SOCIETY Report: Online video adding to challenges for news firms 17-06-2024 15:36 Short videos from social media have become the main source of information for young people, Reuters Institute report warns.
DISTASTEFUL RESTRUCTURING 'Reorganisation process': Government pulls state media networks, websites 21-05-2024 16:03 President Javier Milei’s government takes down websites and state media networks as it launches restructuring; Controversial declaration of “reorganisation process” causes controversy, critics decry “provocation.”
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT Energy mogul makes 100-year bet on Argentina’s mineral wealth 20-05-2024 13:45 Through his holding company Integra Capital, José Luis Manzano is going all in on mining and mineral wealth.
STATE NEWS AGENCY Milei government shutters Télam's provincial outposts 05-05-2024 16:27 Government moves ahead with "operational closure of correspondents" in 11 of the 23 provinces nationwideand the capital where the state news agency operates.
PRESS FREEDOM Media watchdog says press freedom has deteriorated under Milei 03-05-2024 12:39 States doing less to support press freedom, warns media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders in its latest annual report.
As I see it The worst journalists in the world 20-04-2024 06:07 Milei wants to control the narrative and, by doing so, change the way Argentines think about the world. Does hurling insults at journalists help win him more adherents? by James Neilson
INTERVIEW James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments' 20-04-2024 05:24 China is supporting “materially, diplomatically, and even repeating Russia’s crazy arguments for this war,” says James Rubin, the United States’ top diplomat in charge of battling disinformation abroad. by Agustino Fontevecchia
CULTURE WARS The perfect enemy for Javier Milei 13-04-2024 05:28 The president, his inner circle, and the Cabinet have become extremely selective regarding the outlets and journalists they speak to, with Milei only giving interviews to friendly reporters who lob softballs at him. by Agustino Fontevecchia
MEDIA Pressure on the press: from Videla to Milei 12-04-2024 17:20 Attacks by Javier Milei on the press in general, and at 'Noticias' and 'Perfil' in particular, are nothing new. Argentina’s President is using old methods to silence critics. by Gustavo González
NEW EVENT IN BUENOS AIRES Disinformation hackathon: Seeking contributors to help tackle fake news 26-03-2024 17:17 On April 17 and 18, journalists, programmers, data analysts and designers will meet in Buenos Aires to debate and design tools to combat disinformation – the 2024 'Hackathon contra la desinformación' is almost upon us!
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Emperor of the Argentine Republic? 23-03-2024 06:32 In a country obsessed with dark priests that roam Government House with differing levels of influence on the upper echelons of the political class, Santiago Caputo has walked into his role perfectly. by Agustino Fontevecchia
COMMUNICATION & POLITICS Argentina's 'troll' president: Milei takes aim at rivals online 07-03-2024 15:42 Argentina’s outspoken ultra-liberal president expresses himself online at frantic speed, using social media sites as a both a platform for his "revolution" and an outlet for his anger.
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages 06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.
NEWS AGENCY SHUTTERED Government suspends Télam state news agency, puts workers on leave 04-03-2024 16:57 State news agency’s offices fenced off as workers are sent on leave for seven days; Website shut down for “reconstruction” as Télam’s staff take to streets in protest.
President's address Milei announces he will close Argentina's state news agency Télam 02-03-2024 12:55 President Javier Milei announced Friday that he would move to shutter Argentina’s state news agency Télam.
OPINION & ANALYSIS Fight club 24-02-2024 06:08 For President Javier Milei, anyone who thinks differently is simply an enemy. This is a real problem because it undermines the very concept of democracy. by Nelson Castro
Messi in China Messi Hong Kong no-show sparks wave of outrage in China 09-02-2024 16:33 Lionel Messi's no-show at a match in Hong Kong has triggered a surge of online outrage in the city and in mainland China
FILM & CINEMA ‘Cold Copy’ thriller probes facts, falsehoods and media’s thirst for clicks 09-02-2024 06:06 Director Roxine Helberg's new film, released in the United States last week, is a thriller that begs viewers to consider what's real and what's falsified in contemporary journalism. by Ashton Goren
POLITICS Milei hands Cabinet chief control of the media, more power to sister 05-02-2024 07:12 President Milei increases power of Nicolás Posse and Karina Milei, designating them in charge of public media and communication; All state outlets placed under one-year public trusteeship in second decree.
ELECTIONS 2023 Argentina's presidential hopefuls compete for votes and followers on social media 18-07-2023 10:33 Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok and Facebook, each network with its own audience and peculiarities, are central to the digital terrain in which Argentina’s presidential hopefuls are competing for votes. But who has the most followers and the greatest reach?
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY Brazil 'finfluencers' bring finance to the favelas 17-05-2023 15:05 So-called 'finfluencers,' or financial influencers, are going viral in Brazil, delivering financial education to the masses in a country known for its gaping inequalities.
MEDIA & SOCIETY Argentina’s drops 11 places in press freedom ranking 08-05-2023 22:51 Reporters Without Borders calls out consolidation of media ownership, polarisation, gaps in public policy, and low pay as primary threats to press freedom in Argentina. by Api Dhadda
SOCIAL MEDIA Brazil court suspends Telegram app in neo-Nazi probe 27-04-2023 13:47 Brazilian court orders nationwide suspension of messaging app Telegram after parent company failed to provide data on neo-Nazis operating on network.
ELECTION 2023 Córdoba leads way as politicians splash cash on social media 26-04-2023 22:59 Data showing the biggest spenders on Meta over the last 90 days reveals huge investments from Córdoba; Schiaretti and Lousteau coughing up the most, though keep an eye on ‘satellite’ accounts used to hide spending. by Julian D'Imperio
NEWS MEDIA & JOURNALISM A day of reckoning for journalism in the age of polarisation 25-02-2023 06:22 We live in a post-modern world where trust for traditional institutions has been receding for quite some time. When it comes to journalism there are no doubts that we are in the midst of a crisis that goes beyond the economic situation of news publishers, broadcasters, and radio stations. by Agustino Fontevecchia
CLIMATE DENIERS Climate disinformation surges in denial, conspiracy comeback 02-02-2023 16:51 False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories nearly doubling from 2021 to 2022 after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
Media in Argentina ‘Argentinisches Tageblatt’ newspaper stops printing after 134 years 13-01-2023 15:37 Following the death of its editor, 'Argentinisches Tageblatt' – the weekly German-language newspaper that has been printed in Buenos Aires for more than a century – published its final edition this Friday. by Erica Davis
Diss Track Shakira and Bizarrap's new song sets social media alight 12-01-2023 17:24 Shakira and Bizzarap set social media ablaze on Thursday night after releasing a song openly aimed at the Colombian artist's ex-partner, Gerard Piqué; New tune has been listened to 34 million times in 17 hours.
LEAKED TELEGRAM MESSAGES President calls for investigation into alleged political-judicial collusion 05-12-2022 22:18 Alberto Fernandez calls for opening of a criminal investigation into alleged collusion between judges, prosecutors and media entrepreneurs after publication of leaked messages showing a conspiracy to cover-up details of a suspicious trip to Lago Escondido.
Latin America LatAm newspapers eye more income after consolidating digital subscriptions 01-11-2022 21:43 Having overcome the resistance to paying for news on the Internet, newspapers in Latin America are seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
On 'Fake news' The weaponisation of information in Latin America 22-10-2022 06:00 Disinformation is not new and has been used for millennia. Yet its digital iteration harnesses the power of the Internet which has brought together the largest and most interconnected communications network in the history of humanity. by Agustino Fontevecchia
Big tech A Holy War is raging between Google, Facebook, and the media industry 24-09-2022 06:00 The power that Google, Facebook and a few other companies hold over the information ecosystem, where they’ve become the de facto gatekeepers, is troubling. Ultimately they've taken over an editorial role that used to be controlled by media companies, in particular news publishers. by Agustino Fontevecchia
ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT Attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner triggers misinformation and mistrust 08-09-2022 14:22 As news agencies began transmitting the image of a man pulling the trigger of a pistol aimed at the face of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, social networks were exploding with messages casting doubts about the attack.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Lies, damn lies and social media: fake news stalks Brazil vote 01-09-2022 01:38 The sheer volume of fake news, creation of new social media platforms and ever more complex content has made it even more difficult to verify information ahead of Brazil's October 2 presidential elections.
Brazil Elections Brazil's Bolsonaro gets in spat with heckler 19-08-2022 15:49 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got into an altercation Thursday with a social media personality who questioned and insulted him, grabbing the man by the shirt and arm after he called the leader a "bum."
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Bolsonaro, Lula kick off campaigning for Brazil's October election 16-08-2022 15:50 Brazil’s election 2022 campaign officially gets underway in giant nation, where voters will choose from far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Bolsonaro steps up radical rhetoric in Brazil election run-up 10-08-2022 22:10 Trailing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in major opinion polls, Jair Bolsonaro ramps up rhetoric, describing Argentina and Venezuela as examples of what’s going wrong in the region.