O Comércio do Porto (lit.Porto Trade) was aPortuguese dailynewspaper. First appearing inPorto under the titleO Commercio in1854,[a] 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 afterO Açoriano Oriental.[2]
In the aftermath of theCarnation Revolution in 1974, circulation ofO Comércio do Porto reached 120,000 copies before declining during the 1990s, prompting its sale to Spanish media companyPrensa Ibérica in 2001.[2] It was published in its later years as a regional newspaper only.[citation needed] The last edition was printed on 30 July 2005.[3] In 2008 an agreement was made between Prensa Ibérica and the city authorities ofVila Nova de Gaia, allowing physical copies ofO 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 wasAntónio Matos.
The estate of the newspaper is expected to be handed over to theVila Nova de Gaia City Council in November 2008, after the completion of all necessary legal procedures. The protocol stipulates that the estate of O Comércio do Porto will be entrusted to the Municipal Archive of Gaia, remaining the property of the Spanish group Prensa Ibérica (whose main title is the Galician newspaper Faro de Vigo), the owner of O Comércio do Porto.
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