Público
Público is a Spanish news outlet, now primarily digital, known for its progressive and left-wing editorial orientation. It covers politics, social issues, human rights, and current affairs, addressing a left-leaning readership in Spain. Originally launched as a print newspaper, it transitioned to an online-focused model and remains associated with progressive coverage of national public life.
Público at a glance
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 2007
- Owner
- Display Connectors (Jaume Roures)
- Published from
- Madrid
- Website
- publico.es ↗
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How Crosswire groups Público
Crosswire groups Público as Left-leaning for comparisons within Spain's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Spain, El País and El Mundo are listed as Centrist, while ABC and La Razón are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Público beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Público sits in Spain's press
Público was founded in 2007, is published from Madrid and is owned by Display Connectors (Jaume Roures). It is one of 13 outlets tracked in Spain, and one of 3 digital-native outlets among them — the others being elDiario.es and El Confidencial. By outlets tracked, Spain ranks first of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 31 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Público outside Spain, starting with Southern Europe, are Monaco Tribune (Monaco), Seznam Zprávy (Czech Republic), 444 (Hungary) and HotNews (Romania). Opening one of them beside Público is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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