Valencia Plaza

Valencia Plaza is a Valencian digital newspaper published by Ediciones Plaza that offers political, economic, sports and cultural information focused on the Valencian Community. Since its launch in 2010, it has managed to carve out a place among the most influential media in this Spanish region. The newspaper has a dozen shareholders. The principal, owner of a third of the capital, is Enrique Lucas, who presides over Ediciones Plaza. The general director of the company is Miguel Miró, while the director of the publication is the journalist Javier Alfonso, who has held the position since April 2015, when he replaced the first director of Valencia Plaza, Cruz Sierra. Javier Alfonso had previously been the delegate in Valencia of the newspaper El Economista, and had also worked for the newspapers 20 minutes and Cinco Días. Digital advertising is the main source of income for Valencia Plaza. The director of Valencia Plaza considers it a “feat” that The publication has managed to “position itself as a reference newspaper first in the field of economic information and then in the fields of politics, culture and sports.” According to Alfonso, Valencia Plaza competes in terms of information with the two most relevant printed newspapers in the area: Levante and Las Provincias. In addition to the four information areas mentioned, Valencia Plaza also seeks to gain a foothold in the gastronomy sector thanks to its Hedonist Guide. And, specifically, it also pays special attention to the current situation of entrepreneurs in the Valencian region. Valencia Plaza's sports information is grouped under the Plaza Deportiva brand (http://www.plazadeportiva.com/), while the cultural information is published in Culturplaza (http://www.valenciaplaza.com/culturplaza).