O Comércio do Porto (lit. Porto Trade) was a Portuguese daily newspaper. First appearing in Porto under the title O Commercio in 1854,[lower-alpha 1] the newspaper folded in 2005 after more than 150 years of continuous publication. At the time of its closure, it was the second-oldest newspaper published in Portugal after O Açoriano Oriental.[2]

In the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution in 1974, circulation of O Comércio do Porto reached 120,000 copies before declining during the 1990s, prompting its sale to Spanish media company Prensa Ibérica in 2001.[2] It was published in its later years as a regional newspaper only. The last edition was printed on 30 July 2005.[3] In 2008 an agreement was made between Prensa Ibérica and the city authorities of Vila Nova de Gaia, allowing physical copies of O Comércio do Porto and a collection of several thousand photographs and engravings published in the newspaper over its history to be displayed at the city's Municipal Archive.[4]

Its last director was António Matos.

Notes

  1. ↑ Sources differ on the month of the newspaper's first edition. The date of 2 June is given by the Porto Municipal Chamber[1] and by the Lusa News Agency in 2008,[2] whereas a date of 2 July was given by the Lusa News Agency in 2005.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Histórias da cidade: as notícias da Invicta de há 166 anos". Câmara Municipal do Porto (in Portuguese). 1 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Espólio e arquivo do Comércio do Porto no Arquivo Municipal de Gaia" [Comércio do Porto estate and archive at the Gaia Municipal Archive] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Lusa News Agency. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 ""O Comércio do Porto" cessa publicação com um "até à próxima"" ["O Comércio do Porto" ends publication with a "See you next time"]. Público (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 30 July 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Mangas, Francisco; Chaar, Amin (13 October 2008). "Gaia guarda memória de 'O Comércio do Porto'". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2021.


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