Alejandro Banuet

Today, PALABRA has printed its last edition in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.

It is a sad decision, but the financial panorama for Mexico and the region is little encouraging.

The contraction of the advertising market, the constant increase in the price of the newsprint and the unstability in the exchange rate were the “molotov cocktails” which forced Grupo Reforma to renounce an effort of more than 11 years in search of PALABRA’s financial self-sufficiency.

Since its birth on November 20, 1997, PALABRA always shared the same editorial and graphics principles as its brothers, Mexico City’s Reforma, El Norte in Monterrey and Mural in Guadalajara.

PALABRA leaves behind independent opinions, reliable analysis, free journalism, as well as numerous SND winning designs, including a World’s Best Designed Award in 2001.

This year the best designed newspapers in Europe come from Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Greece. A total of 236 newspapers from 27 countries participated in the 10th European Newspaper Award (eighth competition 287 participants, ninth 288).

The main prize winners
Due to the great differences in local newspapers, regional newspapers, national newspapers and weeklies, the main prizes are awarded in four categories. The following received awards at the 10th European Newspaper Award for best design and concept:

Europe’s Best Designed Newspaper
Category local newspaper:
Diari de Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Europe’s Best Designed Newspaper
Category regional newspaper:
Basler Zeitung, Switzerland

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Europe’s Best Designed Newspaper
Category national newspaper:
Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Europe’s Best Designed Newspaper
Category weekly:
Athens Plus, Athens, Greece

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More winners here.

Found in Ateneu Popular, a spanish blog about design, advertising, gadgets and technology, this fantastic link to pdf-mags.com a german site where you can “find links and information about nearly 175 free PDF mags from all over the world with main focus on art, design, illustration and culture”.

Thank God for the internet.