The homage to him, held at the Teatro Español, a few days after his death, was attended by, among others, the founder of Triunfo, José Ángel Ezcurra; the journalist Fernando Delgado; the former and current editors of El País, Juan Luis Cebrián and Joaquín Estefanía, respectively; the president de PRISA, Jesús de Polanco; the actors Diego Galán and Núria Espert, and the then mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.
Prisa also had important interests in editing books and owned the Editorial Santillana, Ediciones El País, El País Aguilar Alfaguara, Altea, Tiendas Crisol, Tauris and Richmon Publishing.