145452 20260419073941.0 doi 10.1080/17512786.2024.2412286 sideral 140320 ART-2026-140320 eng (orcid)0000-0003-0050-6979 Nogales-Bocio, Antonia Isabel Universidad de Zaragoza Spanish (Neo-)Party Press: The Case of the Digital Native Newspaper La Última Hora and Podemos 2026 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper argues that the traditional party press model is currently making a comeback, due to social polarisation, digital technologies and the online-only press, whose partisan and ideological nature provides a favourable context for media outlets acting at the service of a specific political party. In Spain, the consolidation of the online-only press has coincided with the breakdown of the two-party system, leading to the appearance of La & Uacute;ltima Hora Noticias (LUH), a digital native newspaper that defines itself as independent, but whose discourse is identifiable with the position of political party Podemos, in what can be regarded as a sort of "neo-party press". This paper aims to shed light on this trend by analysing LUH in terms of the characteristics of the traditional party press, the topics that it covers, the frequency with which it mentions Podemos and its leaders and how it represents them, and the different parties that it defends or criticises. The results reveal that LUH uses party-press techniques, clearly identifies with Podemos' political interests, and resorts to formulas that are closer to propaganda than to political journalism. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 2.0 2024 COMMUNICATION 70 / 227 = 0.308 2024 Q2 T1 1.388 2024 Communication 2024 Q1 6.5 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Moya-López, Daniel Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Bianca Pineda, Antonio 5013 105 Universidad de Zaragoza Unidad Predepartam. Period.Co. Área Comunic.Audiovis.Publici. 20, 4 (2026), 1167-1185 Journal. pract. Journalism Practice 1751-2786 391475 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145452/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-04-10 1360023 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145452/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-04-10 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145452 articulos driver 2026-04-18-11:05:06 ARTICLE