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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gringos Guide to Colombia"><U>Colombia</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=125 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> < <A HREF="economy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="economy"><U>back to economy</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> media</div> <div> <B>Organización Ardila L</B><B>ü</B><B>lle</B>, Bogotá</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canal RCN TV </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canal RCN radio </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sonolux - music production and distribution (record label)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Santo Domingo family / Grupo Bavaria</B>, Bogotá </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canal Caracol TV - jointly owned with Grupo Cisneros of Venezuela (I think)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canal Caracol radio</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cromos </I>and<I> Shock </I>- magazines</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">El Espectador</I> newspaper - Sunday only  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notes: <I>El Espectador</I> was purchased from the Cano family in 1997. Guillermo</div> <div> Cano, former editor and owner, was murdered by Escobar thugs in 1986    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Santos family / Casa Editorial El Tiempo</B>, Bogotá</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">El Tiempo</I> - daily newspaper</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Portafolio</I> - business and financial newspaper</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CityTV - local TV channel in Bogotá </div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Carrusel, Motor, Viajar, Aló, Enter, Luna, Gestión </I>- magazines<I> </I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Note: Francisco Santos is the current Vice President of Colombia</div> <bR> <div> <B>Juan Gomez Martinez family</B>, Medellín</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">El Colombiano</I> - daily newspaper</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">La Republica</I> - business and financial newspaper</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gente de El Poblado </I>- weekly suburban newspaper in Medellín (I think)</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">La Chiva </I>- weekly magazine</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notes: Gomez is a former mayor of Medellín, governor of Antioquia, transport minister</div> <div> and delegate to the United Nations. He is an owner of <I>El Colombiano</I> but might not be</div> <div> the sole owner. <I>La Republica</I> was founded in 1954 by ex-President Mariano Ospina Pérez</div> <bR> <div> <B>Lloreda family / Lloreda S.A.</B>, Cali</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">El Pais</I> - daily newspaper</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notes: Very wealthy family - they own banks, sugar plantations and a number of other</div> <div> businesses. Franciso Lloreda, age 36, is running for mayor of Cali in the October 2003 </div> <div> election. Rodrigo Lloreda, age 61, was minister of defense in the Pastrana administration.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Publicaciones Semana S.A.</B>, Bogotá</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Semana, Dinero, Fucsia, Jet Set, SoHo </I>- magazines</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Note: I believe this company is owned by a former president.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.asomedios.com/afiliados.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.asomedios.com/afiliados.htm"><U>www.asomedios.com</U></A></FONT> - trade association with an extensive list of TV, radio and print media</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>