Folha da Manhã

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Empresa Folha da Manhã is a company owned by Grupo Folha that runs dailies Folha de S.Paulo and Agora São Paulo and classified sheet Alô Negócios, a paper that circulates in Paraná State, Brazil.

The company was founded in 1921 by a group of newsmen led by e , 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 .

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 , principal at holding company Hypermarcas.

Valor Econômico – The leading Brazilian business daily, a 50/50 joint-venture with the Globo group. Shared management.

Plural - Plural, a joint-venture with US-based Quad/Graphics and managed by Grupo Folha, is the largest offset printing operation in South America.

– 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 – one of the leading polling organizations in Brazil

Folhapress – news agency

Publifolha – 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

– provides printing services for corporations, publishing houses and advertising agencies

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