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In addition to all of this, they also own the ''W Radio'' group, three soccer teams, a few media networks outside of Mexico, a few other businesses not related to media at all, and a low-cost airline.
In [[The Sixties]] and [[The Seventies]], during the heights of the [[Cold War]], it was the government's mouthpiece and it received a lot of flak regarding the Tlatelolco massacre (this, like the Mexican-American War, is a delicate issue amongst Mexicans, so avoid discussing it unless you are acquainted enough with anyone), which was completely covered up. Also, during the 1970s, it spawned one of its most beloved shows -- ''[[Chespirito]]'', which in turn spawned ''[[El Chavo
[[The Eighties]] and [[The Nineties]] were the [[Glory Days]] to this network, where many of their most known celebrities were launched, and their best programming was shown. Telenovelas such as ''El Abuelo y Yo'', ''Carrusel'', ''Bodas De Odio'', and ''Cuna de Lobos'' being the most talked-about shows during [[The Eighties]], and in [[The Nineties]] many telenovelas such as ''Esmeralda'', ''[[Mar Ã]]a La Del Barrio'', ''[[Coraz Ã]]³n Salvaje'', and ''La Usurpadora'' raved to the point that many of them [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|were incredibly popular in Eastern Europe]], and it is said that during the Kosovo War, militias used to make truces only to watch these telenovelas. Also prominent of this period were the "Historical Romance" telenovelas, holding love stories in the midst of the important events of Mexican history; examples of these works were "El Vuelo Del Ã�guila" (Mexican Revolution), "La Antorcha Encendida" (Mexican Independence) and "El Carruaje" (post-French Intervention), and perhaps they were more known due to their [[Shown Their Work|attention to detail]] back then.
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