Sol (newspaper)


Sol is a Portuguese language weekly national newspaper published every Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.

History and profile

Sol was first published on 16 September 2006. The paper was founded by José António Saraiva with the premise to compete with the long-established Expresso.
Sol is directly owned by Mário Ramires through Newsplex
The circulation of Sol was 49,000 copies in 2008. The paper had a circulation of 33,089 copies in 2011.
Sol appeared in the Portuguese market as a competitor of Expresso which until now maintains a clearly leading position.