Oldest Spanish free daily closed down
Not only Spanish national free dailies suffer from the economic crisis. A reader from Barcelona pointed me to the closure of Mini Diario, the oldest free daily in Spain.
Mini Diario started in November 1992 in Valencia – so almost three years before Metro Sweden launched and 8 years before 20 Minutos entered Spain. An Alicante edition was launched in 2000. Total circulation was around 60,000.
The paper was acquired by a new publisher, Valenciana de Ediciones y Publicidad, in 2006 and was redesigned as well. The owner also published the weekly Valencia 7 Días that closed down last year.
According to Levante-EMV.com the Alicante edition was already closed down a year ago while the Valencia edition did not return after the summer of 2008. The last issue was printed on July 11.
June 8th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
as well as the lack of advertising revenue at the moment, this is certainly a sign of the times … i digest all my news on the internet now. while i can see there will always be a market, it is dwindling rapidly and only the largest will survive.