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paidContent:UK: Award-winning news site Soitu.es closes

October 28th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Job losses, Online Journalism

Twice recognised in the Online News Association’s (ONA) annual awards, Spanish news site Soitu.es has announced its closure.

Building an audience was not the issue – attracting advertisers to a new model was the problem, Gumersindo Lafuente, founder of the site, has said (in a post attracting 760 comments so far).

At 22-months-old, Soitu’s closure will be a blow/lesson to news start-ups and independent sites recently launched.

Full story at this link…

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One Response to “paidContent:UK: Award-winning news site Soitu.es closes”

  1. Editors Weblog: Catalan journalist launches paid-for, online-only news site | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Says:

    November 25th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    [...] According to the report, Espada has been a staunch supporter of the growth in online-only news websites in favour of print publications. The launch of Factual, however, follows the closure of award-winning Spanish news site Soitu.es last month. [...]


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