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Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

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operated by

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holding company

Rede Anhanguera de Comunicação Rede Anhanguera de Comunicação (Anhanguera Communication Network) is an important private holding companies of mass media in the São Paulo state. It is headquartered in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The company has the following assets: * New ...

(RAC), located in

Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...

, state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

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. It is the largest portal of the region and one of the first to be founded (1996) juat after commercial access to the Internet became available in the country. The portal hosts the websites for the flagship publications of RAC, such as

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Correio Popular ''Correio Popular'' is the largest daily newspaper in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded on September 4, 1927, by Álvaro Ribeiro. The founder proposed a motto for the newspaper, which reads: "We will be diligent in ...

'', ''

Diário do Povo ''Diário do Povo'' (Portuguese for ''People's Diary'') is a newspaper published in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. ''Correio Popular'' is owned and managed by a larger communications holding company, '' Rede Anhangüera de Com ...

'', '' Notícia Já'' and ''

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'' Magazine. Cosmo was also an

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of significance in Campinas, for a while. The operation was sold by RAC to an international company, which later went into

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