Clarín
Clarín is a daily newspaper based in Buenos Aires and one of the largest-circulation titles in Argentina and the Spanish-speaking world. The flagship of a major media group, it provides broad coverage of national and international news, politics, and economics for a general readership.
Clarín at a glance
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1945
- Owner
- Grupo Clarín
- Published from
- Buenos Aires
- Website
- clarin.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Clarín
Crosswire groups Clarín as Centrist for comparisons within Argentina's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Argentina, Página/12 and Infobae are listed as Left-leaning, while La Nación is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Clarín beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Clarín sits in Argentina's press
Clarín was founded in 1945, is published from Buenos Aires and is owned by Grupo Clarín. It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Argentina, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being La Nación and Página/12. By outlets tracked, Argentina ranks 14th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Clarín outside Argentina, starting with South America, are Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil), El Mercurio (Chile), El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Comercio (Peru). Opening one of them beside Clarín is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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