media

Organización Ardila Lülle, Bogotá

Canal RCN TV

Canal RCN radio

Sonolux - music production and distribution (record label)

Santo Domingo family / Grupo Bavaria, Bogotá

Canal Caracol TV - jointly owned with Grupo Cisneros of Venezuela (I think)

Canal Caracol radio

Cromos and Shock - magazines

El Espectador newspaper - Sunday only  

Notes: El Espectador was purchased from the Cano family in 1997. Guillermo

Cano, former editor and owner, was murdered by Escobar thugs in 1986    

Santos family / Casa Editorial El Tiempo, Bogotá

El Tiempo - daily newspaper

Portafolio - business and financial newspaper

CityTV - local TV channel in Bogotá

Carrusel, Motor, Viajar, Aló, Enter, Luna, Gestión - magazines

Note: Francisco Santos is the current Vice President of Colombia

Juan Gomez Martinez family, Medellín

El Colombiano - daily newspaper

La Republica - business and financial newspaper

Gente de El Poblado - weekly suburban newspaper in Medellín (I think)

La Chiva - weekly magazine

Notes: Gomez is a former mayor of Medellín, governor of Antioquia, transport minister

and delegate to the United Nations. He is an owner of El Colombiano but might not be

the sole owner. La Republica was founded in 1954 by ex-President Mariano Ospina Pérez

Lloreda family / Lloreda S.A., Cali

El Pais - daily newspaper

Notes: Very wealthy family - they own banks, sugar plantations and a number of other

businesses. Franciso Lloreda, age 36, is running for mayor of Cali in the October 2003

election. Rodrigo Lloreda, age 61, was minister of defense in the Pastrana administration.

Publicaciones Semana S.A., Bogotá

Semana, Dinero, Fucsia, Jet Set, SoHo - magazines

Note: I believe this company is owned by a former president.

www.asomedios.com - trade association with an extensive list of TV, radio and print media