For more than three generations, the members of the Godo family controlled Barcelona's top-selling newspaper La Vanguardia, navigating it through the country's turbulent 20th century. Whether under the corrupt politics of the Bourbon Restoration, the radical transformations of the Second Republic or the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, La Vanguardia remained Barcelona's indisputable journalistic benchmark. Central to this success was the Godo family's extraordinary capacity to meet the changing tastes of a plural audience whilst adjusting to a changing political scenario. In...