Post 5: closure of La Nación

The article is about the closure of the chilean newspapper “La Nación”. This newspapper was state-owned.

The author of the article says that the decision was suggested for the goverment of Chile and all the workers and the assosiation of juornalists were against the decision. The reason: the closure of this newspapper makes that the concentration of all the print media (wich is already a lot) still increasing.

This subject is very important in our country. The media concentration is very worryng , according to the narrator, two companys have the 95% of the newspapper of Chile: “El Mercurio” and Copesa (the owner of “La Tercera”).  The proprietor of this companys also have industrys and are landowners.

The author explains that the dissolution of “La Nación” was in the agenda of Piñera since he became president os Chile. That because in 2009 he already showed his discontent with the newspapper.

In 2010 when Piñera assumed as president, one of his first decision was change all the directors of the newspapper for people of his same politycal position. After that in november “La Nación” was turn in a digital newspapper.  

The closing of this newspapper leaves without employment to 170 people. Ans the opinion of all the people is that in this country there is non newspapper of opposition.

One of reason that the goverment give for close “La Nación” was that the newspapper made the  goverment lose money. But according to Marcelo Castillo, president of the association of journalist, this newspapper was a quite viable company.

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/other/25193-shareholders-announce-the-end-of-chiles-public-newspaper