O Globo
O Globo (Portuguese pronunciation: [uˈɡlobu], The Globe) is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. O Globo is the leading[6] daily newspaper in the country and the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate.[7]
Type
Irineu Marinho
Infoglobo
Ascânio Seleme
Aluízio Maranhão
José Roberto Serra
29 July 1925
Conservatism[1][2][3]
Economic liberalism[4]
Rua Irineu Marinho, 35, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20230-023
Brazil
373,138 (2021)[5]
Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of A Noite, it was originally intended as a morning daily to extend the newspaper interests of the company. In time, it became the flagship paper of the group. When Irineu died weeks after the founding of the newspaper in 1925, it was inherited by his son Roberto. At age 21, he started working as a trainee reporter for the paper and later became managing editor.
Roberto Marinho developed Grupo Globo (the conglomerate of media companies consisting of O Globo, TV Globo, Rádio Globo, Editora Globo and other subsidiaries) as Brazil's largest media group, entering radio in the 1940s and TV in the 1960s, and picking up other interests.
An active supporter of the military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 to 1985 in Brazil, O Globo is still considered a right-wing, conservative newspaper,[1] although it has acknowledged in a 2013 editorial that its "support for the military coup was an error".[8]
As of 2022, O Globo was the leading newspaper in the country,[9] with more than 60,000 copies distributed on a daily basis. In the same year, O Globo was also leding the audience ranking for print media-owned websites, achieving a peak of more than 40 million unique visitors in October.[10]
Political alignment[edit]
It has been characterized by supporting the military during the process of political opening in Brazil during the 1980s. It has also been involved in other conflicts for misrepresenting information about popular demonstrations.[11]
An active supporter of the military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 to 1985, O Globo is still considered a right-wing and conservative newspaper.[1]
It follows a strongly liberal line in economic terms, having been a stubborn oppositionist to the progressive governments of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.[4]