section_path: History/Nolasco years (2016–2018)
section_name: Nolasco years (2016–2018)
paragraph_text: Nolasco years (2016–2018)
  
  On February 2, 2016, the Inquirer appointed its managing editor Jose Ma. Nolasco as the executive editor, the new top position of the newspaper, replacing the traditional editor-in-chief position used by the Inquirer for more than three decades.
  
  In 2017, Ramon S. Ang bought out the shares of the divesting Prieto family and became the majority shareholder at 85%, followed by Manny Pangilinan having the remaining 15%.
  
  The Inquirer runs a subsidiary publication titled Pop!, focusing on popular and Internet culture. On October 1, 2024, it dissolved the Entertainment section and merged it with the Lifestyle section.
  
  On July 1, 2025, the Inquirer is integrating its print and digital operations, with the Philippine Daily Inquirer continuing its print edition under Inquirer Interactive, Inc. as publisher from Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., the owner of the broadsheet itself which will be shutting down operations entirely as a company.