El Universal and The Miami Herald Publishing Company launched on Monday the The Herald's International Edition in Mexico City.

The Herald Mexico City edition will have 24 pages daily and 48 pages Sunday with national and international stories from The Miami Herald and El Universal´s local content, which will include all of Mexico. The Herald will be printed and distributed by El Universal, Mexico's largest daily newspaper.

Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, chairman and publisher of El Universal, noted that, "Two of the best known publishing houses in the Americas are working together to satisfy the needs of the English speaking population and the business travelers in Mexico City. The global news will come from the prestigious The Miami Herald and the local news will come from Mexico's greatest newspaper, El Universal. It's an unbeatable combination."

"Mexico City is one of the world's great, dynamic business centers. It is a cultural center of unparalleled importance in our Hemisphere. It is our privilege to serve the English-reading community there by offering a quality newspaper, available early in the morning at a reasonable price," said Alberto Ibargüen, publisher of The Miami Herald.

The Herald's Mexico City International Edition will be delivered every morning to subscribers, hotels and newsstands. The Herald will be priced at 7 pesos -- approximately $0.60 per copy. The average daily circulation of The Herald's International Edition exceeds 35,000 and averages over 17,000 on Sundays. In addition to Mexico City, The Herald's International Edition is printed and distributed in Panama, Ecuador, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Mexican Riviera-Cancun, Belize, Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Costa Rica and Bermuda.

El Universal is the most prestigious and oldest newspaper in the Mexican capital, and boasts the largest circulation and advertising reach. Besides the morning newspaper El Universal, the company also prints ?El Gráfico? and ?El M? with a combined circulation of more than 350,000 copies daily.

The Miami Herald Publishing Company publishes The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. It also owns Biscayne Bay Publishing, publisher of STREET/Miami, Aboard airline publications, Herald Custom Publishing and apartment magazine publisher, DoubleA Publishing. MHPC is a unit of Knight Ridder, the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher with products in print and online. The company publishes 31 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets and owns RealCities.com online.