Private company

Unidad Editorial

Logo: https://www.unidadeditorial.es/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia4

Spanish publishing group

Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers El Mundo, Expansión and Marca. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup.2 It is headquartered in Spain.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1
  • Industrymass media1
  • HeadquartersSpain1
  • Websitewww.unidadeditorial.com
  • Legal formS.A.1
  • LEI959800PSK3FFF8EYX7603
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressAVENIDA DE SAN LUIS 25, 28033 Madrid, Spain3
  • Registered withRegistrars of Spain, 10002407339593

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Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers El Mundo, Expansión and Marca. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup.2

Corporate structure

Unidad Editorial is part of a group headed by U.T. COMMUNICATIONS SPA. 15 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of two media companies, namely Unedisa (controlled by Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup) and Grupo Recoletos.

Grupo Recoletos was the publisher of the newspapers Marca, Expansión and the magazines Actualidad Económica and Telva. Unedisa was the publisher of El Mundo, founded in 1989 by Pedro J. Ramírez. Back in 2000, Veo Televisión (owned by Unedisa) had been also conceded one of the two new DTT licenses granted by People's Party government.

Following the leaving of Pedro J. Ramírez from El Mundo in 2014, RCS MediaGroup asserted a tighter control over Unidad Editorial. In 2016, RCS MediaGroup was acquired in a takeover by Urbano Cairo, who had support from the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group.

From Wikipedia’s article on Unidad Editorial, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Unidad Editorial, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (1)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Nov 4, 2024Parent Directly consolidated by RIZZOLI CORRIERE DELLA SERA MEDIAGROUP SPA O IN FORMA ABBREVIATA RCS MEDIAGROUP SPA O RCS S.P.A.3
  2. 2007Founded Founded1

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