La Silla Vacia.com
La Silla Vacía is a digital information website with purely political content. In addition to the information content, La Silla presents specialized content in its sections.
It was born as a media only present in digital format with the aim of forming public opinion on issues of public interest. According to the foiunder of the site, it has always sought to promote the political plurality in opinions and contents.
It has promoted the active participation of its audience in the media content. The site allows participation in forums of readers, the contribution of these with sources and stories and the making of comments in the notes.
According to the Opinion Panel of Figures and Concepts, La Silla Vacía is the third most visited media by opinion leaders in the country.
Audience Share
Alexa Rank 2015: 306
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
Paid Content
Ownership Structure
The Journalist Juanita León García is the owner of 53% of the total shares of the company, her father Jorge León Dub and her mother Fabiola García de León, appear each with 14% of ownership. An uncle of Juanita León has 11% of the shares and finally her cousin Nicolás Acosta has 5% of ownership. This latter is also designer of La Silla Vacía website.
Voting Rights
No Data
Individual Owner
Group / Individual Owner
Jorge León Dub
He is the father of Juanita León. He is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
His family is owner of Quala S.A, a food production company.
Fabiola García de León
Mother of Juanita León. She is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
General Information
Founding Year
2009
Founder
Juanita León García | She worked as a journalist in several national and international media. She was editor-in-chief of Semana.com, editor of the Unidad de Paz of El Tiempo and editor of Revista Semana. She was reporter for the Wall Street Journal Americ
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Juanita León García | Her working life as a journalist has taken place in several national and international media. She was editor-in-chief of Semana.com, editor of the Unidad de Paz of El Tiempo and editor of reports of the Revista Semana; she was report
Editor-In-Chief
Juan Esteban Lewin
Other Important People
Father of Juanita León. He is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS. His family is owner of the company Quala S.A, a food production company.
Mother of Juanita León. She is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
Uncle of Juanita León. He is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
Cousin of Juanita León. He is the designer of the La Silla Vacía Website. He is a shareholder of Blogosfera Producciones SAS. Director of Producciones Químicas S.A.
Accountant.
Creative Editor. She has worked in El Tiempo, el Espectador and El Periódico. She was media editor of Publicaciones Semana and she was also multimedia editor of Semana.com. She is the co-founder of the Silla Vacía, media of which she was a partner but she sold her shares. Winner of the Gabriel García Márquez Award in 2013 for the “Proyecto Rosa”. (Transmedia project that seeks to make visible the struggle of the leaders of the victims).
Business Director. He has been nominated twice for best columnist in the Colombian regions, for the Revista Semana (2011 and 2012). In 2011, he was the host of the program “El Ventilador” of Cablenoticias. He began his career at the age of 17 as an opinion columnist in Vanguardia Liberal. He is renowned for the allegations made to the administration of the former Mayor of Bucaramanga Fernando Vargas Mendoza, who was removed and suspended in 2011, acquitted in 2014 and again suspended from public office during 11 years by the Attorney General’s Office in January 2015. He is the grandson of: Luis Enrique Figueroa Rey (Journalist).
Commercial Director. In 2012, she was communications manager of Cine Colombia, position that she held until 2014. Between 2007 and 2009, she worked as Communications Director in the Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga. In 2002, she created and edited the Planeta Global de Planta Paz bulletin. In 2001, she was Editor of the bulletin Alerta of the Instituto Latinoamericano para una sociedad y un derecho alternativos ILSA.
Contact
Dirección: Carrera 18a No 39a-16 Bogotá D.C. Teléfono: (1) 75552085Sitio web: www.lasillavacia.com
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
USD $341.597 / COP $1.002 millions
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
USD $ 19.432 / COP $ 57 millions
Advertising (in % of total funding)
0.21
Market Share
No Data
Further Information
Meta Data
Financial information: exchange rate: 1 USD = 2.937,88 COP
Sources
Registro Único Empresarial y Social RUES (n.a), Registro. Blogosfera Producciones SAS
Registro Único Empresarial y Social RUES (n.a), Registro Mercantil. Blogosfera Producciones SAS
Supersociedades (n.a). Consulta general de sociedades. Blogosfera Producciones SAS
Registro Único Empresarial y Social RUES (n.a), Registro. Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
Registro Único Empresarial y Social RUES (n.a), Registro Mercantil. Producciones Químicas S.A
Universidad Nacional de la Plata (2014) Nuevas funciones del lector/usuario e interactividad en la prensa digital colombiana - Trabajo de Tesis para optar el título de Doctor en Comunicación. Acebedo, Juan Carlos.
Respuesta remitida por La Silla Vacía a la solicitud de información enviada por el MOM Colombia
Cámara de Comercio (2015). Acta 17 de 2013 Asamblea de Accionistas. Blogosfera Producciones SAS.
El mundo.com (n.a). Colombiana ganadora en Lettre Ulysses. Del 15 de abril de 2013
La Silla Vacía (n.a). Kit de Publicidad
