''Cambio'' () is a Colombian-based social, political and economics magazine. Founded with the name ''Cambio 16'' it was later sold and ''Cambio'' in 1998 to

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and other associates. In 2006 the magazine was sold to "Casa Editorial El Tiempo", the owner of Colombia's '' El Tiempo'' newspaper. The magazine ceased publication in February 2010. ''Cambio'' returned to publication in 2022 in a digital-only format; people who have collaborated with it include Carolina Sanín.

History

''Cambio'' was founded as ''Cambio 16 América'' by Colombian journalist

Daniel Samper Pizano Daniel Samper Pizano (born 8 June 1945) is a Colombian people, Colombian lawyer, journalist, and prolific writer. Career Samper attended the Gimnasio Moderno, where he began writing in the student newspaper ''El Aguilucho''. At the age of 19 he ...

and

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associates called the "sociedad empresarial española "Grupo 16"" who owned the ''Cambio 16'' version of this magazine in

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and were trying to establish a second major weekly magazine in Colombia to compete with ''

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''. ''Cambio 16 Américas'' was released on June 14, 1993, under the direction of Darío Restrepo Vélez and Patricia Lara Salive as chief executive officer of the board of directors. Samper worked as an editor. The owner and general director was the

Juan Tomás de Salas Juan Tomás de Salas (1938–2000) was a Spanish journalist. He was born in Valladolid on April 30, 1938, and died in Madrid on 22 August 2000. He was the founder of ''Cambio 16'' and ''Diario 16''. In the 1960s he also worked for the Colombian new ...

. The first editorial committee was headed by Daniel Samper Pizano, Consuelo Mendoza, Guillermo Cortés, Gabriel Jaramillo, Gloria Zea, Reinaldo Cabrera and Patricia Lara Salive. It had a number of contributors like , Alberto Donadío, Germán Espinosa, Eduardo Escobar, Alfredo Molano Bravo, Darío Jaramillo Agudelo and Juan Ballesta. It later went through many image and directive renovations when Patricia Lara Salive became an associate in 1996; Rafael de Nicolás, Fabio Echeverri Correa and Dionisio Ibáñez were appointed to the board of directors. The editorial team was replaced by Guillermo Ángulo, Reinaldo Cabrera, Hernando Gómez Buendía, Gabriel Jaramillo, Consuelo Mendoza, among others and the general direction of Carlos Lemoine Amaya. ''Cambio'' was then sold to the society Abrenuncio S.A. from

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on November 25, 1998. The society was conformed by

, his wife Mercedes Barcha, Maria Elvira Samper, Roberto Pombo, Mauricio Vargas Linares, among others. In 2006 the magazine was sold to Casa Editorial el Tiempo.

References

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Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango; Imagen y discurso: Construcción de sentido en las portadas de las revistas ''Semana'' y ''Cambio'' 1998-2004
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