The newspaper wrote news about Cuba and the world on topics related to politics, economy, society, science and technology, and sports.

Its stated main objective is "to inform, to open space for debate, to respect those who think differently, and to harmonize free speech with civic responsibility".

Its cover included the story "Red Dawn: Havana is killing out there", by Víctor Ariel González, in which violence in the capital city is discussed.

An opinion article about the economic reforms was promoted by Raúl Castro and written by the dissident blogger Miriam Celaya.

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) blamed the Cuban government for restricting access to the site and promoting censorship.

[6] Roberta Jacobson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, condemned the blockade on her Twitter account too.

Fellow' is a research scholarship that will allow Sánchez to share her experience of launching an online newspaper in a closed society.

Al-Jazeera wrote that 14ymedio is "the first independent media outlet in Cuba in 50 years to test the Castro regime's tolerance for dissent".

[9] The BBC wrote that 14ymedio will "contribute with information so that Cubans can decide with more maturity their own destinies",[10] while Vice News described the newspaper as "a new player in town in the homogenous media landscape of the communist island that is already testing the limits of the government's strict controls on the digital sphere".