• The Guardian, Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:39 AM

Público, the left-leaning daily that tried to take on El País, has given up the fight and stopped printing, according to owner Mediapubli. A web-only version of the newspaper will continue to be published, with Público claiming more than 5 million unique users.

The newspaper, with a circulation of about 87,000, was launched in 2007. It has been in trouble for some time, and reportedly needed €9m (£7.63m) to keep on printing.

Público's demise is another victory for El País owner Grupo Prisa which has fought a bitter parallel battle against Público founder Jaume Roures over TV rights to football.

Staff at the newspaper, which had initially been aimed at a young audience but also won older readers with an editorial line to the left of El País, reacted angrily to the news.

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