{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Portugal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} thumb|right|The article that was the subject of the McCann's legal action. '''''Tal & Qual''''' (''Tal e Qual'', {{IPA|pt|taliˈkwal}}; loose translation: '''''Just Like That''''') is a weekly Portuguese tabloid newspaper published between 1980 and 2007 and started a second series in 2021. The paper is based in Lisbon.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3489|date=29 July 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8|page=3489}}</ref>
==History and profile== ''Tal & Qual'' first appeared in July 1980<ref name=hov>{{cite web|title=Press in Portugal - Historical Overview|url=http://www.gmcs.pt/en/historical-overview-20140314-122908|work=GMCS|accessdate=24 January 2015|date=7 July 2014}}</ref> and was published weekly on Fridays. The newspaper was owned by the Projornal media company.<ref name=hel>{{cite web|author=Helena Sousa|title=Portuguese Media: New Forms of Concentration|url=http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/1620/1/hsousa_IAMCRCoreia_1994.pdf|work=University of Minho|accessdate=24 January 2015|format=Conference paper|date=1994}}</ref> Then it became part of the Controlinveste group. It had a populist stance<ref name=hov/> and was a sensationalist weekly.<ref name=hel/> Its last edition came out on 28 September 2007.<ref name=hov/><ref>{{cite web|author1=Rui Alexandre Novais|author2=Hugo Ferro|title=Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario|url=http://www.cmdconf.net/2013/makale/PDF/29.pdf|publisher=II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design|accessdate=1 December 2014|date=2013}}</ref> The paper closed because of a drop in circulation, down from over 21,000 in 2004 to 13,000 by the end of 2006.<ref name="publico">{{cite news|title=Jornal "Tal & Qual" acaba amanhã|work=Público|date=27 September 2007|url=http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1305931&idCanal=undefined|accessdate=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215052223/http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1305931|archivedate=15 February 2008}}</ref>
On 31 August 2007, the parents of Madeleine McCann announced that they were suing the newspaper for libel after the newspaper reported that the "police believe" Kate and Gerry McCann killed Madeleine, suggesting she may have died in an accident or from a drugs overdose. The police stressed that the McCanns were not suspects (at the time: they later became so), but ''Tal & Qual'' stood by the story.<ref>{{cite news|title=McCanns Sue newspaper for libel|work=BBC News|date=31 August 2007|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6971662.stm|access-date =31 August 2007}}</ref> The journalist who wrote the article, Catarina Vaz Guerreiro, said "I can't reveal my source, but I have complete trust in them. I strongly believe that the person that gave us this information is telling the truth."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/portugal/mccanns-sue-newspaper-for-defamation-9sl3fkcbg7l|title=McCanns sue newspaper for defamation|author=David Brown|newspaper=The Times|date=1 September 2007}}</ref>
''Tal & Qual'' returned to print in May 2021, published by Párem as Máquinas, a reporter's company. Most of the shareholders are old Tal&Qual journalists. It's now the second most sold weekly newspaper. Jorge Morais also returned as director and José Paulo Fafe (former editor-in-chief) as the publisher.
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