The day that The New York Times ended its Spanish-language initiative to build subscribers among Latin American countries, Jorge Caraballo Cordovez posted in a 7,500-plus member Facebook group, mourning the loss of NYT en Español.
“It is a pity to lose projects with which we share the objective of exploring and connecting Latin America through rigorous journalism. The emptiness is going to be felt; we need more media covering our region, our conflicts, our identities,” he wrote, in Spanish. (Many “Nooooos” ensued.)
This was posted in Club de Podcast Radio Ambulante, a virtual group fostering many IRL connections for the audience of the narrative podcast chronicling Latin American life around the world. Caraballo is a growth editor there and one of the administrators of the group. The New York Times ended NYT en Español because it couldn’t figure out how to build an audience loyal enough to convert or otherwise monetize. Radio Ambulante, distributed by NPR and…
