The new owner is Muhammad Nadir, Bindi's trusted man, with only three years of residence in the country. Some sources say that he speaks little Spanish and would be her front man.
Bindi, with very close ties to the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro and former Bolivian president Evo Morales, transferred the television channel he launched less than a year ago to Nadir. The question is whether Nadir meets the conditions to be the holder of an audiovisual communication services license, since it is an issue that is regulated by ENaCom, with criteria that are regulated by the National Communications Entity (ENaCom) and transmits the Extra TV signal. "Muhammad Nadir was naturalized as Argentine two years ago and arrived in the country three and a half years ago from Pakistan, where his family is, which has a lot of money," another source said. The Extra channel also fired controversial journalist Tomás Méndez. Vctor Hugo Morales also left Extra TV, who was the channel's star journalist. The launch of the channel, last July, had generated strong short circuits with C5N and Grupo Octubre, as they were competing for the Kirchnerist electorate. The electoral defeat of Unión por la Patria caused the beginning of a change in the editorial line of Extra, which not only led to the incorporation of new figures but also to the displacement of some who had been there since its launch, such as Ménduez, Morales, Fleiderman, and Niembro. The director of the IP news channel was also fired for having joined Extra, and this in turn led to a resignation of the director of that news channel, which was later replaced by a new director. The channel's contract expired, and we did not reach a financial agreement for this year," senior sources at the channel responded to Clarn.