History

The magazine was established in 1998 as Veintiuno ("Twenty-one," in reference to the upcoming 21^st century) by Jorge Lanata

Jorge Lanata

Jorge Lanata is an Argentine journalist and writer, born in Mar del Plata in 1960. He co-founded the daily Argentine newspaper Crítica de la Argentina on March 2, 2008, and was its director until April 4, 2009....

 and colleagues from the television news magazine, Día D: Adolfo Castelo

Adolfo Castelo

Adolfo Castelo was a journalist and television host in Argentina.Castelo, who started working in graphic journalism, was the creator of several publications, including the political journalism magazine TXT, which he edited until his death.He also participated in memorable television shows in...

, Olga Gatti, Claudio Martínez, Jorge Repiso, Ernesto Tenembaum, and Marcelo Zlotogwiazda. Advertised as La revista del siglo que viene ("The magazine for the century to come"), it later appeared as Veintidós, and from 2000 onward by its current title.

Much as Lanata's successful news daily, Página/12

Página/12

Página/12 is a newspaper based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Página/12 was founded on May 25, 1987, by journalist Jorge Lanata in association with writer Osvaldo Soriano and investigative journalist Horacio Verbitsky...

, had done, Veintitrés adopted a format of bold headlines and graphics, as well as a muck-raking editorial style. The magazine also became known for its gag gifts, chosen in allusion to the news story of the day. Lanata sold a 75% stake in 2001 to investigative journalist Ernesto Tenenbaum, after which Veintitrés was directed by Guillermo Alfieri; Alfieri left the magazine in 2008 to join Lanata's short-lived Crítica de la Argentina

Crítica de la Argentina

- Origin :The name was a throwback to a Crítica originally published between 1913 and 1962, which, during the 1920s, was the most widely-circulated in Latin America.- History :...

. Veintitrés was purchased in 2008 by Sergio Szpolski, who, in turn, sold a 50% stake in Grupo Veintitrés (which also publishes Newsweek Argentina

Newsweek Argentina

Newsweek Argentina is an Argentine weekly news magazine, published as the local edition of Newsweek. The magazine sells over 18,000 copies per week. Its editorial director is Alex Milberg, and its senior editor is Matías Loewy....

, Tiempo Argentino, among other periodicals, and operates Channel 23) to Matías Garfunkel in 2011. The media group's broadcasters and publications established themselves as some of the most supportive of Kirchnerism

Kirchnerism

Kirchnerism is a term used to refer to the political philosophy and supporters of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and of his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President from 2007...

among Argentina's diverse media.