Spanish media revival echoes new era in politics

Spanish journalist Pedro J. Ramirez gestures in his office as he displays El Espanol's content using a tablet during an interview in Madrid, Spain, October 5, 2015. Journalist Ramirez's career has had as many twists and turns as Spain's modern politics. Once the young editor of a pro-civil rights newspaper after the end of the Franco dictatorship in the 1970s, he went on to found the conservative El Mundo daily that became a mouthpiece for the cosy political elite that long ruled Spain in its wake. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

MADRID (Reuters) - Journalist Pedro J. Ramirez's career has had as many twists and turns as Spain's modern politics.

Once the young editor of a pro-civil rights newspaper after the end of the Franco dictatorship in the 1970s, he went on to found the conservative El Mundo daily that became a mouthpiece for the cosy political elite that long ruled Spain in its wake.