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{{Short description|1979-2011 Catalonian nationalist newspaper}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox Newspaper
|name         = El Punt
|image        = Logo-elpuntavui-4.png
|caption      = Logo of ''El Punt Avui''
|type         = [[Daily newspaper]]
|format       =
|ceased publication = 31 July 2011
|foundation   = 24 February 1979
|owners       = [[Hermes Comunicacions]]
|language     = [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
|political    = [[Catalan nationalism|Catalanism]], [[Left-wing politics|Left]]
|circulation  = 25,800 (2005)
|headquarters = Santa Eugènia 42, [[Girona]]
|editor       = Emili Gispert
|website      =
}}
'''''El Punt''''' ({{IPA|ca|əl ˈpun}}, {{lit|The Point}}) was a [[Catalan language|Catalan]] daily [[newspaper]] based in [[Girona]], [[Catalonia]] ([[Spain]]). The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original '''''Punt Diari''''' ('Daily Point'). It was published between 24 February 1979 and 31 July 2011.
==History and profile==
The newspaper was founded on 24 February 1979. In the beginning the paper was only circulated in the [[province of Girona]], but from 11 September 2004 it became available in the [[province of Barcelona]]. By 2008 it had seven editions: [[Barcelona]], [[Girona]], [[Barcelonès]] nord, [[Maresme]], [[Camp de Tarragona]]-[[Terres de l'Ebre]], [[Penedès]], and [[Vallès Occidental]].
On 31 July 2011, the newspaper merged with the newspaper ''[[Avui]]'', creating the new newspaper ''El Punt Avui''. ''El Punt'', however, kept its own edition for the Girona area, where the original ''El Punt'' newspaper began.
The [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Catalan government]] subsidised those Catalan newspapers with at least one [[Catalan language]] edition. In 2008, ''El Punt'' was the most subsidised of all in terms of circulation and funds granted, having received almost two million [[Euro|euros]], which amounts to 72 euros a year per newspaper sold per day,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diaridegirona.cat/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2008112300_6_300045__Catalunya-Generalitat-afavoreix-Punt-ajuts-premsa-catalana |title=Diari de Regirone |access-date=5 June 2010 |archive-date=1 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301003940/http://www.diaridegirona.cat/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2008112300_6_300045__Catalunya-Generalitat-afavoreix-Punt-ajuts-premsa-catalana |url-status=dead }}</ref> or almost 20 [[Euro cent]] per newspaper actually sold.
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.elpunt.cat/ ''El Punt Avui''] {{in lang|ca}} &mdash; official website
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