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Crisis reaches Palabra

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

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.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Who cares about “clone papers” with pictures like this…


A “beautiful” Metro edition

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Following the trend of musicians becoming editors for a day, just like Bono did in the Independent, and Bob Geldof in Bild, singer James Blunt edited yesterday’s global edition of the free paper Metro.

Mexico’s editions did not print due to a national holiday.