Empresa Folha da Manhã is a company owned by

Grupo Folha Grupo Folha is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate, after Grupo Globo. It was founded by Octávio Frias (1912–2007) and led by his son Luiz Frias since 1992. The group publishes ''Folha de S.Paulo'', the largest circulation paper ...

that runs dailies

Folha de S.Paulo ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...

and

Agora São Paulo Agora São Paulo was a Brazilian newspaper published by Grupo Folha which also owns the broadsheet Folha de S.Paulo. It was launched in 1999 to replace ''Folha da Tarde''. ''Agora'' led among the popular newspapers in São Paulo São Paulo (, ...

and classified sheet ''Alô Negócios'', a paper that circulates in Paraná State,

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. The company was founded in 1921 by a group of newsmen led by Olival Costa and Pedro Cunha, who launched the daily ''Folha da Noite'', a predecessor of ''Folha de S.Paulo''. The company was formally registered one year later, according to Pedro Cunha, and besides the two main shareholders, it had three other partners: Antonio dos Santos Figueiredo, Mariano Costa and Ricardo de Figueiredo. In 1962, it was acquired by

Octavio Frias de Oliveira Octavio is a Spanish language masculine given name. In the Portuguese language the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines. Individuals * Octa ...

and Carlos Caldeira. Currently, the company is run by

Luiz Frias Luiz Frias (born 1964) is the chairman of the board of directors for both Grupo Folha and Universo Online (UOL Inc.) based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is an economics graduate from University of São Paulo, with a master's degree from the Universit ...

, son to Octavio Frias de Oliveira and CEO of the group since 1992.

Companies

Folha da Manhã controls the following companies, either directly or partially, through joint-ventures with other companies: UOL – The leading Internet portal in Brazil; Folha owns 74% of the company, with managerial control; 25% of shares belong to a group of shareholders led by entrepreneur João Alves de Queiroz Filho, principal at holding company

Hypermarcas Hypera Pharma (formerly known as Hypermarcas) is a Brazilian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the stat ...

Valor Econômico ''Valor Econômico'' is the largest financial newspaper in Brazil, according to the Circulation Verification Institute (IVC). It is the result of a partnership between two of the country's largest media groups: Grupo Globo and Grupo Folha and ha ...

– The leading Brazilian business daily, a 50/50 joint-venture with the

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group. Shared management.

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- Plural, a joint-venture with US-based

Quad/Graphics Quad (formerly Quad/Graphics) is an American commercial printing company which offers marketing strategy and management services, based in Sussex, Wisconsin. It was founded as a printing company on July 13, 1971, by Harry V. Quadracci. Since 20 ...

and managed by Grupo Folha, is the largest offset printing operation in South America. SPDL – A 50/50 joint-venture with the Estado Group, the company delivers newspapers for both partners. Shared management. Besides the Folha, Agora and Alô Negócios newspapers, Folha da Manhã has the following business units: Magazine Division – responsible for guides and magazines that are distributed as free inserts within Folha.

Datafolha Datafolha is Grupo Folha's polling institute, founded in 1983 as the research department of Empresa Folha da Manhã S. A., and later on became a separate company able to serve external clients, from 1990. In 1995, it became a separate business unit ...

– one of the leading polling organizations in Brazil Folhapress – news agency

Publifolha Created in 1995, Publifolha, Grupo Folha's book-publishing division, has released more than 1,000 titles and currently has 600 books in print. Its first book was “Primeira Página”, a collection of front pages from newspapers '' Folha da Manh ...

– a publishing house for books on journalism, tourism, languages, general reference, cooking and children’s tales.

Três Estrelas The Três Estrelas book imprint, owned by Grupo Folha, was created in 2012 and covers the non-fiction field, with books on journalism, communication, history, politics, sociology, economics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, scientific information and bio ...

– a premium imprint for books on Humanities

Livraria da Folha Livraria da Folha ("Folha Bookstore") is one of Grupo Folha’s business divisions; the online bookstore currently has on offer more than 180,000 titles, including books, DVDs, Blu-ray movies and videogames. Its website relies on a team of special ...

– online bookstore Transfolha – a delivery company that distributes print products and e-commerce packages Folha Gráfica – provides printing services for corporations, publishing houses and advertising agencies

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