Recently, it has been recognized for its coverage of Spanish culture and arts. Historically, it was noted in its heavy use of photography, and the front page is typically a large photo taking up to one third of the area. Its director since 1983, Luis María Ansón, left the paper in 1997 to found another daily, La Razón, which initially catered to even more conservative readers. Its cover distinctively features a full-size picture.ĪBC is known for generally supporting conservative political views and defending the Spanish monarchy. ĪBC publishes in compact-sized stapled sheets, noticeably smaller than the loose tabloid format favoured by most Spanish dailies, including El País and El Mundo. In the late 1970s and 1980s ABC had close connections with first Popular Alliance and later Popular Party. The paper is part of Grupo Vocento, which also owns El Correo Español, El Diario Vasco, La Verdad and Las Provincias, among others. The paper later moved from its historic landmark offices in Madrid by Paseo de la Castellana, which is now a shopping mall. In the 1990s the publisher of ABC was Editorial Española. During this period the paper was one of two major dailies in the country together with La Vanguardia Española. In 1939 ABC in Madrid was given back to its original owners by Francisco Franco. The ABC printed in Seville was supportive of the Nationalists. The same year Blanco y Negro, a magazine, became its supplement. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ABC in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville.
The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. ABC was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio.
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