El Especialito is a free Spanish language weekly newspaper magazine, which was originally published under the name of El Especial in the 1980s and renamed in the 1990s.

[2][3] It was founded by Cuban American entrepreneur Antonio Ibarria and is distributed by United States Distributions Inc in northeastern New Jersey, New York City and Miami.

[4][5][6] El Especialito is distributed more than 5,500 yellow news racks in thirteen independent zones.

[7][8] El Especialito is part of Ibarria Media Group, which employees ninety employees and operates as family business run by Ibarria and his two sons, Anthony and John.

[9] Ibarria has been commended for his contributions to the community of Hispanics,[4][10] including having a street named for him.