Vilaweb
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VilaWeb () is a Catalan-language web portal and daily nationalist news outlet, founded in May 1995 by the journalists Vicent Partal and Assumpció Maresma. It was the first online medium produced completely in Catalan, and the first news media in Spain to be based entirely online. Its editorial line advocates for Catalonia's separation from the Spanish state.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Vilaweb
- Website.logo
- Espai Vilaweb - 1 (detail).jpg
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.type
- PoliticsNews and opinion
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.language
- Catalan and English
- Website.editor
- Vicent Partal (editor-in-chief)
- Website.launch_date
- 1995
- Website.current_status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.vilaweb.cat
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- Commons category
- Vilaweb
- social media followers
- 19400
- inception
- 1995-05-15
- periodical archive URL
- www.vilaweb.cat/hemeroteca
- number of subscribers
- 24000
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VilaWeb () is a Catalan-language web portal and daily nationalist news outlet, founded in May 1995 by the journalists Vicent Partal and Assumpció Maresma. It was the first online medium produced completely in Catalan, and the first news media in Spain to be based entirely online. Its editorial line advocates for Catalonia's separation from the Spanish state.
==History== VilaWeb grew out of an online directory in Catalan called Infopista, set up by Partal in 1995. It was initially designed as a local directory of catalan websites. One year later, Infopista turned into Vilaweb, including new services. Before embarking on this venture, Vicent Partal had been responsible for directing the digital edition of El Temps magazine. Written in Catalan, with the publication of this digital edition in 1994, the magazine was the first media outlet in Spain to establish material and a presence on the World Wide Web.