In 1809 the Higher Council of Catalonia gave the privilege of this newspaper to a new owner, printer and journalist Antoni Brusi i Miravent (Barcelona 1779-1821).
Between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, in the pages of the newspaper picked up the controversy over the spelling and grammar Catalan among readers of the publication. Of special note the views of Josep Pau i Batot, which were instrumental during the Napoleonic government, between 1810 and 1814, first published in Catalan but always bilingual French, under the new name of the Govern of Diari Barcelona i Catalunya .
During the course of the nineteenth century, the newspaper adopted a monarchical ideology and liberal-conservative, a position that guaranteed a long continuity but also lost influence. The publication, like much of the press at the time, was Castilian, except for some poems in Catalan. However, the prevalence sociolinguistic Catalan at that time forced the writing team to explain the meaning of some English words.
late nineteenth century, the emergence of new newspapers such as El Correo Catalán (1876), La Vanguardia (1881), El Universal News (1888) and The Veu (1899), Journal of Barcelona was gradually losing its former predominantly due to this new and highly competitive. Parallel to the newspaper, also published annual almanacs and pamphlets, becoming the first mainland newspaper to publish stories and novels in installments.
In late 1935 the format changed slightly by adopting a design that would remain virtually intact until 1960.
the outbreak of the Civil War, the July 19, 1936, Barcelona's Journal ceased publication and was seized and transformed into Estat Català party organ, published in Catalan by the guerrilla and journalist Marcel • lí Perelló i Domingo (Barcelona 1897 ? - Mexico City 1961).
During the early postwar years, in the 1940's due to restrictions on paper, copies of newspaper had very few pages, with brief reports outlined in columns. In the second half of the decade the situation began to improve slightly, and it was not until the 1950's would return to their former volume. Since then, joined prominent op-eds and chronic Barcelona (called "Notes of a voyeur," "News of the city" and "Things such as") and is particularly known paragraphs written by the beloved city official chronicler Avel • lí Artís Andreu Tomàs i "Sempronius" . It also introduced its central pages of current graphic notes, some of Gradec taking into account that the newspapers of that time just took photographs inside. El Diario de Barcelona, \u200b\u200bdespite the inevitable connotations of commitment to the Franco regime, has always tended to offer as far as possible a more close and friendly towards the people of Catalonia, Unlike other newspapers.
Since late Franco, had the audacity to be critical of municipal management, especially given the problems that the city suffered as a result of rapid urban development. Thus, unlike the English newspaper La Vanguardia, bourgeois clearly and openly sympathetic to the Franco regime, the Diario de Barcelona was ranked as the Journal of the middle and lower classes, taking a character "Catalan" and "left" to the extent permitted.
In October 1980 the newspaper ceased publication temporarily, but was rescued in 1982 by former employees it published in a self-managed, with a very poor format and bilingual (articles in Catalan and Castilian). The result was a failure and the Diario de Barcelona disappeared in 1984, was acquired by the city of Barcelona in 1985 and transferred to Zeta Group, publishers of the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya, Sport and the sports magazine Interviu. Under this new editorial, completely renovated in 1986 reappeared with a new modern format entirely written in Catalan, under the name of Diari de Barcelona. Since then the Sunday supplements were outstanding, collectible fascicles which were books (such as the Barcelona the Brusi) and books devoted to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, and that changed the design of the head.
finally disappeared as a magazine in 1994, and then the City of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhich has always owned a small stake, bought the head and went on to be published as online electronic journal ( www.diaridebarcelona.com ) focused exclusively on providing daily news only from the city of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwith sections on articles, videos, districts and general information. And had nothing to do with the classic newspaper. Since July 31, 2009, this site has been converted into www.btvnoticies.cat under the control of the municipal television station Barcelona Televisió (BTV). There is also a blog: http://diaridebarcelona.blogspot.com .