''La Razón'' was a local newspaper distributed in the

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History

It was founded in 1905 by Argentine journalist Emilio Morales as an afternoon (''Quinta edición'') and evening (''Sexta edición'') newspaper in

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format. The daily was acquired by a prominent news editor, José A. Cortejarena, in 1911 and became the first newspaper in Argentina owned by a journalist. Cortejarena died in 1921, and the paper was directed by Ángel L. Sojo, during whose tenure ''La Razón'' became known for scooping the city's numerous other papers. The daily also became the first to publish cartoonist

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'' (an enduring Argentine comic strip) in 1928. ''La Razón'' was acquired by Ricardo Peralta Ramos, the scion of the founding family of seaside

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, in 1939. Peralta Ramos named Félix Laiño director, and the paper's broadsheet layout was reformatted and more heavily illustrated. The paper grew steadily, and ''La Razón'' was expropriated in 1947 by order of President

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, whose populist leadership had become increasingly autocratic. Controlled by influential First Lady

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, the paper displaced longtime circulation leader ''

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'' by 1952, when its daily distribution reached 500,000 copies (Latin America's largest). The

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that displaced Perón in 1955 initially resolved to retain the lucrative daily, but were challenged in court by the Peralta Ramos family; the legal case presented by their attorney, Marcos Satanowsky, made ''La Razón'' one of the few such publications returned to its rightful owners, as many were reportedly resold by the regime to pliant buyers.Diario La Razón. Historia Breve.
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town of General Hornos, in 1964, and remained among the leading Argentine newspapers (second only to '' Clarín''). Editor-in-chief Félix Laiño retired in 1984, and was replaced by former '' La Opinión'' publisher

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, who had returned from exile in

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, to where he fled after his abduction and torture by the last dictatorship, in 1977-79. Timerman downsized the ailing daily, and converted it into a morning paper, but a 1987 staff strike resulted in its closure. ''La Razón'' was then acquired by the Buenos Aires City Council. The insolvent publication was converted into a free-distribution evening daily in tabloid format, and can be found most commonly in

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and subway stations, as well in as coffee shops in Buenos Aires. It was acquired from the city by the Clarín Group, the country's largest media conglomerate, on December 27, 2000, and the paper reintroduced its morning edition in 2008.''Clarín'' (7/20/2008)
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References

External links

Grupo Clarín website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Razon Daily newspapers published in Argentina Spanish-language newspapers Free daily newspapers Newspapers established in 1905 Clarín Group Mass media in Buenos Aires 1905 establishments in Argentina

History

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