Grupo Globo (), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (), 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 in Latin America, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.
Grupo Globo's assets comprises over-the-air broadcasting, television and film production, pay television subscription service, streaming media, publishing, and online services. Its main properties include the flagship television network TV Globo; pay television content unit Canais Globo, consisting of cable television networks such as GloboNews, GNT, Multishow, SporTV, Viva, Gloob, and the premium film network Telecine; film production company Globo Filmes; radio operator Sistema Globo de Rádio; magazine and newspaper publishers, Editora Globo and Infoglobo; and the streaming service Globoplay.
Grupo Globo also engages in venture capital activities through Globo Ventures, and is the primary supporter of the Roberto Marinho Foundation.
History
The company's first enterprise was the newspaper A Noite. With its success, publishing in the late afternoon, Irineu Marinho decided to launch the morning daily O Globo in 1925. After his sudden death, just weeks after its launch, his son, Roberto Pisani Marinho, became the company's director. Working actively in the media business, Roberto Marinho decided to invest in other areas and launched Radio Globo in 1944. However, the company only became recognizable nationwide after the launching of Rede Globo (now known as TV Globo), the world's second-largest commercial TV network in 1965.
The company is currently run by the sons of Roberto Marinho: Roberto Irineu Marinho, João Roberto Marinho and José Roberto Marinho. In May 2013, a study released by media agency ZenithOptimedia showed Globo occupied the 17th place in a list of the top global media owners. It was the first time the company appeared on this ranking. This ranking remained in 2015, but in 2017 the company's fell to 19th place, and in June of the same year Grupo Globo signed a joint venture deal with Vice Media.
Assets owned by Grupo Globo
Free-to-air television
TV Globo
Futura
SATHD Regional (TVRO and TVRO Sky Brazil DTH) 17 Owned-and-operated stations and affiliates Globo nacional (Owner by TV Globo and SATHD Regional) Futura (Owner by TV Globo and SATHD Regional) GloboNews (Owner by TV Globo and SATHD Regional)
Cable television
Canais Globo (Company founded in 2020 incorporated into Globo) BIS Canal OFF Combate GloboNews Gloob Gloobinho GNT Megapix Modo Viagem Multishow Playboy TV Premiere Rede Telecine Telecine Action Telecine Cult Telecine Fun Telecine Pipoca Telecine Premium Telecine Touch Sextreme Sexy Hot SporTV SporTV 2 SporTV 3 SporTV 4 SporTV 5 SporTV Plus Venus Viva NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with Comcast/NBCUniversal) Universal TV Studio Universal Syfy DreamWorks TV Globo Internacional Globosat Comercialização de Conteúdos (G2C)
Radio
Sistema Globo de Rádio
BH FM
CBN
40 Owned-and-operated stations and affiliates
Rádio Globo
Sound!
Internet
Globo.com
G1
Ge.globo
Gshow
Books, newspapers and magazines
Editora Globo
Edições Globo Condé Nast
Infoglobo
Extra
O Globo
Valor Econômico
Other companies
Globo Filmes
Globoplay
Former properties
Som Livre (Acquired by Sony Music in April 2021) SKY Brasil (Vrio Corp. acquired the 7% stake in Grupo Globo) ZAP Viva Real Group (Acquired by OLX)
Corporate structure
João Roberto Marinho (President) Roberto Irineu Marinho (Vice president) José Roberto Marinho (Vice president) Jorge Nobrega (Member of the Board) Alberto Pecegueiro (Member of the Board) Paulo Marinho (Member of the Board) Roberto Marinho Neto (Member of the Board) Paula Bellizia (Member of Board)
References
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Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Mass media companies of Brazil Privately held companies of Brazil Mass media companies established in 1925 Brazilian companies established in 1925 1925 establishments in Brazil Conglomerate companies of Brazil Multinational companies headquartered in Brazil