A paperless media revolution in Spain&nbsp;
El hombre peri&oacute;dico (the newspaper man) is an aging public performer who is always after tourists&amp;#8217;s tips at Plaza del Sol, in downtown Madrid.
But for the locals, his aesthetics and performance also tell an interesting story about print media: across the country, web-only startups staffed by mix of veteran and young journalists are challenging old guard amid row over media impartiality.&nbsp;
The Guardian goes at length&nbsp;on this issue:

Many explain the changes in leadership at El Pa&iacute;s, El Mundo and La Vanguardia by pointing to the country&amp;#8217;s economic crisis, which has caused advertising revenue to shrink and circulations to drop. Others evoke a storyline familiar to newspapers the world over: the migration of readers from print to the internet.
But media analysts in Spain say there is another factor in play. Nearly 40 years after the country&amp;#8217;s transition to democracy, there have been more than 300 journalism startups. Staffed by a mix of veteran journalists laid off during the economic crisis and young journalists trying to gain a foothold in an industry where few are hiring, the startups tout themselves as willing to ask the questions that traditional Spanish media will not.&nbsp;Read More&amp;#187;

Bonus: For some background on what is going on with traditional media in Spain, we recently took on the dismissal of Pedro J. Ram&iacute;rez from the El Mundo newspaper. He was its founding editor.
FJP: Two of the most influential Spanish web-only startups are the center-right El Confidencial and&nbsp;the left-leaning&nbsp;ElDiario. Both account for more than 5 million hits a month.&nbsp;
Image: &amp;#8216;El hombre peri&oacute;dico&amp;#8217; via La Biblioteca del Colegio San Juan Bautista.