A Welsh language news website set up after being awarded a £100,000 annual grant for the next four years will close down after just five months in operation.
Corgi Cymru, the brainchild of former S4C digital executive Huw Marshall, was launched by the media giant Newsquest in April. It received funding from the Books Council of Wales, whose grant in turn comes from the Welsh Government.
Previously Golwg 360, an offshoot of the Welsh language current affairs magazine Golwg, received an annual grant of £200,000 to run a digital news service. The Books Council decided to halve Golwg 360’s grant and provide the other £100,000 to Corgi Cymru.
