Newsweek Argentina Explained

Newsweek Argentina
Publisher:Manucorp, S.A.
Total Circulation:20,000
Circulation Year:2011
Language:Rioplatense Spanish
Country:Argentine
Category:News
Frequency:Monthly
Editor:Sergio Szpolski
Editor Title:Editor-in-chief
Website:Newsweek Argentina

Newsweek Argentina is an Argentine monthly news magazine, published as the local edition of Newsweek. Its editorial director was Alex Milberg, and its senior editor was Matías Loewy.[1]

History and profile

The magazine was inaugurated on August 2, 2006, and belonged to Sergio Szpolski's media group, Grupo Veintitrés'.[2] Szpolski sold a 50% share therein to Matías Garfunkel.[3]

The magazine included both articles and editorials written in the Argentine bureau located in Palermo, Buenos Aires, as well as translations from the namesake U.S. publication. Part of the magazine was also distributed as an in-flight magazine in Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas as a reprint within Cielos Argentinos.[4]

Regular contributors included: Rosendo Fraga, Sergio Bergman, and Lucas Llach (Economics); Ana Gerschenson (Argentine politics); Juan Pablo de Santis (Business); Alejandro Zanoni (information technology); and Tamara di Tella (Argentine culture).[1]

The magazine was closed in 2014, however, on June 30, 2022, the magazine was reintroduced as a second stage, this time under group Alpha Media's management.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Editorial. Newsweek Argentina.
  2. News: BBC Magazines licenses Lonely Planet Magazine in Argentina. 30 July 2015. BBC. 24 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Garfunkel Partners adquirió el 50% del Grupo Veintitrés. Ideas Casi Principales.
  4. Web site: Cielos Argentinos. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716184750/http://www.cielosarg.com.ar/. 16 July 2011.