Hoy

What is Hoy?

Hoy is a Santo Domingo daily newspaper, published online at hoy.com.do from an address at Av. San Martín #236 in Santo Domingo.^[2]

The paper's own about page states that “El martes 11 de agosto de 1981 nace el matutino Hoy”, names José Luis Corripio as founder and proprietor, and describes the paper as one that organised its content into distinct sections, among them Primera Plana, Económicas, Páginas Nacionales, Internacionales, Espectáculos and Deportes.^[1] Those are the paper's own statements about itself.

Reporters Without Borders writes of the Dominican Republic that “However, the concentration of media ownership in the hands of a few private groups, such as Grupo Corripio, has raised concerns regarding pluralism and editorial independence.”, and places the country 44th of 180 in its 2026 World Press Freedom Index with a score of 69.73.^[5] The group RSF names shares its name with the person the paper names as its founder; RSF's statement is about ownership concentration in the market and is quoted here as RSF's, not adopted.

What does Hoy cover?

The sport section carries Columnistas Deportes, Béisbol, Baloncesto, Fútbol, NFL, NBA and Tenis.^[3]

On 23 September 2026 the section carried a report of the Dominican under-15 team leaving for Mexico for a world baseball tournament, a report of the senior women's volleyball team beating Canada, and a domestic basketball result.^[3] The volleyball report opened: “República Dominicana (Las Reinas del Caribe) consiguió anoche su primera victoria en el NORCECA Final Six Femenino 2026, con una victoria de 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-16) sobre Canadá en la Unidad Deportiva Juan Fernández Albarrán, en Zinacantepec, Estado de México.”^[4]

The section runs North American league coverage — NFL and NBA headings of its own — alongside the domestic game, and the general paper carries the ordinary national and international sections.^[3][1] The volleyball report of 23 September 2026 placed the match at the NORCECA Final Six Femenino 2026 and gave the set scores rather than only the result, which is the shape the section's match reporting takes.^[4]

The paper's own account of its early design emphasises specialised, hierarchically organised sections and the use of colour photography, with Deportes among the sections it names; that is the paper's description of its own founding format rather than an assessment of its present one.^[1]

How large is Hoy's audience?

No audited circulation figure and no audited audience currency for the Dominican market could be retrieved for this page, and the paper publishes no readership number on its own about page.^[1] Traffic estimators are not audited measurement and none is given here.

The paper characterises itself as “un medio con alta credibilidad, constantemente actualizado”; that is the outlet's description of itself and not a measured figure.^[1] Its home page carried items dated 22 and 23 September 2026 when retrieved.^[2]

Since when has Hoy existed?

The paper's own about page dates the first issue of the morning paper to Tuesday 11 August 1981 and names José Luis Corripio as founder and proprietor.^[1] No independent instrument confirming that date was retrieved for this page, and the claim is the paper's own.

The about page names no separate publishing company in the text retrieved; the site itself is identified as Hoy Digital.^[1][2]

Why does Hoy matter in Dominican Republic's sport?

The paper runs a standing sport section with its own columnists and with separate headings for the domestic sports and for the North American leagues, so it carries dated domestic results reporting rather than only agency material: the volleyball, baseball and basketball items of 23 September 2026 were all of Dominican teams competing.^[3][4]

Its coverage of national-team volleyball is an example of how the domestic press documents continental competition as it happens: the 23 September 2026 report gave the set scores of a NORCECA Final Six match.^[4]

Because the section keeps separate NFL and NBA headings beside Béisbol, Baloncesto and Fútbol, North American league material is filed apart from the domestic championships rather than merged with them.^[3] The section also carries its own columnists under a Columnistas Deportes heading, so comment and reporting are separated on the index itself rather than run together.^[3]

Reporters Without Borders' statement about concentration of ownership among a few private groups is quoted above and is RSF's characterisation of the market in which the paper publishes; the group RSF names shares its name with the person the paper names as its founder, and this page reports both statements without joining them.^[5][1]