{{short description|Brazilian media group}} {{about|Brazilian media conglomerate|the subsidiary that own television networks and digital services|Globo (media company)}} {{distinguish|text=Global Media Group in Portugal}} {{Expand Portuguese|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use American English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Organizações Globo Participações S.A. | trade_name = Grupo Globo | logo = Grupo Globo logo.svg | logo_size = 280px | image = Grupo Globo headquarters.jpg | image_size = 280px | image_caption = Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | type = Private | foundation = {{start date and age|1925|07|25|df=y}} | founder = Irineu Marinho | location_city = Rio de Janeiro | location_country = Brazil | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{Plainlist| * João Roberto Marinho <small>(Chairman & President)</small> * Roberto Irineu Marinho <small>(Vice chairman)</small> * José Roberto Marinho <small>(Vice chairman)</small> }} | industry = Media | products = {{ubl|Television networks|Radio stations|Internet services|Satellite television|Newspapers|Magazines|Music industry}} | brands = {{ubl|TV Globo|GloboNews|GNT|Multishow|SporTV|Viva|Gloob|Telecine|O Globo|Globoplay}} | revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|4.4 billion}} | revenue_year = 2017 | equity = {{increase}} {{US$|542.5 million}} | equity_year = 2016 | owner = Marinho family | subsid = {{Plainlist| * Globo * Editora Globo * Sistema Globo de Rádio }} | homepage = {{URL|https://grupoglobo.globo.com}} | footnotes = <ref>{{Cite news|language=Portuguese|title=Grupo Globo explica reposicionamento|work=Meio & Mensagem|date=11 September 2014|url=https://www.meioemensagem.com.br/midia/grupo-globo-explica-reposicionamento}}</ref><ref name="play">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/globo-vod-globo-play-1201712749/|title=Brazilian Giant Globo Reveals First Results, Strategies of New VOD Service Globo Play (EXCLUSIVE)|date=23 February 2016|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=Variety|author=John Hopewell|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231008/http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/globo-vod-globo-play-1201712749/|archivedate=13 September 2017}}</ref> }} '''Grupo Globo''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈɡɾu.pu ˈɡlo.bu}}; {{lit|Globe Group}}), formerly and still legally known as '''Organizações Globo'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Organizações Globo adotam nova marca: Grupo Globo|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/organizacoes-globo-adotam-nova-marca-grupo-globo-13739502|website=O Globo|publisher=Grupo Globo|accessdate=26 October 2017|location=Rio de Janeiro|language=Portuguese|date=27 August 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824050306/http://oglobo.globo.com/economia/organizacoes-globo-adotam-nova-marca-grupo-globo-13739502|archivedate=24 August 2016}}</ref> ({{IPA|pt|oʁ.ɡa.ni.zaˈsõj̃s ˈɡlo.bu|}}; {{lit|Globe Organization}}<ref>{{citation|title=Globo.com - Other Media|url=https://redeglobo.globo.com/Portal/institucional/foldereletronico/ingles/g_outras_midias_internet.html|publisher=Rede Globo|accessdate=26 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611131905/http://redeglobo.globo.com/Portal/institucional/foldereletronico/ingles/g_outras_midias_internet.html|archivedate=11 June 2015}}</ref>), 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-29 |title=Grupo Globo sobe no ranking de maiores empresas de mídia do mundo |url=https://grupoglobo.globo.com/noticias/grupo_globo_sobe_ranking_empresas_midia_mundo.php |access-date=2022-05-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929110957/http://grupoglobo.globo.com/noticias/grupo_globo_sobe_ranking_empresas_midia_mundo.php |archive-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-11 |title=Rede Globo se torna a 2ª maior emissora do mundo |url=https://www.ofuxico.com.br/noticias/rede-globo-se-torna-a-2-maior-emissora-do-mundo/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=O Fuxico |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maior grupo de comunicação do país, Globo tem novo comando executivo |url=https://valor.globo.com/empresas/coluna/maior-grupo-de-comunicacao-do-pais-globo-tem-novo-comando-executivo.ghtml |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Valor Econômico |date=15 December 2017 |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Globo começa 2021 com nova marca |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/midia-e-marketing/noticia/2021/01/04/globo-comeca-2021-com-nova-marca.ghtml |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=G1 |date=4 January 2021 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
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 {{ill|Globo (media company)|lt=Globo|pt}}, consiting 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 {{ill|Infoglobo|pt}}.
== History == thumb|Logo of Globo's 100th anniversary (2025) 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rede Globo se torna a 2ª maior emissora do mundo|trans-title=Rede Globo becomes the 2nd largest broadcaster in the world|url=http://ofuxico.terra.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/rede-globo-se-torna-a-2-maior-emissora-do-mundo/2012/05/11-139187.html|publisher=O Fuxico|date=11 May 2012|accessdate=22 May 2012|language=pt|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514045322/http://ofuxico.terra.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/rede-globo-se-torna-a-2-maior-emissora-do-mundo/2012/05/11-139187.html|archivedate=14 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenithoptimedia.com/zenith/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Top-30-Global-Media-Owners-2013-press-release.pdf|title=Top 30 Global Media Owners 2013|website=Zenith}} {{Dead link|date=October 2017}}</ref> This ranking remained in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zenithoptimedia.com.cn/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Top-30-Global-Media-Owners-2015.pdf|title=Top 30 Global Media Owners 2015|website=www.zenithoptimedia.com.cn|access-date=2016-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824044904/http://www.zenithoptimedia.com.cn/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Top-30-Global-Media-Owners-2015.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> but in 2017 the company's fell to 19th place,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zenithusa.com/top-30-global-media-owners-2017/|title=Top 30 Global Media Owners 2017|website=Zenith|date=9 June 2017 |accessdate=26 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027030313/https://www.zenithusa.com/top-30-global-media-owners-2017/|archivedate=27 October 2017}}</ref> and in June of the same year Grupo Globo signed a joint venture deal with Vice Media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-signs-deal-with-brazils-grupo-globo-1498132800|title=Vice Media Signs Deal With Brazil's Grupo Globo|work=The Wall Street Journal|author=Lukas I. Alpert|date=22 June 2017|accessdate=26 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017145720/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-signs-deal-with-brazils-grupo-globo-1498132800|archivedate=17 October 2017}}</ref>
== Assets owned by Grupo Globo == === Globo === ==== Free-to-air television ==== * TV Globo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://redeglobo.globo.com/ |title=Página oficial da Globo |last=Rede Globo |language=pt |access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> * Futura
==== Pay television ==== * {{ill|lt=Bis|Bis (TV channel)|pt|Bis (canal de televisão)}} * 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)
==== Film and television production ==== * Estúdios Globo * Globo Filmes
==== Internet ==== * {{ill|Globo.com|pt}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globo.com/ |title=Globo.com |last=Globo Comunicação e Participações SA |language=pt |access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> ** 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)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sonymusic.com/sonymusic/som-livre-acquisition/|title=Sony Music acquires Som Livre|date= 1 April 2021|access-date= 2 April 2021}}</ref> * 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
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://grupoglobo.globo.com/}} {{in lang|pt}}
{{Globo organizations}} {{Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities}}
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