Grupo Abril (simply also known as Abril) is a Brazilian

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headquartered in

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. The company is the holding company of

Editora Abril Editora Abril is a major Brazilian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Latin America. The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in São Paulo and is now part of Grupo Abril. Civita had initially founded ...

, which publishes the weekly newsmagazine '' Veja.''

History and profile

Victor Civita, an Italian businessman, founded Editora Abril in 1950, which was the first publisher of Walt Disney comics in Brazil. He also published other comics and books. Gradually, he developed magazines for specific markets. In the 1960s, with his son Roberto Civita, he expanded to publishing several market-specific magazines, such as ''Quatro Rodas'', ''Claudia'', and others. '' Veja,'' the weekly newsmagazine, was founded in 1968 and led by the younger Civita. Abril had several partnerships in the emerging Brazilian pay TV market during the 90s, including local franchises of American channels such as

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, MTV and

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. The company also entered in cable TV provider service with

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and in the satellite television market with local version of HD TV. With exception of MTV and TVA, all properties were sold until beginning of the 2000s. In 2007, Fiz TV and Ideal channels were launched in an effort to return to the pay TV market, but was a failure and the project was discontinued in 2009. Later, TVA was completely sold to

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in 2012, MTV brand was returned to Viacom and its broadcast network was sold to Grupo Spring, which publishes the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stones, in the end of 2013. Grupo Abril also is the owner of Fernando Chinaglia, the largest distributor of publications in

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, acquired in 2007. In addition to its media interests, the group has entered the education market, with assets that produce many curriculum and instructional materials, including internet applications. Today, the group is chaired by Fábio Barbosa, after the death of Roberto Civita on May 26, 2013.

Assets

Abril Mídia

Magazines

*'' Veja'' *'' Superinteressante'' (Brazilian version of '' Muy Interesante'') *''

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'' (Superinteressante spinoff) *''Aventuras na História'' (Superinteressante spinoff) *''Exame'' *

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*Placar *Capricho *''Quatro Rodas'' *'' Nova'' (Brazilian version of Cosmopolitan) *''Estilo de Vida'' (Brazilian version of

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) *''Elle'' *''Claudia'' *''Manequim'' * Boa Forma *Saúde! É Vital *Caras *Casa Claudia *Arquitetura & Construção *Minha Casa * Recreio *Vida Simples Abril website with all magazines published
retrieved in October 2012 (pt)

Television

(joint venture with

) *

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(originally closed due to low carriage and viewership, however, returned in October 2013, replacing

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)

Out-of-home advertising

* Rede Elemídia

Abril Educação

Publishers

* Editora Ática

Teaching systems

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* Ser *GEO * Sistema Farias Brito

Ei Você EI or Ei may refer to: Arts and media * "E.I." (song), a single by Nelly * E/I, a type of children's television programming shown in the United States * ''Ei'' (album), an album by Maija Vilkkumaa ** "Ei" (song), its first single * ''Eerie, Ind ...

* Edumobi * Alfacon - Preparatório para Concursos *Escola Satélite

Past assets

*MTV Brasil Ltda. (before named MTV Brasil, in 2005 change by enterprise Abril Radiodifusão) *

(was replaced after the business was returned to Viacom in October 2013) * Listel (sold to

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, now part of Carvajal-owned Publicar) *Disney Channel (stake sold to Disney Channel Brazil) * UOL (with operations to

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 ...

) * Abril Vídeo (closed in 1999, replaced with Brazilian subsidiaries of

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and

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) *Abril Music (record label operated between 1998 and 2003, ceased operations due to competition from major record companies) *

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(a joint venture with the American cable network Bravo, currently Pramer-owned Film&Arts) * CMT Brasil (the Brazilian version of Country Music Television, a

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with the network closed in 2002) * Fiz (closed due to low carriage and viewership, concept lives throug
Fiz na MTV
*BRZ (between 2012 and 2014)

Abril Vídeo

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and

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movies.

References

External links

Abril website
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