Libertad Digital

Type	Digital newspaper
Owner(s)	Federico Jiménez Losantos
Editor	Carmelo Jordá, Pilar Díez and Mercedes Rodríguez [es]
Founded	March 8, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-08)
Political alignment	Conservatism Economic liberalism Social conservatism Anti-communism
Language	Spanish
Headquarters	Juan Esplandiú, 13. Madrid
City	Madrid
Country	Spain
Website	www.libertaddigital.com
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Libertad Digital (LD) is a Spanish-language online newspaper founded on March 8, 2000.^[1]

Origins

Libertad Digital was founded by Federico Jiménez Losantos who continues to be associated with the publication. Its first edition was released on 8 March 2000. It was also promoted by the economist Alberto Recarte, who was the first president of the Libertad Digital society, and Javier Rubio, who was its first editor.

In 2004 the media firm decided to seek a capital expansion. Some of the shares were acquired by people connected to the Popular Party such as the party's then treasurer Álvaro Lapuerta. It has been claimed that Recarte persuaded "party circles" to get involved in this project after the party lost the general election of March 2004 to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.^[2]

Currently, Losantos presides the Libertad Digital society, while the editor of the online newspaper is Raúl Vilas.^[3]

The daily

Besides daily news, Libertad Digital is an opinion newspaper. It has nearly a hundred of contributors who write twelve columns a day. Since January 2005, the paper has also had an ideas supplement from Monday to Friday. Among its best-known contributors are Amando de Miguel (es), Carlos Rodríguez Braun, Carlos Semprún, Pío Moa, and Daniel Sirera. In 2004 the editorial Hoja Perenne published the first yearbook.

The paper included the Cox & Forkum editorial cartoons.^{[citation needed]}