Grupo Octubre S.A. (GO S.A.) is an Argentine multimedia company created and directed by businessman and unionist Víctor Santa María, headquartered in the city of Buenos Aires. The group is administered by Fundación Octubre de Trabajadores de Edificios, owned by Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de Edificios de Renta y Horizontal (SUTERH), also led by Santa María.
History The Octubre Foundation existed prior to the creation of the group, developing cultural and training projects. The same company had been directing the revival of the Caras y Caretas magazine since its relaunch in 2005, including the cultural center of the same name, which was later joined by a greater participation in the printed media scene: in 2016, Grupo Octubre presented its merger with notorious progressivist newspaper Página 12.
In the cultural field, Octubre is also in charge of managing Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo (UMET), which also houses the group's studios for radio and television.«El multimedio de los porteros: una poderosa maquinaria cultural con revistas, radios y TV», por José Crettaz April 8, 2015, La Nación Founded in 2012, UMET (which in 2015 had around 700 students) was founded by then-president Cristina Kirchner alongside current Brazilian president Lula da Silva.
The group also had an incursion in filmmaking with the Filmar trust, who made some films, among them, Verdades verdaderas, la vida de Estela, a biographical film about the founder of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto. Octubre also helped financing Néstor Kirchner, la película. Moreover, in the sports field, Santa María presides Sportivo Barracas (currently playing in the Primera C Metropolitana league), which obtained its reaffiliation to AFA in the 2013/2014 season.
In 2020, it acquired El Nueve from Albavisión.
Assets Print media The company has four print publications, two newspapers and two magazines. PublicationTypeEstablished onFormatDiario Página/12NewspaperMay 26, 1987Generalist.Diario ZNewspaperNovember 26, 2009Newspaper exclusive to Buenos Aires.Revista Caras y CaretasMagazineAugust 19, 1898Political humor, under its current administration, it became the first interactive magazine in Argentina.Revista El Planeta UrbanoMagazineOctober 1, 1997Lifestyle magazine.
Television It owns two channels, both of which are available over-the-air. LogoNameContentLaunched onLCNelnueveMain generalist channel, the channel has a wide array of original content including news, entertainment, talk shows and occasionally series, among others.June 9, 1960Channel 9 (VHF)Channel 35.1Argentina/12News channel.October 17, 2020Channel 24.5
Sports NameTeamSportivo BarracasSoccer team founded on October 30, 1913. Managed by Santa María.
Education and culture NameServicesCentro Cultural/Sala Caras y CaretasTheater with three rooms: 2037 Teatro, 330 Café Cultural and 330 Salas.Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo (UMET)Wide variety of university courses, currently in the theatrical circuit.Instituto Superior Octubre (ISO)Tertiary institute with seven courses, where the most noteworthy is nursing.
Services NameServicesOctubre TVOnline VOD platform.Editorial OctubreBook publishing and creating.Latinoamérica PiensaWeb portal.FilmarFondeartFilm financing project.
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