Agora São Paulo was a Brazilian newspaper published 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 pape ...

which also owns the broadsheet

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 ...

. It was launched in 1999 to replace ''Folha da Tarde''. ''Agora'' led among the popular newspapers in

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 Ga ...

, and is the best selling newspaper in newsstands in the State of São Paulo. ''Folha da Tarde'' began publishing on November 22, 1924, but it lasted then for just a month; it was a way to circumvent a ban instituted by the authorities against ''Folha da Noite''. In 1949, the newspaper was relaunched as an afternoon title, to complement ''Folha da Manhã'' and ''Folha da Noite''. On January 1, 1960, the three papers were merged to create ''Folha de S.Paulo''. On October 19, 1967, Empresa Folha da Manhã launched a new paper entitled ''Folha da Tarde'', and the publication was kept running up to March 21, 1999. On March 22 of that year, the newspaper took on a new graphic format and name, becoming ''Agora São Paulo''.

References

External links

1999 establishments in Brazil Grupo Folha Mass media in São Paulo Newspapers published in Brazil Publications established in 1999 {{Brazil-newspaper-stub