El Mostrador

El Mostrador is a Chilean online newspaper, founded on 1 March 2000. Its current director is Federico Joannon Errázuriz.
History.
"El Mostrador" was launched on 1 March 2000 and is Chile's first exclusively digital newspaper. On 20 November 2001, part of its journalistic content was paywalled, but in 2007 it was reopened, completely free of charge. As of 2012, its historical databases are also free and open access.
In 2003, it became Chile's first digital newspaper to be recognized as such by the , that is, it has a status similar to that of the printed press published on paper, including the power to publish legal notices. The paper press media, led by "El Mercurio", filed an appeal for protection before the to reverse that decision, which was dismissed by both that court and the Supreme Court in the second instance, setting an important precedent in the matter.
On 25 May 2010 the newspaper launched an online television channel, . This is currently transmitted by a digital television signal on channel 26 within the ring of Américo Vespucio Avenue in Santiago.
Organization.
"El Mostrador" is owned by La Plaza S.A. Its president is Germán Olmedo Acevedo, while its vice president is Federico Joannon Errázuriz. The journalistic director is Héctor Cossio López and the deputy director is Iván Weissman.
Content.
The "El Mostrador" website is organized into the following sections:
Incidents.
On 19 March 2010 "El Mostrador" published a report that linked the newly appointed governor of Bío Bío Province, José Miguel Steigmeier, with the inner circle of Paul Schäfer, ex-leader of Villa Baviera, and with supposed participation in money laundering. Faced with this information, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter summoned Steigmeier to La Moneda Palace that same day, deciding after the meeting to revoke his appointment to govern Bío Bío.
On 22 April 2010 Mirko Macari left the directorship of "El Mostrador" due to his appointment as director of the newspaper "La Nación". However, pressures from the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) made the government of Sebastián Piñera reverse the decision the following day. The return of Macari to his original post at "El Mostrador" was made public through a press release from the electronic medium published on 23 April, under the consideration that the previous withdrawal was a voluntary act and that the journalist satisfied "fully the standards of pluralism, independence, and quality that characterize El Mostrador."