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Frequency | Weekly |
Founded | 1957 |
First issue | 12 May 1957 |
Final issue | 1972 |
Country | Spain |
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Language | Spanish |
SP was an illustrated news and political magazine which was published in Spain from 1957 to 1972. The title was an abbreviation of the phrase Su Periódico ( Spanish: Your Periodical). [1] It is known for its support for Francoist rule.
SP was launched in 1957 by a group of Spanish journalists, including Rodrigo Royo [2] and Jaime Menéndez. [3] Its first issue appeared on 12 May that year. [4] The magazine came out weekly, [3] and its editor-in-chief and director was Rodrigo Royo. [5] In September 1967 Luis Ángel de la Viuda replaced Royo as the editor-in-chief of SP and held the post until November 1968. [2] The headquarters of the magazine was in Madrid, but it also had publishing offices in Barcelona. [6] Due to its popularity a sister publication, Daily SP, was started in 1967 which ceased publication in 1969 due to lower popularity. [2] SP sold 21,000 copies a week in the years 1966, 1967 and 1969. [2] Its 1968 circulation was 24,000 copies. [2]
In 1961 during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi official who escaped to Argentine where he was captured, SP published an article in which the holocaust was denied. [7] The article claimed that not Nazis but the Russians established the concentration camps for Jews in Germany. [7] The editor-in-chief, Rodrigo Royo, also published an editorial denying the existence of the gas chambers stating that these were just the army laboratories established to test the gas masks of the soldiers. [7]
In January 1964 SP published a controversial article about the assassination of the American President John F. Kennedy arguing that the murderers were the Dallas police. [6] A CIA document created upon this article on 14 May 1964 stated that the magazine was a Falange supporter and that it might have links with the Italian far right publication Secolo XX. [6] In the same document it was also speculated that this article was part of the Franco government's attempts to rebuild diplomatic relations with Mexico. [6]
SP folded in 1972. [2]