What is Récord?
Récord is one of Mexico's two national sports mastheads. Its own site describes it as "un medio digital de deportes en México que evoluciona del diario impreso al entorno multiplataforma" — a digital sports outlet moving from the printed daily to a multiplatform environment — and carries the copyright line "© 2026 AUTFLO"; no corporate form or registered address appears on the site as retrieved.[1]
Background reference records that the paper was launched on 8 May 2002 as a full-colour tabloid by Grupo Editorial Notmusa, with offices in Monterrey and Guadalajara as well as the capital, and that its website opened on 16 January 2009.[2] The publishing name in that background account and the copyright line on the current site are different.[1]
The title is recorded in the Secretaría de Cultura's Sistema de Información Cultural as a daily sports publication operating from Mexico City.[3]
What does Récord cover?
Football dominates. The published output runs Liga MX club by club, the Mexican national team, the transfer window, Liga MX Femenil, the Concacaf Champions Cup and the Campeones Cup against Major League Soccer, alongside the European leagues.[1]
Background reference describes the title as a multi-sport daily covering Mexican and international football, American football, baseball, tennis and amateur sport, with entertainment and general news alongside.[2] Its own site links video output on YouTube and an audio show on Spotify in addition to the written file.[1]
The title also reports the business of Mexican sport. Its August 2026 survey of Liga MX television set out which broadcaster or platform carried each club for the Apertura 2026 tournament and reported the league's stated intention to recover and centralise the rights by 2028.[4] That subject is treated generally under broadcast rights.
What are Récord's reach and standing?
The one official figure available describes the print era. The Secretaría de Cultura's Sistema de Información Cultural lists Récord as a daily with 105,339 copies Monday to Saturday and 87,677 on Sundays; that record was last modified on 1 August 2024, after the printed edition had already ceased, so the figures describe the run that ended in 2023 rather than any current circulation.[3]
Background reference records one external award: the Society for News Design's World's Best-Designed Newspaper, in two consecutive years.[2] Background reference describes it as the Mexican sports daily with the largest circulation, a characterisation carried by that source rather than by an audit.[2]
No current independently audited digital audience figure for the title could be retrieved. The site publishes a rolling news file, video and a podcast, and is one of the two national sports mastheads that Mexican broadcasters and clubs are quoted in.[1]
Since when has Récord published?
Three dates matter and they are distinct. Background reference dates the launch to 8 May 2002, in tabloid format and full colour, and the opening of the website to 16 January 2009.[2]
The printed edition ended on Friday 13 October 2023, after about 21 years, with a final front page carrying the forward Santiago Giménez; the title continued as a digital operation.[5] That account rests on a single secondary source.
The publishing entity has changed name across that span. The launch is attributed in background reference to Grupo Editorial Notmusa, while the current site carries AUTFLO in its copyright line; no instrument recording the change could be retrieved.[2] [1] The Secretaría de Cultura register, last modified 1 August 2024, still carries the title as a daily print publication, naming a director and an editorial chief at a Tlalpan address.[3]
Why does Récord matter in Mexico's sport?
Mexico supports two national sports mastheads, and this is the one that went digital. The move off newsprint in October 2023 left Récord competing directly with the broadcaster-owned sites for the same audience.[5] [1]
Its reporting on the structure of the game is the second reason. Liga MX sells television rights club by club rather than centrally, and the title's survey of 21 August 2026 set out the resulting split across the TelevisaUnivision channels and ViX, TV Azteca, FOX One, ESPN and Disney+ and Prime Video, and reported the league's stated plan to renegotiate the clubs' long-term contracts and offer central packages by 2028.[4] That is a stated intention, not a concluded agreement.
The title is also the source most often cited for Liga MX attendance and audience reporting, which is the structural proxy used on Mexico for the standing of football against the country's other sports.[1]
References
- Récord — official site: self-description, copyright line and published sections. Accessed September 2026.
- Wikipedia (background) — Récord (periódico): launch date, format, publisher and website. Accessed September 2026.
- Secretaría de Cultura — Sistema de Información Cultural: Récord Diario Deportivo, record last modified 1 August 2024. Accessed September 2026.
- Récord — El panorama actual de los derechos de transmisión de la Liga MX, 21 August 2026. Accessed September 2026.
- Futbol Total — Diario RÉCORD dio un emotivo adiós a su edición impresa, October 2023. Accessed September 2026.