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 pape ...

that runs dailies Folha de S.Paulo and Agora São Paulo and classified sheet ''Alô Negócios'', a paper that circulates in Paraná State,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. 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 and Carlos Caldeira. Currently, the company is run by Luiz Frias, son to Octavio Frias de Oliveira and CEO of the group since 1992.

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

Globo Globo (meaning '' globe'' in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian) may refer to: * Grupo Globo, a Brazilian conglomerate primarily in mass media ** TV Globo, a television network *** GloboNews, a television 24-hour news channel *** Globo (Portuguese T ...

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 uni ...

– 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 – a premium imprint for books on Humanities Livraria da Folha – 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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