Buenos Aires Económico
| Company type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Armando Torres |
| Fate | Acquired and rebranded in 2001; print edition restored name in 2007; sold in 2010 |
Key people | Armando Torres, Daniel Hadad, Sergio Szpolski, Raúl Olmos |
| Products | Newspaper, online news portal (Infobae.com) |
| Parent | Raúl Olmos's media conglomerate (since 2010) |
Buenos Aires Económico, commonly known as BAE, is an Argentine publication launched in 1998 by Armando Torres to provide an alternative to prominent financial newspapers such as El Cronista and Ámbito Financiero.
Following disappointing sales figures, the newspaper was acquired in late 2001 by Daniel Hadad and Sergio Szpolski. By 2002, Szpolski transferred his ownership stake to Hadad, who then rebranded the paper as Infobae Diario, shifting its emphasis toward general news coverage and establishing the website Infobae.com. This online presence became the cornerstone for Grupo Infobae. Although the digital platform experienced increased visitor numbers, the print version continued to struggle with sales. In 2007, Hadad kept control of the website under a new brand while restoring the print edition's original name before eventually divesting it. Later that same year, Szpolski reacquired the newspaper operations, incorporating them into his media group.
On November 4, 2010, Szpolski sold BAE to Raúl Olmos’s media conglomerate, which also publishes the Crónica. After this transaction, the newspaper adopted its present slogan, Hacia un Capitalismo Nacional.