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PRISA Media’s executive chairperson, Carlos Núñez, has spoken of new technologies and the future of the sector in an interview with radio station ADN Chile on the occasion of the forum 'Social challenges in Latin America', organized by El País and the Organization of Ibero-American States.

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PRISA’s executive chairperson, Joseph Oughourlian, spoke this Wednesday of the company’s prospects for growth, saying that the Group has a great future in education and in the media. Speaking at a breakfast organized by the Nueva Economía Forum, Oughourlian said that the Group’s brands play a fundamental role in Spanish democracy and in all those countries where they are present.

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• Amanda Mars will lead the teams of Cinco Días and EL PAÍS Economía, which are set to join forces.
• Daniel Toledo and Nuño Rodrigo are appointed managing editors at Cinco Días; Jesús Sérvulo González continues as editor-in-chief of the Economy section at EL PAÍS, with Lluís Pellicer as section chief.

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• PRISA Media and its partners announce the creation of +MAS Audiences, the largest programmatic advertising alliance to target the US Hispanic market. Together they’ll boast an audience of 19 million unique users.
• PRISA Media, Clarín (Argentina), El Comercio (Peru), Milenio/Multimedios (Mexico), and El Tiempo (Colombia) sign a strategic agreement to connect agencies and advertisers with their audiences in the US.

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• Between January and June, the Group posted revenues of EUR 388.2 million, a 26.8% increase compared to the first two quarters of 2021 (+6.3% PRISA Media and +53.7% Santillana).
• The Group's EBITDA, excluding severance payouts, has climbed by a factor of 2.8, reaching 49.7 million in the first half of the year.
• Digital business continues to grow, with digital revenues now accounting for 35% of the Group’s total.
• Santillana has nearly 2.5 million subscription-model students in Latin America (+33.3% compared to June 2021)
• EL PAÍS reaches 219,832 subscribers, of whom 179,626 are exclusively digital (+65% compared to June of 2021). It clocked up 79 million streaming hours (+19%) and 47.5 million podcast downloads (+51%).
• As of June 30, the company's cash balance was EUR 126 million euros, with a further EUR 103 million in restricted cash
• The Group reported a negative net result of EUR 14 million, which represents an improvement of 75.1% when compared to the 56.2 million loss seen in the first half of 2021.

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• The appointment reinforces PRISA Media's commitment to the American market, where the company already leads as the world's top Spanish-language media group.
• Cabrales, who will oversee and coordinate product and business operations throughout the Americas, will combine the position with his post of managing director at Caracol Radio.

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