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Clarín 's first cover, 28 August 1945. Clarín was created by Roberto Noble, former minister of the Buenos Aires Province, on 28 August 1945. It was one of the first Argentine newspapers published in tabloid format. It became the highest sold Argentine newspaper in 1965, and the highest sold Spanish-speaking newspaper in 1985.
"Argentina: Directory: the Press".Europa World Year Book.Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5. "Argentina", Freedom of the Press, US: Freedom House, 2017 ...
Enjoying Latin America's largest readership until the 1930s, its daily circulation averaged around 350,000, and exceeded only by Crítica, a Buenos Aires tabloid. [10] The 1945 launch of Clarín created a new rival, and following the 1962 closure of Crítica , and the 1975 suspension of Crónica , La Nación secured its position as the chief ...
Página 12 (sometimes stylised as Página/12, Página|12 or Página12) is a newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded on 25 May 1987 by journalist Jorge Lanata and writers Osvaldo Soriano and Alberto Elizalde Leal. His first president was businessman Fernando Sokolowicz, in 1994 Grupo Clarín supposedly owned a share. [1]
The largest media company in Argentina is Grupo Clarín. The company owns Clarín, a newspaper with the largest circulation in Argentina that prints over 1,000,000 copies of its Sunday edition. Canal 13 is the second most popular TV station in Buenos Aires and Grupo Clarín owns it, too, among many other media assets. [5]
The paper inaugurated new printing installations in the pampas town of General Hornos, in 1964, and remained among the leading Argentine newspapers (second only to Clarín). Editor-in-chief Félix Laiño retired in 1984, and was replaced by former La Opinión publisher Jacobo Timerman , who had returned from exile in Israel , to where he fled ...
Its largest shareholder was Ernestina Herrera de Noble. Other major shareholders include Héctor Magnetto, José Antonio Aranda, Lucio Rafael Pagliaro, and the investment bank Goldman Sachs. Magnetto is the President and CEO of the media group, while Ernestina Herrera de Noble directs the flagship Clarín newspaper.
Following the election of populist leader Juan Perón, La Prensa declined due to both competition from new dailies (notably Clarín), as well a to government pressure.This latter development culminated in the paper's April 1951 seizure by the state, and its sale to the CGT labor union.