''O Dia'' (''The Day'') is a major daily

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. Its sales are slightly higher than its main rival, ''

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''. In August 2012, it was sold to Central Record de Comunicação.

History

The newspaper was founded on 5 June 1951 by the then deputy , future governor of the states of Guanabara and

. Chagas used graphic equipment evening The News (owned by São Paulo former Governor Ademar de Barros) to run the newspaper. Chagas was a partner and political ally of Ademar at the time. At the time of the coup d'état in Brazil in 1964, the newspaper published an article published on 2 April of that year, which stated: In 1983, O Dia was purchased by journalist and entrepreneur Ary Carvalho. Initially a strong popular appeal newspaper, facing police and violence news, the newspaper underwent extensive renovation in the early 1990s, with the intention to compete for readers with more traditional

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and

. With the death of Ary Carvalho in 2003, the company's property was divided between his three daughters: Ariane, Gigi and Eliane de Carvalho. In 2005, Ariane has left the company to found the newspaper Q !, bringing together radio MPB FM. At this point, the Company Dia also included the newspaper Meia Hora, the website O Dia Online, O Dia TV and FM Radio Dia, as well as a news agency and Ary Carvalho Institute. In April 2010 Editora O Dia sold part of its capital to EJESA, Company Journalistic Econômico SA, which publishes the business newspaper Brasil Econômico, for $75 million. Now the EJESA, Editora Day launches sports MarcaCampeão - in partnership with the leading Spanish newspaper Marca.

References

External links

Official website
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