Editing Mass media in Venezuela (section)

==Overview==
The main four private television networks were [[RCTV]] (1951-2007), [[Televen]], [[Venevisión]], and 24-hour news channel [[Globovisión]]. State television includes [[Venezolana de Televisión]], [[TVes]], [[ViVe]], and [[teleSUR]]. There are also local community-run television stations such as [[Televisora Comunitaria del Oeste de Caracas]] (CatiaTVe). The Venezuelan government also runs [[Avila TV]], [[Buena TV]], [[Asamblea Nacional TV]] (ANTV), ''[[Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias]]'' and funds the majority of Latin American network [[TeleSUR]].

The major Venezuelan newspapers were ''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|El Nacional]], [[Últimas Noticias]]'', and ''[[El Universal (Venezuela)|El Universal]]''; all of which were private companies based in Caracas. El Nacional has been reduced to an online edition, and El Universal was sold to the Government. There are also [[List of newspapers in Venezuela|a few regional newspapers]].