Diario Perfil
In 1993 Jorge Fontevecchia founded magazine Caras in Brazil, which was a success in a country with a larger publishing market than Argentina’s.
Income from the neighboring country helped him embark on monumental projects, such as a newspaper that is edited twice a week.
The first version of the newspaper was launched in 1998 and lasted shortly: it was published for only three months before being abruptly closed. After 84 editions between May 9 and July 31,i it was an inflection point in the local print media market.
In 2005 Fontevecchia relaunched the newspaper, with a single edition on Sundays. Then he added a second edition on Saturdays.
Today one of the newspaper’s strong areas are the opinion columns written by some of the most renowned journalists of Argentina.
Fontevecchia had issues with several administrations due to the way official advertising was distributed. He filed charges against Carlos Menem’s first administration (1989–1995) as he considered that his media were discriminated. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ruled in his favor. He also filed charges against Cristina Fernández’s administration (2011–2015) for discrimination. This time, Argentina’s Supreme Court of Justice ruled in his favor.
Audience Share
26,907 issues
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Paid content
Media Companies / Groups
Grupo Perfil
Ownership Structure
Newspaper Perfil is owned by Editorial Perfil S.A., which belongs to the media group owned by the Fontevecchia family.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
2005
Affiliated Interests Founder
He is a media businessman. He edited his first magazine in the 1970s. In 1976 he and his father founded publishing house Editorial Perfil, which currently edits newspaper Perfil (which is printed twice per week, with a daily online version), as well as magazines Noticias, Caras, Semanario, Hombre, Look, Mía, Luz, Parabrisas, Fortuna, Weekend, Super Campo and Luna Teen. He also has publishing businesses in other countries (Brazil, China). In 2018 the group launched open TV channel Net.TV. It is also expected to launch a radio station this year.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
In 2003 Jorge Fontevecchia appointed him as Director of magazine Noticias, where he had started to work as Editor-In-Chief. He held the position until January 2011. Then he worked as Editor-In-Chief of Editorial Perfil until late 2016, when he became President and CEO of Editorial Perfil.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
He is the newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief. He worked for several print media, including newspaper Clarín and magazines TXT and Tres Puntos.
Contact
California 2715, city of Buenos Aires
TE: (54 011) 7091 4921
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
USD 597,014 / $16,770,114 (2018 official advertising – Argentinian Government) USD 18,213 / $301,798
Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
Data show the newspaper’s circulation average on Saturdays and Sundays in November 2018, according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC).
Sources
Instituto Verificador de Circulación (IVC)
