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{{Short description|Filipino newspaper}}
{{About|the Filipino daily newspaper|other uses}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox newspaper
|name = Abante
|motto = ''Una sa Balita'' |type = Daily [[newspaper]]
|logo = Abante
|logo_size = 230px
|image = Abante frontpage.jpg
|caption = August 7, 2024 front page issue
|format = [[Tabloid journalism|Tabloid]]
|owners =
|newseditor = Jeane Lacorte<br>Jose Randy Hagos
▲|newseditor = Jeane Lacorte<br>Jose Randy Hagos<br>Elvira Altez<br>Fernando Jadulco<br>Dindo Matining, Jr. (Online)
▲|foundation = {{Birth year and age|1987|5}}
|language = Tagalog
|headquarters =
|website = {{official URL
|publishing_country = [[Philippines]]
}}
'''''Abante''''' (lit. ''Move forward'') is a daily [[Filipino language|Filipino]] [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] [[publication]] in the [[Philippines]]. Its [[office|offices]] is in [[
Aside from Abante, Abante Tonite and NewsKo, Prage Management Corporation also manage and operates Abante: TNT (Tunay na Tabloidista), a real-time online news website and its sister websites Bilyonaryo, Milyonaryo, [[Politiko (website)|Politiko]], Fastbreak, Atletiko, Bankero and Abogado, Teletabloid, and two new ventures since 2024, ''[[Bilyonaryo News Channel]]'' and ''[[DWSS-AM|Abante Radyo 1494]]''.
During the [[2006 state of emergency in the Philippines|State of Emergency]] in 2006, operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group tried to raid Abante's office but withdrew when they saw that there were television crew in the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/02/26/journalists.rally.against.attack.on.press.freedom.html |title=Journalists rally against attack on press freedom |date=2006-02-26 |publisher=Sun.Star Network |access-date=2009-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006224740/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/02/26/journalists.rally.against.attack.on.press.freedom.html |archive-date=2008-10-06 }}</ref>▼
''Abante'', founded in May 27, 1987, was first published by the Banahaw Publishing Corporation, owned by [[National Artist of the Philippines|national artist]] [[Virgilio Almario]]. The tabloid was bought in 1988 by Amado Macasaet, chairman of Monica Publishing Corporation (MPC), whose son, Allen, became the company's president.<ref name="Amom">{{cite web |url=https://philippines.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/abante/ |title=Abante |date=2016 |website=Media Ownership Monitor |publisher=MOM-GMR |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Abs" /> At that time, MPC was already publishing a weekly magazine for students.<ref name="Abs">''[http://intprin.blogspot.com/2008/07/abante-output-written-report.html?m=1 "Abante"]'' Retrieved May 3, 2023.</ref>
''Abante'' is published every morning.<ref name="ATmom" /> In 1989, MPC began publishing '''''Abante Tonite''''', its afternoon edition, with the elder Macasaet as its founder.<ref name="Amom" /><ref name="Abs" /><ref name="ATmom">{{cite web |url=https://philippines.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/abante-tonite/ |title=Abante Tonite |date=2016 |website=Media Ownership Monitor |publisher=MOM-GMR |access-date=May 3, 2023}}</ref>
Abante has been targeting readers, mostly of low-income class. Upon its success in circulation, it later reduced its most dubious content to reach more advertisers and readers, a strategy later adopted by other tabloids.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kusaka |first=Wataru |author-link= |date=2017 |title=Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hb7WDgAAQBAJ&dq=abante+front+page&pg=PA65 |location=[[Singapore]] |publisher=[[NUS Press]] |pages=64–65 |isbn=978-981-4722-38-4 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
Its online platform was launched in 2006.<ref name="Amom" />
Reportedly, ''Abante'' had won most of at least 50 libel cases, few were settled out-of-court.<ref name="Amom" />
▲During the [[2006 state of emergency in the Philippines|State of Emergency]] in 2006, operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group tried to raid Abante's office but withdrew when they saw that there were television crew in the area.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 26, 2006 |title=Journalists rally against attack on press freedom |publisher=Sun.Star Network |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/02/26/journalists.rally.against.attack.on.press.freedom.html |
On September 9, 2019, four armed men burned the ''Abante Tonite'' printing house in [[Parañaque City]]. It was the first violent attack on the newspaper since its inception in 1987. The incident was condemned by the [[National Union of Journalists of the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Abante Tonite printing house stormed, burned by 4 armed men |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/239703-abante-tonite-printing-house-stormed-burned-armed-men-september-2019/ |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=RAPPLER |date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
On October 10, 2022, ''Abante'' launched is online morning newscast called ''Abante Teletabloid'' and public service show ''I-Abante Mo!'' both shown on the tabloid's social media accounts. Later on July 8, 2024, they established a standalone radio station and gaining a partnership with Supreme Broadcasting Systems to air [[DWSS-AM|Abante Radyo]] thru its current frequency 1494 KHz.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Angelica |title=Abante Teletabloid pilots newscast, public service programs |url=https://manilastandard.net/pop-life/314267162/abante-teletabloid-pilots-newscast-public-service-programs.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Manila Standard |date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
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