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''Público'' () is a Spanish online newspaper. It was published as a print
daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
between 2007 and 2012. The print version folded but the newspaper continues online.


History and profile

''Público'' was established in September 2007. The founder is Jaume Roures, head of Mediapro. One of only two national
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papers (the other being ''elDiario.es''), the paper had a harder-left editorial line than ''
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''. ''Público'' also aimed at a younger readership. 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. After making financial losses for several years, and facing a
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9 million deficit, ''Público'' folded its print edition in February 2012. In its last year, the paper was the ninth-largest general-interest newspaper in Spain and the fifth-largest of those headquartered in
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.Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 in Spain
, Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión. Retrieved 28 January 2012. The parent company Mediapro undertook to continue to publish the website ''publico.es'', which as of 2014 was still active as an online newspaper. ''Público'' and '' CTXT'', a Spanish independent online publication, began a collaborative editorial agreement in June 2016.


Editors


See also

* List of newspapers in Spain


References


External links


Público website
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