Chile news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Chile news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Chile media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Chile's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 5 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 1 we place on the left, 2 near the centre and 2 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 2 daily newspapers (El Mercurio and La Tercera), 1 digital-native outlet (El Mostrador), 1 news portal (Cooperativa) and 1 television news channel (Radio Bío-Bío). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Chile, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Chile sits in South America, on Crosswire's Americas hub. By outlets tracked it is 3rd of the 12 countries in South America and 7th of the 35 across the Americas, where the average is 4.7 outlets per country. Its neighbours in South America with hubs of their own are Brazil (5), Argentina (5), Colombia (5), Peru (5), Venezuela (5), Ecuador (5), Uruguay (5), Paraguay (5), Bolivia (5), Guyana (4) and Suriname (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Chile's main news outlets?
Across Chile's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, El Mostrador; near the center, Radio Bío-Bío and Cooperativa; on the right, El Mercurio and La Tercera. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
El Mercurio is a daily newspaper based in Santiago and one of Chile's oldest and most influential titles. It is known for a conservative, centre-right editorial orientation and provides extensive coverage of national and international news, politics, and economics.
La Tercera is a daily newspaper based in Santiago and one of Chile's major titles. It provides broad coverage of national and international news, politics, business, and culture, and is generally regarded as centre-right in its editorial stance.
Radio Bío-Bío (BioBioChile) is a Chilean radio broadcaster and news website with a strong national presence. It provides up-to-date coverage of breaking news, politics, and current affairs, and ranks among the most consulted news sources in the country.
El Mostrador is Chile's first digital-native newspaper, launched in 2000 and based in Santiago. It is known for investigative reporting and opinion with a progressive, left-leaning editorial orientation.
Cooperativa is the news website of Radio Cooperativa, one of Chile's oldest and most influential radio networks, founded in 1935. With historic Christian Democratic ties, it provides centrist national, sports and world coverage.
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