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ian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Latin America. The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in

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and is now part of Grupo Abril. Civita had initially founded his publisher as Editora Primavera, publishing an unsuccessful comic magazine named in Brazil ''Raio Vermelho''. The following year, Civita changed its name to Abril - referencing the month in which spring begins on the northern hemisphere - - and published its first title, '' Donald Duck'', in Brazil called ''Pato Donald'', which continues to run to this date. Abril's first magazine lead Civita to claim "It all started with a duck", parodying

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's declaration that "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by Mickey Mouse." Under its name it publishes titles like ''AnaMaria'', ''Tititi'', ''Minha Novela'', ''Sou+Eu!'', ''Quatro Rodas'', '' Veja'', ''Veja Rio'', ''Veja São Paulo'', '' Nova'', '' Placar'', '' Claudia'', '' Boa Forma'', '' Manequim'', and ''

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'', as well as the Brazilian editions of Disney comics, '' Cosmopolitan'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. It also owns the Brazilian MTV and cable company Abril Grafica. In May 2006,

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acquired a 30% interest in Editora Abril.

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