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NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS with frequent, free online taurine coverage

		near daily coverage by a team of reporters led by Vicente Zabala de la Serna (in the "toros" section)
		Daily from Segovia with frequent, local taurine news from a team led by Pablo Pastor.
		Major Mexican newspaper with occasional taurine coverage, mostly focused on Mexican events
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections.
		Arguably the most important weekly taurine magazine in Spain. Website contains brief news items and an overview of each issue's contents.
		One of the most important groups of recortadores (taurine acrobats) in Spain -- regularly updateds on schedules and event results
		daily from Medellín -- coverage intermittent, mostly focused on local bullfights and nigh-profile appearances of Colombians abroad
		Major daily from Lima with daily taurine stories during Lima's short end-of-year feria, and a smattering at other times
		Major daily from Quito with daily taurine stories during the late-fall feria, and a smattering throughout the year
		Daily with large archive searchable on-line, with local focus on Asturias.
COPE		Odd source, an RC run radio network whose website contains daily, brief coverage of taurine news from around the world.
		also called Diario Correo -- Daily from Lima with taurine coverage by Pablo Javier Gómez Debarbieri in the "toros" section -- limited usually to Lima's short end-of-year feria season.
		daily with more local than international taurine coverage
		daily with good coverage of major iberian events and a special focus on Vizcaya, La Rioja and Guipúzcoa by a team headed by Pedro Mari Azofra (heaviest on Sundays)
EL COSSIO		Commentaries (and more) by a scion of the well-known Spanish Cossío (Los Toros, encyclopedia) lineage, largely limited to events in and around Sevilla
		occasional stories in the "deportes" section -- focusing primarily on Mexican events and appearances of Mexican toreros abroad
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) -- frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura" sections
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections.
DIARIO CÓRDOBA		Probably the most fecund source for taurine news focused on, but not limited to, Córdoba.
		occasional coverage of major events during the more active parts of the iberian temporada ("toros" section -- icon in left-side menu column)
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections.
		From Santander, the most detailed coverage of taurine events in Cantabria.
DIARIO DE NAVARRA		Basque Country daily with good local taurine coverage by Koldo Larrea and others.
		See also "Grupo Joly", below -- near daily coverage in the toros and "cultura" sections.
		Daily with large, searchable on-line archive.
		best coverage of events in the Yucatan peninsula and occasional coverage of events in Mexico City and stories about Mexican toreros abroad -- all in the "deportes" section
		daily from Bogotá with coverage of major events country-wide, but primarily focusing on the capital city
		National sports periodical with huge circulation across Mexico. Daily taurine coverage (arguably the most consistently so in Mexico) by a team led by Horacio Soto Castro and Miguel Ángel García (in the "toros" section) and additional opinion pieces in the "columnas" section
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections.
		If El Comercio (above) is the New York Times of Perú, it has been suggested that this is Lima's analog to the NY Daily News -- look for a "toros" section, not available daily
		Good source for video clips of recent performances, interviews, taurine television programs, and more -- delivered in French, English, and Spanish
		No better coverage of events along the México/US frontera, and some of major stories from the rest of the country (all in the "deportes" section)
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see below) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections
GRUPO JOLY		This publishing conglomerate has a number of dailies that appear across Spain. As might be expected, all papers in the group tend to report identically stories of national or international interest. Each, however, may report local stories not covered by the others.
		Good coverage of events in Quito and of toreros from Ecuador appearing abroad. Spotty coverage of events in other parts of the country
		coverage in the "cultura" and "deportes" sections of events in Quito, occasional stories from elsewhere in the country (e.g., Ambato) and when toreros from Ecuador appear abroad
		Daily from Extremadura with large archive searchable on-line.
		See also "Grupo Joly", above -- near daily coverage in the toros and "ocio y cultura" sections.
		Regional daily with large searchable archive and local focus on Almería, Granada, and Jaén
		Important, independent daily from Madrid, with taurine commentary by Pedro Javier Cáceres.
INFORMADOR		Articles appear irregularly in this daily whose local focus is Guadalajara.
		possibly the most well-respected left-of-center daily in the country with regular taurine coverage (most reliably on Mondays and Sundays) in the "opinion" and "deportes" sections
LA JORNADA DE ORIENTE		Taurine articles appear on Mondays, in this publication whose local focus is Puebla and Tlaxcala
		Regional paper from "Grupo Joly" (see above) frequent coverage in the "toros" and "cultura " sections
		Once a useful source for taurine news from Venezuela, but no longer. The site now posts only occasional stories in its "otros deportes -- toros" section (stories usually undated w/o byline), but provides no predictable, reliable coverage.
		near-daily coverage in the "cultura" section during the iberian temporada
		Daily with large archive searchable on-line, with local focus on Castilla y Leon..
		Important regional daily with frequent local coverage
		daily with good, regular coverage of events in Venezuela, written primarily by Pepe Ventolera
NUESTRO JAÉN		With a large team of correspondents spread across the mundo taurino, led by Juan Muñoz in Jaén, the site carries occasional news items not available elsewhere. The great majority of its items, however, are simply lifted intact from other taurine websites.
OPINION y TOROS		"Un compromiso con el aficionado y la verdad" (a meeting between aficionados and the truth) -- good selection of commentary from first-rate correspondents in all taurine countries, the big and the small
		One of Spain's major national dailies. Very good coverage of the Spanish temporada.
		Regional daily with large searchable archive, with local focus on Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón.
PUERTA GRANDE VENEZUELA		With the near complete failure of Venezuela's traditional media outlets to cover local taurine activity, we're lucky to sites like this. Near-daily coverage of events you're unlikely to find well-covered elsewhere.
		major daily with regular coverage during the iberian temporada ("toros"section), sporadic the rest of the year
		major regional daily with national coverage and local focus
		taurine articles (on Mondays in the "espectaculos" section of the "periodico"), usually by Maria Almudena Hernández Pérez
SEVILLA TAURINA		Brief coverage of taurine events in and around Seville
		Personal commentary / opinion by the well-known Spanish taurine journalist, Carlos Crivell.
		The largest weekly Portuguese newspaper in Canada, includes a "Tauromaquia" section most Thursdays -- including coverage of Canadian bullfights and those in California (all typically conducted in the style common to Portugal)
		With Emilio Méndez at the helm, an ambitious site that appeared in 2008 with more than a dozen correspondents in the Americas, the lion's share in Mexico. A wonderful addition to the internet's previously thin coverage of taurine events in Mexico.
		Daily with large archive searchable on-line, with local focus on Málaga.
		Easily the best sites for information about taurine events in Portugal. Occasional articles in Spanish but the great majority in Portuguese. Articles are often generously-stuffed with photographs.
		occasioal stories (usually from the wire service, Notimex) about important events in Mexican plazas and the foreign appearances of Mexican toreros
		an important Colombian daily with taurine stories that can appear most anywhere in the paper -- best to use their search utility if you haven't time to cull through the whole paper
TORO ES TORO		Beginning to rival ESTO as the most thorough coverage of things taurine in México, by a team headed by José Mata
DE TOROS EN LIBERTAD		Near daily coverage from journalists in every corner of the mundo taurino.
		daily with regular coverage during the iberian temporada, little at other times
		once a regular outlet for taurine news, but now contains minimal coverage
		Barcelona daily that no longer has regular taurine content. It is retained in this list, however, for want of a better source of local coverage. Best to use the site's search utility to locate articles.
VENEZUELA DE FERIA		One of several sites that do a good job of covering the local taurine events that rarely see the light of day in Venezuela's traditional media outlets
VENEZUELA TAURINA		With the near complete failure of Venezuela's traditional media outlets to cover local taurine activity, we're lucky to sites like this. Near-daily coverage of events you're unlikely to find well-covered elsewhere.
		Daily with large archive searchable on-line, with local focus on Murcia.
		Daily with large archive searchable on-line, with local focus on Cádiz.