''Público'' () is a Spanish

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. It was published as a print

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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 Jaume Roures Llop (born 8 September 1950) is a Spanish businessman, film producer and media mogul from Catalonia. Roures is best known as the founder of the newspaper '' Público'' and as the CEO of the media group Mediapro. Considered a left-wi ...

, head of

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. One of only two national

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papers (the other being ''elDiario.es''), the paper had a harder-left editorial line than ''

El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...

''. ''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 several years of financial losses, 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.

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External links

Público website
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History and profile

Editors

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