The New York Times announced this afternoon that it was suspending its site in Spanish after it failed to be financially successful, the newspaper reported in a note for readers released this afternoon on its website.
We are suspending NYT in Spanish as an autonomous operation that publishes original content in Spanish. As of today, you will be able to frequently view Times articles in Spanish, translated from the original in English, read the notice posted today in the NYT in Spanish.
They also added that despite the closure, their publishers will continue to translate its contents “into more than a dozen languages , even and frequently into Spanish, on the site www.nytimes.com/en -” and explained that the change will not affect their Latin American coverage of the news, “which will remain strong, with dedicated correspondents, based in Medellin, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro.”
“While the Spanish site attracted a considerable audience towards our journalism and regularly produced article of which we are proud, it did not prove to be financially successful,” the newspaper published.
The Spanish-language portal of the New York Times was launched in 2016. Since then it produced an average of 10 daily articles, whether original or translated from its English platform.
The newspaper reported that its strategy will now focus on getting its main news report to a global audience through a subscription model.
