 His successor, President Fernando de la Rúa, again announced the closure of the advertisement area and the sale of the agency's headquarters, in 2000, but this was never implemented.The state's news media outlets were merged in 2001, and the agency joined public television (Canal 7) and public radio (LRA Radio Nacional) within the "Servicio Nacional de Medios Públicos" (National Service of Public Media).The change was rescinded in 2002, however, and Télam regained its autonomy.