- The 21st edition of the Cadena DIAL Awards enjoys record audiences for its TV broadcast, with 395,000 viewers.
- Máxima FM celebrates its 15th anniversary, a successful decade and a half marked by rapid growth and leadership as Spain’s top radio station specializing in dance music.
- El País and the Government of the City of Buenos Aires organize the International Forum ‘Cities of Latin America’ to address global issues and major urban challenges in a global world.
- LOS40 celebrates the first ever edition of the World Dance Music Radio Awards at the iconic Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. These are the first such prizes for electronic music in the 12 countries where the station broadcasts.
- The New Arrivals project is launched, an initiative that deals with immigration in Europe as an issue for urgent journalistic analysis. It is coordinated by the European Journalism Centre and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – with the participation of The Guardian, Le Monde, Spiegel Online and El País.