2014 May 8 PRISA | Year in review •• The Colombian writer Jorge Franco wins the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2014 for his book El mundo de afuera, a tribute to the city of Medellin before the twin scourges of violence and drug trafficking. •• SANTILLANA sells Ediciones Generales to Penguin Random House in order to focus on and strengthen the educational area, where it is the leading publisher in Spain and Latin America. •• Launch of YES FM, a new web and mobile product that offers music-on-demand for free and lets users listen to all PRISA Radio music stations. •• El Huffington Post reached 5.1 million unique users in Spain in October. •• Antonio Caño is named Editor-in-Chief of El País. •• SANTILLANA and the Atresmedia Foundation team up to promote “Iniciativas que educan”, thereby paying tribute to the best educational projects. •• Spanish national football team (La Roja) event. Cadena SER’s flagship sports program, Carrusel Deportiva, turns 60 and celebrates with the Spanish national squad. •• The 31st Ortega y Gasset Awards for Journalism: the winners were the series of reports on drug trafficking in Central America (El Universal, Mexico), the El País special on evictions, Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, and the photographer Pedro Armestre. •• El País launches Buena Vida, a monthly health and wellness supplement. •• Radio Continental (Argentina) is one of the most nominated radio stations at the Martin Fierro awards, with a total of 7 nominations. •• Education Week: “Strengths and weaknesses of basic education in Peru”. This was the Santillana Foundation’s first initiative in Peru, ahead of the creation of a new headquarters in Lima. •• Third Master Class organized by Cinco Días, with catalan chef Joan Roca. •• The 28th Education Week, organized by the Santillana Foundation, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the Spanish education system. The event was attended by Andreas Schleicher, head of the PISA report. •• Ferran Adrià was guest of honor at the El País stand at ARCO, which brought together 200 unpublished documents and drawings made over the previous two years by the chef. •• The Berggruen Institute for Governance, in collaboration with PRISA, hosted in Madrid the international conference Project Europe, a debate on youth unemployment and the future of Europe. •• Futbolín, the film by J.J. Campanella, and produced by Plural Entertainment with the participation of CANAL +, wins the Goya Award for Best Animated Film. •• El País organizes the Mexico Forum: "Reforms for Growth", with the participation of the president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto. •• PRISA and Telefónica sign an agreement for the sale of 56% of shares in DTS, the CANAL + Pay-TV platform controlled by PRISA. •• The Santillana Foundation and the OECD sign an agreement which will see the Foundation collaborating in the translation, publication and distribution throughout Latin America and Spain of the international organization’s educational reports. •• MeriStation reaches 1.2 million unique users per month in Spain. February April June March January •• El País organizes the event "Investing in Colombia", with the participation of Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, and Felipe González. •• CANAL + movies and series win 19 of the 25 awards at the 71st Golden Globes. •• Launch of AS Club Deportivo, an initiative aimed at supporting Spanish amateur sport. The project allows clubs and sports people to create and maintain, free of charge, a website that is hosted at as.com.
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