Promotora de Informaciones S.A. (PRISA)
The Grupo Promotora de Informaciones S.A. (PRISA) is a business media conglomerate that is present in 22 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1972 by the Spanish businessman Jesús de Polanco and it is also known for being the largest group of communication and publishing companies in Latin America. It is present in the press, radio, television; in the audiovisual and publishing sectors. The Grupo has a wide portfolio of companies among which the following stand out: the Santillana publishing house and the El País newspaper of Spain.
Prisa Radio is the largest Spanish language broadcasting group in the world. It is also the main communications group in Spain. In Colombia, Prisa is the owner of the Radio Network Caracol that has 8 radio systems between spoken and musical radio, three of which belong to multi-country brands of Grupo Prisa (40 principales, Bésame, W Radio).
In July, Prisa sold to Altice its shareholding (94,69% of shares) in Media Capital, a Portuguese media group.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Sociedad Anónima
Business Sectors
Media: Press, Radio, Television, Publishing and distribution of books.
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Other Print Outlets
El Pais
El Huffington Post España
Cinco Dias
Other Radio Outlets
40 Principales
Bésame
Caracol Radio
La Vallenata
Oxígeno
Radio activa
Tropicana
W Radio
Cadena Ser
Radio Panamá
Radio ADN Chile
Continental
40 Principales Exterior
Cadena Dial
Ibero American Radio Chile
HJCK
Ke Buena
Maxima
Other Online Outlets
los40.com.co
colombia.as.com/colombia
besame.fm
caracol.com.co
lavallenata.com
oxigeno.fm
qhuboradio.com
oxigeno.fm
tropicanafm.com
wradio.com.co
as.com
cadenaser.com
revistacar.es
cincodias.com
cadenaradial.com
huffingtonpost.es
elpais.com
internacional.elpais.com
cincodias.elpais.com grlnetworks.com
hjck.com
iarc.cl
kebuena.es
maxima.fm adnradio.cl
continental.com.ar
radiopanama.com.pa
Media Business
Broadcasting
Caracol Estéreo S.A.
Caracol S.A.
Cadena Hispanoaméricana de Radio S.A.
Companía de Comunicaciones de Colombia Ltda.
Ecos de la Montaña Cadena Radial
Emisora Mil veinte S.A.
Gran vía musical SAS
La voz de Colombia.
Promotora Radial del Llano Ltda.
Radio Mercadeo Ltda
Advertising
GLP Colombia Ltda.
Audiovisual Communication
Promotora audiovisual de Colombia PACSA S.A.
Promotora de Actividades Audiovisuales de Colombia Ltda.
Event Organization
RLM Colombia SAS
Business
Publishing
Editorial Santillana S.A.S.
Santillana Sistemas Educativos Ltda.
Media
Prisa Brand Solutions S.L.
Prisa Finance B.V.
Prisa Gestión de Servicios S.L.
Prisa Noticias S.L.
Prisa Participadas S.L.
Prisa Television S.A.
Prisaprint S.L.
Promotora de Actividades América 2010 S.L.
Promotora de Emisoras S.L.
Vertix Sgps S.A.
Prisa Ediciones
Publishing
Prisa Video S.L.
General Information
Founding Year
1972
Founder
Jesús de Polanco | Founder of Santillana publishing house and one of the promoters of the El País newspaper of Spain
Employees
103
Contact
Calle 67 No. 7-37 / BogotáTeléfono: 3487600Sitio Web: www.prisa.comPRISA Gran Vía, 32. 28013 Madrid, España. +34 91 330 10 00
Tax/ ID Number
A-28/297059
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
4.198 millions
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
6.666 millions
Advertising (in % of total funding)
7.2%
Management
Executive Board
President of Grupo Prisa. He is also the first director of the El País newspaper of Spain, from its founding in 1988
He was representative of Grupo Prisa from 1998 to 2008
He is a member of the Royal Academy of Spanish Language
He has worked in the Pueblo newspaper, the Cuadernos for the dialog magazine (of which he was co-founder) and the Informaciones newspaper.
At the beginning of his professional career, he was related to RTVE (media of the Franco movement)
Vice President of the Group. He is the son of Jesús de Polanco. His professional development has been linked to the companies of Grupo Prisa. He has worked in Santillana in Chile, Peru and Mexico
He has held management positions for different media in the group, including the release of the El País newspaper for the United States and more recently the presidency of the AS newspaper.
Additionally, he has held management positions for television, entertainment and media of the business group.
President of the Group in Colombia. He has held management positions in RTI Televisión, Grupo Ecuavisa of Ecuador, Caracol Televisión and Caracol Radio.
He worked for the Grupo Bavaria as Communications coordinator, and for the Grupo Latino de Radio.
He was member of the boards of directors of companies like Sofasa, Celumóvil, the Cromos magazine.
He worked for the sport newspaper Nuevo Estadio, presented La Hora del Deporte in Caracol Televisión.
In 1987, he was president of Caracol Radio
In 1999, he was president of Caracol Tel
General Director of Grupo Prisa in Colombia. He has held management positions in Initiative (media agency for Unilever in Latin America), Caracol Radio, and Grupo Latino de Publicidad (company of Grupo Prisa).
Further Information
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Financial information: exchange rate: 1 USD = 2.937,88 COP
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