Media Pluralism

For years now, business meetings in the media sector keep focused on how to respond to the crisis. As for journalists and press workers, they have been discussing the drain on sources of employment and increasingly unpredictable...

President Mauricio Macri’s arrival to power in 2015 brought about sweeping changes in the Argentinian media landscape. Legislation amended by means of executive orders, the sudden closure of media, high media concentration in the hands...

The current media map of Argentina shows high levels of concentration by analyzing the four leading companies in each media segment. However, when considering that many of the leading media groups of one given media type (for instance, online media) are also dominant in the TV...

In Argentina, women reached the pinnacle of political power – Cristina Fernández was elected President for two consecutive terms (2007–2015) and María Eugenia Vidal is the Governor of the country’s main electoral district (2015–2019). However, mass media is still a preserve of strong...

Media in Argentina can either be a bad business or a springboard to sign highly profitable public works agreements, or lobby for the benefit of other private interests and support political candidates. The diversification of media group interests and the influx of capital from...

Non-profit media exist, although they do not have the largest audience shares in Argentina. With fewer resources and deep roots in their communities and cities, they attempt to compete and gain ground against the more concentrated, traditional companies in the market...