TN.com.ar
TN.com.ar is the website of paid TV channel Todo Noticias (TN), the most popular news channel in Argentina, owned by Grupo Clarín’s Artear.
According to SimilarWeb (October 2018), it is the fourth most visited news website in the country, with 0.45% of digital audience. However, it is by large the site with the highest number of social media followers, with over four million followers on Twitter and Facebook as of November 2018.
The portal mainly communicates the channel’s contents and publishes brief current affairs news.
TV channel TN live broadcasting can be seen on the website. The portal also includes micro websites on the channel’s special shows: La Viola, Toda Pasión, TN Tecno. The site also features the portal TN y la gente (TN and the people), where viewers can share their pictures and videos. Later many of them are used by the TV channel.
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
Grupo Clarín
Ownership Structure
TN.com.ar is owned by Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino Sociedad Anónima (Artear S.A.), which, in turn, belongs Grupo Clarín. Their main shareholders are Héctor Magnetto, Lucio Pagliaro, José Aranda and Ernestina Herrera de Noble’s children.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1999
Affiliated Interests Founder
She was Roberto Noble’s wife and inherited the newspaper after his death, in 1969. She was the controlling shareholder and Director of Clarín until she died, in 2017. She was behind the newspaper’s expansion and the turning of Clarín into the main media holding in Argentina.
Two controversial events took place over that period of time. One was the partnership between Argentina’s National State, Clarín, La Nacion and La Razón during the last military dictatorship to purchase Papel Prensa, the only newsprint factory in Argentina. Ernestina Herrera de Noble was prosecuted for this transaction, but her case was later dismissed. She was also formally accused of adoption fraud, as she adopted her children during the first year the military dictatorship. The case was also dismissed.
Ceo
Daniel Zanardi
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Journalist, producer and TV host with experience in several media. He was chosen to create a news channel.
Contact
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
USD 26,707 / $750,707 (2018 official advertising – Argentinian Government) USD 57,805 / $957,821 (2017 official advertising – Government of the city of Buenos Aires)
Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
Market share was obtained from SimilarWeb in November 2018.
Official advertising was provided by the Argentinian Government in 2018.
Sivak, Martín (2015). Clarín, la era Magnetto.
Blaustein, Eduardo y Lijalad, Ari (2012). Clarín. Un invento argentino. Tv Pública
