O Estado de S. Paulo
O Estado de S. Paulo (Portuguese pronunciation: [u (i)sˈtadu d(ʒi) sɐ̃w ˈpawlu]; lit. 'The State of São Paulo'), also known as Estadão (Portuguese: [istaˈdɐ̃w]; lit. 'Big State'), is a daily newspaper published in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil,[4] and its format changed from broadsheet to berliner on October 17, 2021.[5][6]
Type
Grupo Estado
- José Maria Lisboa
- Francisco Rangel Pestana
- Américo de Campos
João Caminoto
4 January 1875
Brazil
225,342 (2021)[3]
It has the second-largest circulation in the city of São Paulo, behind only Folha de S. Paulo. The journal was founded on 4 January 1875, and was first called A Província de São Paulo (lit. 'The Province of São Paulo').[7] An active supporter of the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985),[8] O Estado de S. Paulo is described by observers as having a right-wing, conservative editorial stance.[1] It is considered a newspaper of record for Brazil.[9]
Grupo Estado[edit]
Besides the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, the Estado network has control over the OESP Mídia (1984), a company that runs advertisements. Grupo Estado also owns the radios Rádio Eldorado AM and FM (1972) and the Estado Agency (1970), the largest news agency in Brazil. Jornal da Tarde (1966)[12] was discontinued[14] in 2012.
In 2013, another big reorganization[15] followed. Employees were laid off and the paper reduced the number of pages.
Political stance[edit]
The oldest of all the sections, known as Notas e Informações ("Notes and Information"), appears on page 3 and presents a republican institutionalist view, emphasizing liberty of expression, economic liberalism and Rechtsstaat – one of flagship columns of O Estado de S. Paulo. It was, initially, a supporter of the 1964 military coup d'état in Brazil and of the military dictatorship that then ensued.[16] To this day, the newspaper is perceived to hold "right-wing" or "conservative" positions along the Brazilian political spectrum.[1]