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Public Salaries is, according to its founder, “the first digital platform launched in Spain that reports on the salaries of politicians.” The medium's slogan is “transparency and freedom on the Internet.” In addition to salaries, the website also talks about “transparency, public spending, nepotism and corruption,” explains Carles Torrijos. They also address issues of public policies, transparency and corruption. The Public Salaries team is made up of Carlos Torrijos (founder), a trainee editor, and Ramón Antonio Parada (programming). According to its founder, the income obtained “is used to pay for the server and make improvements to the website.” Advertising in the form of banners, sponsored posts and sponsored links is the website's source of income. Carles Torrijos highlights that "we have become an expert source on these topics and general media call us to consult data for the preparation of their own reports and articles." Currently, "there are deputies, councilors and other public officials who collaborate with us and provide us with a copy of their payroll," says the person in charge of Public Salaries. For the media, the objective is to report on a sector, that of the management of politicians, "whose salaries all taxpayers pay." In addition, they echo the abuses of public powers and also try to recognize those cases recognized as good practices, such as excellent public service to citizens and optimal management of the money collected. The website maintains a collaboration agreement with the newspaper Estrella Digital, on whose digital front page a news item about Public Salaries appears.