Dos Mundos (newspaper)

Dos Mundos is a weekly bilingual Spanish-English newspaper serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. It was started in June 1981 by Clara Reyes who is the current owner and editor. It currently has a circulation of 20,000.

Dos Mundos
TypeWeekly Newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Clara and Manuel Reyes
PublisherManuel Reyes
EditorClara Reyes
FoundedJune 1981
LanguageSpanish and English
HeadquartersKansas City, MO United States
Circulation20,000 copies
ISSN1553-3646
OCLC number35125086
Websitedosmundos.com/webpress/;

History

Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, Clara Reyes started Dos Mundos in 1981, with her husband Manuel Reyes and $5000. Manuel started working full-time in advertising sales starting in 1983.[1]

Started to be an aid to recent immigrants and create a network of Spanish speakers[2] the paper has always been published in both English and Spanish.[3]

The Reyes Media Group was started in October 2006 and has three radio stations for news, sports, and music.[4][3]

In 2014, Reyes Media Group launched the Mi Zocalo mobile app[5] to keep

As of 2018 the paper's circulation was 20,000.[6]

Reyes Media Group currently owns and prints Dos Mundos.

References
  1. UHLENHUTH, Karen (August 5, 2001). "Dos decadas de Dos Mundos - Unlikely publishers celebrate 20th - year of their Spanish/English newspaper". The Kansas City Star.
  2. Roth, Stephen (July 27, 2001). "WOMEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS: CLARA REYES". The Business Journal.
  3. "Bilingual first". Flatland KC. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. "Reyes Media Group". Reyes Media Group. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. "Mi Zócalo Mobile App Launches". Digital Sandbox KC. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. "Dos Mundos newspaper - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.


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