[6] In 1992 Italian media company Repubblica International Holding SA, a subsidiary of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, acquired 16.75% of the paper.

[8] Público is one of the first Portuguese mainstream newspapers to have an online edition which was started in 1995.

The online edition of Público was named as Europe's online-medium of the year in 2013.

[13] The paper is considered as a newspaper of record for Portugal (along with Diário de Notícias).

[14][15][16] The circulation of the paper was 58,000 copies in 2003, making it the fourth best selling newspaper in the country.