ClarÃn (Argentine newspaper)
Clarín ( Spanish for " flugelhorn " ) is an Argentine newspaper that is published in Buenos Aires. It is equipped with a circulation of 384 608 (average) with a maximum of 768 056 Sundays, the most widely read daily newspaper in the country.
The newspaper was founded on 28 August 1945. In the early days it is supported by the line produces the so-called desarrollistas, a flow which favored a rapid industrial development of the country.
Clarín has been published since the beginning of time in tabloid format and was one of the first newspapers in the world who used this format.
The Clarín Group is the financially strongest media group in Argentina and has among other things the TV station Canal 13, the cable operator Cablevisión, the sports daily Olé and the free newspaper La Razon. She is also on the newspapers Página/12 ( Buenos Aires, left alternative newspaper ) and La Voz del Interior (Córdoba ) involved. Thus, the Group has, for example, the pay-TV market share of over 70 percent. Due to the size and power of Clarín, the inspection authority for audiovisual communication AFSCA works towards base of the Media Act of 2009, a reduction of the media group. After years of litigation Clarín agreed in 2014 to issue a license not to exceed the limit specified in the Act on radio and television channels per provider. To the owners of the Clarín Group, the Spanish Telefónica heard. Until mid-2012 the investment bank Goldman Sachs was involved with 9.11% at the Clarin Group. Goldman Sachs sold its shares after a defeat of the group before an Argentine court.