Media News - Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Chilean government decides to close state newspaper, La Nacion

In a statement released on Friday, Sept. 7, the Chilean state newspaper's union announced the government's decision to close La Nacio'n, according to the AFP. The Chilean government decided to call a shareholders' meeting on Sept. 24, to discuss, among other things, the closure of the newspaper La Nacion, according to Radio U Chile. The Union of Chilean Journalists said that the closure of the newspaper "is the culmination of an attack on press freedom" that Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has waged since his election, reported La Nacion. According to the Union of Chilean Journalists, Pinera campaigned on the promise to close La Nacion if he won the election, the website added. Since 2010, La Nacion's only distribution was online after Pinera canceled its print edition, citing economic concerns. That same year, the Union of Chilean Journalists proposed transforming the newspaper, which is 70 percent owned by the state, into an autonomous public media outlet with mixed financing. (Knight Center)

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