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The Media of Venezuela comprise the mass and niche news and information communications infrastructure of Venezuela. Thus, the media of Venezuela consists of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, cinema, and Internet-based news outlets and websites. Venezuela also has a strong music industry and arts scene.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Newspapers 3 Radio 4 Television 5 News agencies 6 TeleSUR 7 References 8 See also 9 See also

[edit] Overview

Most of Venezuela's mass media are privately operated and derive most of their revenues from advertising, subscriptions, and sale or distribution of copyrighted materials. A small proportion of the Venezuelan television, newspaper, and radio markets is controlled by state-owned outlets.

[edit] Newspapers

For more details on this topic, see List of newspapers in Venezuela.

For a representative and nearly comprehensive list of both national and regional, Venezuelan newspapers and other news outlets (including English language, foreign language, religious, and Internet-based organizations and websites) see the article List of newspapers in Venezuela. The following is a partial list of the most important main dailies.

Newspapers in Venezuela

Outlet	Description
El Nacional	Caracas-based daily
Últimas Noticias	Caracas-based daily
El Universal	Caracas-based daily
El Mundo	Caracas-based evening daily
Panorama	Maracaibo-based daily
El Carabobeño	Valencia-based daily
El Impulso	Barquisimeto-based daily
El Tiempo	Puerto La Cruz-based daily

[edit] Radio

Several radio outlets operate in Venezuela.

Radio broadcasters in Venezuela

Outlet	Description
Unión Radio Noticias	Commercial news network.
Rumbera Network	Commercial network.
La Mega	Commercial network.
CNB Circuit	Commercial news network.
La Romántica	Commercial network.
X Circuit	Commercial network.
HOT 94.1	(Caracas) Commercial network.
92.9 FM	(Caracas) Commercial network.
Laser	(Puerto La Cruz) Commercial network.
Rumba	(Margarita Island) Commercial network.
Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV)	State-owned broadcaster that runs 15 stations; includes podcasts and streaming audio.

[edit] Television

For more details on this topic, see List of Venezuelan television channels.

Television broadcasters in Venezuela

Outlet	Description
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV)	private network
Televen	private network
Venevisión	private network
La Tele	private network
Canal Maximo Televisión (CMT)	private network
Puma TV	private music network
Telesol	public network
Prisma	public network
Globovisión	24-hour news channel
Venezolana de Televisión	government-run
TVes	government-run
VIVE	government-run cultural network
Telesur	Caracas-based pan-American channel backed by four Latin American states
ANTV	National Assembly broadcast network
Televisora de Oriente	Barcelona (Anzoategui state) based-network
Tele Caribe	Barcelona (Anzoategui state) based-network
Promar	Barquisimeto (Lara state) based network
Mira TV	Los Teques (Miranda state) based network
Telemir	Los Teques (Miranda state) based network
Televisora Comunitaria del Oeste de Caracas (CatiaTVe)	Caracas-based network
Meridiano Televisión	private sports network
URBETV	Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin TV (Maracaibo)
Vale TV	documentary network

[edit] News agencies

News agencies in Venezuela

Outlet	Description
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias	State-owned news outlet.

[edit] TeleSUR

TeleSUR was founded in 2005 to provide 24-hour news and cultural programming that reflects the diversity of the Latin American region. It is owned and paid for by several countries: Venezuela (which provides 54% of the network's budget), Argentina (15%), Cuba (14%), Uruguay (7%), Bolivia (5%) and Nicaragua (5%). TeleSUR has regional offices in Caracas, Bogotá, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Havana, La Paz, Lima, Quito, Managua and Washington DC. ^[1]

In addition to TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government also provides funding to the following public television stations: Avila TV, Buena TV, Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Asamblea Nacional TV (ANTV), and ViVe.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of newspapers in Venezuela
• Culture of Venezuela
• Media representation of Hugo Chávez
• Music of Venezuela
• 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt

[edit] See also

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