The former mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, does not understand why Junts is sounding out businessman and president of Femcat, Tatxo Benet, to be a candidate in the municipal elections in the Catalan capital. If he accepted the offer, Benet would precisely be Trias's successor, who won the last local elections, even though the votes of the PSC, Comuns, and PP blocked his path to the mayor's office. In statements to Cafè d'Idees on 2Cat, he stressed that he has "personal affection" for Benet, whom he described as "an extraordinary person," although he does not share this electoral path. "I don't understand it," he snapped. Immediately after, Trias speculated about the veracity of the poll, which party sources confirm: "I don't see it, someone has invented something, someone has lost their mind," he concluded.

Tatxo Benet (Lleida, 1957) was appointed this Thursday as the new president of FemCAT, the private foundation of Catalan businessmen, within the framework of its biennial assembly, held this afternoon in Arenys de Munt. As reported by the ARABenet takes over from the outgoing president, Oriol Guixà (La Farga), and will lead the institution during the 2026-2027 term, becoming the tenth president of FemCAT. As is customary at this meeting, the foundation's board of trustees has also been renewed.

The Chinese investment group that controls Mediapro has decided to mark a turning point, replacing Tatxo Benet as CEO after nearly 30 years leading the company alongside the other two partners who have also departed, Jaume Roures and Gerard Romy. Where will this audiovisual giant go now? Will it remain a company with Catalan roots? We discuss this with Benet in this interview.

The Ona bookstore in Gran de Gràcia, in Barcelona, ​​​​is closing its doors permanently, according to the newspaper GraceLineThe store, founded in 1962 on Gran Via, was one of the iconic symbols of the dissemination of books in Catalan and had been rescued in 2010, three years after closing due to the financial difficulties of the distributor L'Arc de Berà SA, the owner of the building. The bookstore, relocated to number 217 Gran de Gràcia and with the financial boost of entrepreneur Tatxo Benet, is now experiencing a second end of its era, six months after the death of the historic bookseller. Montserrat Úbeda, daughter of one of the three founders of L'Arc de Berà, Jordi Úbeda, who had worked at the store since his adolescence.

The Chinese investment group Oriente Hontai has decided to mark a change of pace for the Catalan production company Mediapro. According to the The Confidential, the former president of Telefónica Spain, Sergio Oslé, will be the company's new executive president, replacing Tatxo Benet. This afternoon, the news was announced to the more than 6,800 employees of the audiovisual giant. For much of its existence, the Mediapro brand was inextricably associated with the names of Jaume Roures and Tatxo Benet. Roures was also dismissed from the group in October 2023, after agreeing to his separation, dissatisfied with the ownership's future plans. Now it is Benet who is leaving, without having seen his desire to remain at the top of the company fulfilled, albeit with a different management structure and a consensus CEO.

A few days after being sued by Mediapro, the audiovisual giant he founded and left a year and a half ago, Jaume Roures is attacking the company and, in particular, its other managing partner, Tatxo Benet. In a conversation with Jordi Basté on RAC1, the producer reflected on the breakup of a friendship that dates back to when the two began working together in 1983, founding TV3. Roures explained that he left him "a lot of money that he used to fund the Censorship Museum and build his entire image as a patron" and that he should return in a couple of years. "The only thing I can think of is that he's paving the way to not return it to me. I can't find any explanation," he concluded.

The Museum of Forbidden Art remains closed "indefinitely" following pressure exerted by strikers for four months. The ongoing protest has led to "an unsustainable situation" that "has even put museum visitors and staff at risk."