# VilaWeb (Spain)

**Summary**

Vilaweb is a national community newsroom from Spain. Deeply rooted in the Catalan independence movement, they were one of the first newsrooms in Spain fully adopting a digital-only strategy in 1995. Vilaweb also was an early adopter of a membership model to finance journalism, in which the community pays a voluntary subscription in order to support the mission. Vilawebs membership model was introduced 2004. In 2014 Vilaweb had around 2,000 subscribers. Today more than 25,000 subscribers support Vilaweb financially.

Subscribers not only support the newsroom financially, they are also important to inform Vilawebs reporting and governance.

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| **Name**                                            | <p>Vilaweb</p><p><br></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Website**                                         | <https://www.vilaweb.cat/>                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Location / Location of coverage**                 | Catalonia                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Size of potential audience/ town region covered** | 7,7 million living in Catalonia                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Year they started publishing**                    | 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Language**                                        | Catalan                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Newsrooms mission statement**                     | VilaWeb exists to give a voice to the people of the Catalan Countries, serving as an instrument to control power, defend progressive values, fight for the common good, for the Catalan language, for freedom and culture. |

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| Founders                | Vicent Partal, Assumpció Maresma                              |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Current management team | Vicent Partal (Director), Assumpció Maresma (Editor-in-chief) |
| Team                    | Full-time employees: 30 FTE                                   |

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| **Legal form of company** | Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada (S.L.) |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| **Tax status**            | For-profit                                  |

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| **Main products**                              | <ul><li>Website</li><li>Podcasts</li><li>Youtube-Channel</li><li>Newsletters</li></ul>                                                |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Additional products**                        | <ul><li>Games</li></ul>                                                                                                               |
| **Audience and community reach**               | <p>Instagram: 109,000 follower</p><p>Facebook: 180,000 follower</p><p>Twitter: 363,000 follower</p><p>Youtube: 16,400 subscribers</p> |
| **Most important community engagement format** | <ul><li>Vilaweb annual assemblies</li></ul>                                                                                           |
| **Revenue streams**                            | <ul><li>Subscriptions/Membership</li><li>Advertising</li><li>Shop sells</li></ul>                                                     |

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On the next pages you can read our in-depth portrait about Vilaweb. If you want to jump into a specific topic directly, here's the overview for you:
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<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Vilaweb started</strong></td><td>Read the founding story of Vilaweb</td><td></td><td><a href="/files/k441YYBVp0BVvIa6BO5f">/files/k441YYBVp0BVvIa6BO5f</a></td><td><a href="/pages/fvPWSNsfVLPl7aNdC24b">/pages/fvPWSNsfVLPl7aNdC24b</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Products</strong></td><td>Read about Vilaweb's most important (journalistic) products</td><td></td><td><a href="/files/oNDGjYIJtCy2COCE3tg9">/files/oNDGjYIJtCy2COCE3tg9</a></td><td><a href="/pages/qVMb4yCnmbEbl5E8m2S1">/pages/qVMb4yCnmbEbl5E8m2S1</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Revenue Streams &#x26; Finance</strong></td><td>Read about how Vilaweb earns money</td><td></td><td><a href="/files/cBu1GmYKKwG6Mr2xCDPH">/files/cBu1GmYKKwG6Mr2xCDPH</a></td><td><a href="/pages/oIo7hpVBXh5957qBQW6T">/pages/oIo7hpVBXh5957qBQW6T</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Community Journalism</strong></td><td>Read about how Vilaweb engages its Community</td><td></td><td><a href="/files/sJTyMu2zQmTC5nEJQ0Nx">/files/sJTyMu2zQmTC5nEJQ0Nx</a></td><td><a href="/pages/9wj7MFI9X4fe1vIIxVFv">/pages/9wj7MFI9X4fe1vIIxVFv</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Success Factors</strong></td><td>Read about Vilaweb's biggest factors for success</td><td></td><td><a href="/files/RDTD6mO8gsM65kfCPSKQ">/files/RDTD6mO8gsM65kfCPSKQ</a></td><td><a href="/pages/vsNMxKJqiNSpVukmzH9a">/pages/vsNMxKJqiNSpVukmzH9a</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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