Type | Online newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Display Connectors, SL. |
Editor | Ana Pardo de Vera |
Founded | 26 September 2007 |
Political alignment | |
Ceased publication | (print) 24 February 2012 |
Headquarters | Calle Caleruega, 102, Madrid, Spain |
Circulation | 7,592,279 unique visitors each month (online) [1] |
Website |
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Público ( transl. 'Public') is a Spanish online newspaper. It was published as a print daily newspaper between 2007 and 2012. The print version folded but the newspaper continues online.
Público was established in September 2007. [2] [3] The founder is Jaume Roures, head of Mediapro. [2] One of only two national left-wing papers (the other being elDiario.es), [4] [5] the paper had a harder-left editorial line than El País. [6] Público also aimed at a younger readership. [7] The paper was two-thirds the length of its competitors and its price, initially only 50 cents, was less than half. The paper's original press run was 250,000 daily. [8]
After several years of financial losses, and facing a €9 million deficit, Público folded its print edition in February 2012. [7] [6] In its last year, the paper was the ninth-largest general-interest newspaper in Spain and the fifth-largest of those headquartered in Madrid. [9]
The parent company Mediapro [5] undertook to continue to publish the website publico.es, [6] which as of 2014 was still active as an online newspaper. [1] [10]
Público and CTXT, a Spanish independent online publication, began a collaborative editorial agreement in June 2016.