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Staff at the newspaper, which had initially been aimed at a young audience but also won older readers with an editorial line to the left of El País, reacted angrily to the news.theguardian.comPúblico's demise is another victory for El País owner Grupo Prisa which has fought a bitter parallel battle against Público founder Jaume Roures over TV rights to football.

Photograph: Morell/EPA Spain's Público newspaper, the left-leaning daily that tried to take on El País, has given up the fight and will stop printing by Sunday, according to owner Mediapubli.theguardian.comEl País was not welcoming of Público, which was close to the socialist administration of former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, above.