[7] The paper was two-thirds the length of its competitors and its price, initially only 50 cents, was less than half.

[8] After several years of financial losses, and facing a €9 million deficit, Público folded its print edition in February 2012.

[7][6] In its last year, the paper was the ninth-largest general-interest newspaper in Spain and the fifth-largest of those headquartered in Madrid.

[9] The parent company Mediapro[5] undertook to continue to publish the website publico.es,[6] which as of 2014 was still active as an online newspaper.

[1][10] Público and CTXT, a Spanish independent online publication, began a collaborative editorial agreement in June 2016.