Diario de Noticias is owned by the British company Blandy Brothers, which has been present in Madeira for almost two centuries and carries out several business activities relating to shipping, sea transport and tourism, among others. With a daily sale of 19,000 copies, Diario de Noticias has the largest daily circulation among Portuguese regional newspapers. Its new website is one of the most widely read pages in the country, and is read abroad in places such as Venezuela, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa.

The content management system will make the jobs of the almost 120 professionals comprising the Diario de Noticias da Madeira workforce easier. In addition, writers outside the office can connect to the newspaper through the Internet and work in real time as if they were in the newspaper’s newsroom. The new system will also be used to prepare the Economics, Sunday Magazine, weekend Magazine and Extra weekly supplements, as well as the Madeira Supplement which appears in the Diario de Noticias de Lisboa on the last Sunday of every month.

Diario de Noticias da Madeira has over 125 years of history. Since its creation, the publication has tried to expand among rural areas as well as promote dialogue among the island’s immigrant communities. This technological advance, says the newspaper, is part of Diario de Noticias’ ongoing commitment to increasing its editorial capacity and reinforcing its relationship with its readers and advertisers, respecting and defending values of freedom and democracy.

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