{{Short description|Spanish daily newspaper in Málaga, Spain}} {{Infobox newspaper | logo = Logo de diario SUR.svg | image = <!-- Deleted image removed: 200px --> | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | owner = Prensa Malagueña, S.A. | publisher = | general_manager = | chief_editor = | editor = José Antonio Frías Ruiz | founded = February 1937 | language = Spanish | headquarters = Málaga, Spain | circulation = 15,000 (2024) | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''''Diario Sur''''' (also called ''SUR''; {{lit|Southern Daily}}) is a regional newspaper of Málaga, Spain. It is owned by the Prensa Malagueña, S.A., owned by Grupo Vocento.
==History and profile== The newspaper was founded in February 1937. Initially it was called ''Arriba'' but soon rechristened ''SUR'', taking its name from that of a national paper. It has its headquarters in Málaga.<ref name=bzb>{{cite journal|author=Begona Zalbidea Bengoa|title=The Phasing out of the Franco and State Press in Spain|journal=Journalism History|date=Winter 1997|volume=22|issue=4|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-10996291/the-phasing-out-of-the-franco-and-state-press-in-spain|access-date=|archive-date=2015-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075001/https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-10996291/the-phasing-out-of-the-franco-and-state-press-in-spain|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In March 1984, upon the liquidation of Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado, which it was a part of, the workers of SUR took control of the organization, a group of 1,500 shareholders, making it the only state media corporation to be acquired by its workers. It was a limited company and had 35% of the paper.<ref name=bzb/> The rest of its shares belonged to Luis Pagan, President of the County Council of Malaga, and to Manuel Martin Almendro, the President of the Chamber of Commerce.<ref name=bzb/>
In 1989, the company merged with ''Correo'' (now owned by the conservative Grupo Vocento)<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Victoria Carrillo|author2=Ana Castillo|author3=María Jiménez-Fernández|title=The boom and the establishment of "blogs" in online regional press in Spain|journal=Observatorio (OBS*) Journal|date=2012|volume=6|issue=4|url=http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs/article/viewFile/614/542|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> under the name Prensa Malagueña, S.A. creating the head of a local multimedia group that included television (Canal Málaga) and radio (Punto Radio Málaga), as well as the free ''Qué Pasa'', the ''SUR in English'' and the ''Costa del Golf''. The ''SUR Deutsche Ausgabe'' was discontinued on 2 January 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schulz |first1=Sabine |title=SUR deutsche Ausgabe eingestellt - Abschiedsessen in Málaga |url=https://costadelsol-online.es/abschiedsessen-sur-deutsche-ausgabe/ |website=Costa del Sol ONline |language=de |date=16 January 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.diariosur.es/}} * ''[http://www.surinenglish.com/ SUR in English]''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diario Sur}} Category:1937 establishments in Spain Category:Newspapers established in 1937 Category:Spanish news websites Category:Spanish-language newspapers Category:Spanish-language websites Category:Daily newspapers published in Spain Category:English-language newspapers published in Europe Category:Mass media in Málaga Category:Grupo Vocento