TN
TN is the most watched news channel in Argentina. It was created in 1993 and most of its schedule consisted of repeating content from Canal 13, an open TV channel that belonged to Grupo Clarín. As part of this group, TN features journalists who also work in the channel, the newspaper and the radio stations of the same group.
It broadcasts live, 24 hours a day, from Monday to Friday, and during most of the weekend. Its programming includes news bulletins that last up to 4 hours and, as of 10 p.m., it airs political shows hosted by different Grupo Clarín’s leading writers.
TN is one of the media in which Grupo Clarín takes an editorial political and economic line, together with newspaper Clarín and Radio Mitre.
Audience Share
5.9%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Paid content
Media Companies / Groups
Grupo Clarín
Ownership Structure
TN belongs to Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino Sociedad Anónima (Artear S.A.) which, in turn, is owned by Grupo Clarín. Its main shareholders are Héctor Magnetto, Ernestina Herrera de Noble’s heirs (Felipe and Marcela Noble Herrera), Lucio Pagliaro and José Aranda.
Voting Rights
The board of directors of Grupo Clarín manages the corporation.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1993
Affiliated Interests Founder
Both journalists, producers and TV hosts with experience in several media. They were selected to create a news channel.
Ceo
Daniel Zanardi
Editor-In-Chief
Carlos De Elía.
Contact
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
Missing data
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
Missing data
Advertising (in % of total funding)
USD 1,824,805 (2018 official advertising)
Market Share
Missing data
Further Information
Meta Data
Audience share data of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires were provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
2018 official advertising data were provided by the Secretariat of National Communications.
Sources
Fontevecchia, Jorge (2018). "Periodismo y Verdad". Buenos Aires, Editorial Paidós.
