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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