusively in the Catalan language.^[2] Its regional edition, Ara Balears, is the most popular Catalan language newspaper on the Balearic Islands.^[3] ARA's online edition had nearly 3.2M visitors in September 2017, making it the most popular online newspaper in Catalan language.^[4]

The founding editor was Carles Capdevila and the current editor is Esther Vera. The president is Ferran Rodés and the CEO is Salvador Garcia. The newspaper's advisory council includes journalists Antoni Bassas, Albert Om and Toni Soler, all known for their work with the Catalan public TV broadcaster, TV3. Ara's content includes Catalan translations of reports and articles from the New York Times International Edition.

Ara's founding shareholders were, among others, Ferran Rodés, Fundació Carulla, Víctor Font and the group Cultura 03, which also publishes magazines Sàpiens, TimeOut Barcelona, Descobrir and Cuina. Cultura 03 is no longer a shareholder. In September 2010, Antoni Bassas announced that he would participate as a shareholder.

^ "L'ARA es consolida com el tercer diari més llegit a Catalunya, segons el CEO". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ "Tres anys de periodisme – Ara.cat". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ "L'ARAbalears.cat supera els 100.000 usuaris únics al mes". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ "Ara.cat sets new all-time readership record for online Catalan language newspapers". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[1] "L'ARA es consolida com el tercer diari més llegit a Catalunya, segons el CEO". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[2] "Tres anys de periodisme – Ara.cat". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[arabalears.cat-3] "L'ARAbalears.cat supera els 100.000 usuaris únics al mes". Ara.cat (in Catalan). 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[4] "Ara.cat sets new all-time readership record for online Catalan language newspapers". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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