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''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in
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. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the
Grupo Globo Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group ...
media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''
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'', 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
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. At age 21, he started working as a trainee reporter for the paper and later became managing editor. Roberto Marinho developed
Grupo Globo Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group ...
(the conglomerate of media companies consisting of ''O Globo,''
TV Globo TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...
,
Rádio Globo Rádio Globo is a Brazilian contemporary hit radio network, owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio (Grupo Globo's radio division). It was launched on 2 December 1944. Its journalists anchors are Roberto Canázio and Rosana Jatobá. The company empl ...
,
Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. (Globo Editors) is a Brazilian publishing house, property of Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barcellos and Satur ...
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
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that lasted from 1964 to 1985 in Brazil, ''O Globo'' is still considered a right-wing, conservative newspaper.


Awards

*1986,
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in Communication.


Political alignment

It has been characterized by supporting the
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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. An active supporter of the
military dictatorship A military dictatorship is a dictatorship in which the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, and the dictator is often a high-ranked military officer. The reverse situation is to have civilian control of the m ...
that lasted from 1964 to 1985, ''O Globo'' is still considered a right-wing and conservative newspaper. It follows a strongly
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line in economic terms, having been a stubborn oppositionist to the progressive governments of
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and
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.


Censorship

In 1994, just a day before the premiere in Brazil of the British documentary ''
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,'' at the Rio de Janeiro Modern Art Museum, the
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confiscated the copy of the film, obeying a court warrant in response to a suit filed by Globo. The film explored the establishment of Rede Globo, the largest television broadcaster in the country, and its ties to the military dictatorship of the period. The director of the museum was threatened with a heavy
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in case of disobedience. Due to the public outcry about the censorship, the Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro was fired three days after the incident."Documentário polêmico sobre a Globo completa dez anos"
, ''
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'' (8 August 2003).
In 1995, Globo requested in court the confiscation of copies available at the library of the
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, but the claim was overruled. The film was restricted to University groups until the 2000s. Globo's attempt to prevent release of the film in Brazil proved to be a failure following the Internet boom in the 2000s. Through the 1990s, the film was illegally screened in universities and political groups without public notice, and later it went "viral" on the Internet. On 20 August 2009, the newspaper ''
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'' reported that
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bought the broadcasting rights of the documentary for less than US$20,000. This followed a series of mutual attacks between Globo and Record because of Globo's reporting of a Public Ministry investigation of
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and other high-profile members of the
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. Macedo has owned Rede Record since 9 November 1989.


Recent circulation history


References


External links

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Agência O Globo

Moglobo – O Globo mobile
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