Grupo Globo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾu.pu ˈɡlo.bu]; lit. 'Globe Group'), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo ([oʁ.ɡa.ni.zaˈsõj̃s ˈɡlo.bu]; lit. 'Globe Organization'), is a Brazilian private entertainment and 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 comprise over-the-air broadcasting, television and film production, pay television subscription service, streaming media, publishing, and online services. Its main properties include media company Globo, consisting of the flagship television network TV Globo; the streaming service Globoplay, 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 and magazine and newspaper publisher, Editora Globo, including Infoglobo.
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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
Globo
TV Globo
Futura
Bis
Canal Brasil
GloboNews
Gloob
GNT
Multishow
Playboy TV
Premiere
Rede Telecine
Sexy Hot
SporTV
Viva
NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (joint-venture with Comcast/NBCUniversal)
Universal TV
Studio Universal
USA
TV Globo Internacional
Globo Portugal
Globo Now
Globo On (Africa)
Estúdios Globo
Globo Filmes
Globo.com
G1
Globoplay
Radio
Sistema Globo de Rádio
CBN
Rádio Globo
Books, newspapers and magazines
Editora Globo
Extra
O Globo
Valor Econômico
Former properties
Som Livre (Acquired by Sony Music in April 2021)
SKY Brasil (Vrio Corp. acquired the 7% stake in Grupo Globo)
Telemontecarlo (1985–1994, acquired by Vittorio Cecchi Gori)
Retequattro (1982-1985?), acquired by Silvio Berlusconi Communications, now Mediaset