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Grupo Octubre

Grupo Octubre

Grupo Octubre was created by Víctor Santa María in his capacity of Secretary General of the Single Trade Union of Concierges (SUTERH), which he presides over. It is managed by Fundación Octubre de Trabajadores de Edificios (Octubre Foundation of Concierges), created in 1991.

The foundation starting to work with a focus on education and cultural management. In 2002 it created Instituto Superior de Octubre (ISO), a post-secondary school, and in 2013, the Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo (UMET). It started to operate in the media sector in 2005, when the magazine Caras y Caretas was relaunched with Santa María as Editor-In-Chief and historian Felipe Pigna as Director. A year later, the Centro Cultural Caras y Caretas was established. In 2008 the group received the license for radio signal AM 750, strategically located between Radio Mitre and Radio 10, and two years later its programming was presented. It became stronger as a multimedia group when it purchased the newspaper Página 12 in 2016. Since then, it has not ceased to expand.

Key facts

Business Form

Private

Legal Form

Foundation

Business Sectors

Publishing; cultural center and auditoriums; education

Ownership

Individual Owner

Single Trade Union of Concierges (SUTERH)

It is the trade union representing residential concierges from the city of Buenos Aires. The union’s Secretary General is Víctor Santa María since 2005. He also presides over political party Partido Justicialista (Peronism) of the city of Buenos Aires.

100%
Media Outlets
Other Media Outlets

Other Print Outlets

Newspaper Página 12 (18,320 issues)

Other Radio Outlets

AM 750 (3.26%)

Other Online Outlets

Página12.com.ar (0.16%)

Facts

Business

Education

Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo (UMET)

Showbusiness and culture

Caras y Caretas 2037

Publishing house

Editorial Octubre

General Information

Founding Year

2005

Affiliated Interests Founder

Víctor Santa María

He is a politician and businessman. Since 2005, he is the Secretary General of the Single Trade Union of Concierges (SUTERH), which before him was presided over by his father. He is also President of the Partido Justicialista (Peronism) of the city of Buenos Aires, and was elected as a member of the Mercosur Parliament (2015–2019). In addition, he is President of soccer club Sportivo Barracas.

Employees

450

Contact

Venezuela 370, city of Buenos Aires

info@octubre.com

TE: 0810-222-0734

Tax/ ID Number

30-65330946-1

Financial Information

Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)

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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

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Advertising (in % of total funding)

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Further Information

Active Transparency

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Meta Data

Circulation data are the monthly averages of October 2018 according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC).
The share of AM750 is the average of 2018 according to consulting agency Kantar Ibope.
Internet share was obtained from SimilarWeb.

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