Who owns Clarín?
Clarín is owned by Grupo Clarín (Argentina, BYMA: GCLA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Grupo Clarín Integrated Annual Report 2024, Grupo Clarín S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grupo Clarín S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Founded
- 1945 by Roberto Noble
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Parent ticker
- BYMA: GCLA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Clarín
Clarín is the Buenos Aires daily newspaper from which Grupo Clarín grew. The group's 2024 Integrated Annual Report says Roberto Noble founded it in 1945 as a mass-distribution, quality newspaper, and that it is published by AGEA together with its website clarin.com. The group's own site says Clarin.com launched a digital subscription in 2017.
Ownership timeline of Clarín
- Current owner Grupo Clarín [1] reported
Where Clarín sits in Grupo Clarín
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Grupo Clarín ownership tree →
See the full Grupo Clarín brand portfolio (10) →
Other brands owned by Grupo Clarín
Grupo Clarín controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- ARQ (2002)
- eltrece
- La 100
- Ñ (2003)
- Olé (1996)
- Quiero Música en mi Idioma
- Radio Mitre
- TN
- Volver
Other brands in newspapers & magazines, and who owns them
The 70 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Grupo Clarín has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Condé Nast | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Country Life | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brisbane Times | Nine | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Dow Jones | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Grupo Clarín
Grupo Clarín is a publicly listed company headquartered in Argentina. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as BYMA: GCLA.
Grupo Clarín is an Argentine media group that its 2024 Integrated Annual Report says traces back to 1945, when Roberto Noble founded the newspaper Clarín. Its main subsidiaries are Arte Gráfico Editorial Argentino (AGEA, newspapers and magazines), CIMECO, ARTEAR (eltrece and cable signals), GC Gestión Compartida, Inversora de Eventos (IESA) and Radio Mitre. Its March 2026 investor presentation says it is controlled by four Argentine families through GC Dominio and GS Unidos, and that its shares were first offered to the public in 2007. The telecom business (Cablevisión) was split off in 2017 and is not part of it. Brands held only through minority or indirect stakes, such as TyC Sports and La Voz del Interior, are left out.
Grupo Clarín: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇦🇷 Clarín and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Argentina. 28 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Clarín is not one of them.
- 9 de Oro — Molino Cañuelas 🇦🇷
- Aerolíneas Argentinas — Aerolíneas Argentinas 🇦🇷
- Aeropuertos Argentina — Corporación América Airports 🇱🇺
- Andes Líneas Aéreas — Andes 🇦🇷
- Argenpay — Banco Macro 🇦🇷
- BC — Arcor 🇦🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Clarín?
The parent company of Clarín is Grupo Clarín, a publicly listed company headquartered in Argentina.
Is Clarín Argentine?
Yes. Clarín originated in Argentina in 1945 and its owner, Grupo Clarín, is also headquartered in Argentina.
Is Clarín still owned by Grupo Clarín?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Clarín is still owned by Grupo Clarín. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Grupo Clarín Integrated Annual Report 2024 — Grupo Clarín S.A., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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