This dataset presents the content curation practices of four Spanish newspapers that are representative of the global media ecosystem: two legacy media outlets (El País and La Vanguardia) and two digital-native platforms (elDiario.es and El Español). The study focuses on how these newspapers employ content curation in their front-page news, analyzing both the content and curation dimensions. The primary objective is to examine content curation practices in the front-page news of digital press through a sample of Spanish newspapers.