BROwnership & classification
Founded: 1921
Ownership
Folha de S.Paulo traces its origins to Folha da Noite, founded in 1921, and took its modern form after entrepreneurs Octávio Frias de Oliveira and Carlos Caldeira Filho acquired the company in 1962. It is the flagship of Grupo Folha, controlled by the Frias family and led by Luiz Frias; the group also owns the major web portal UOL, the Datafolha polling institute and (jointly with Globo) the business daily Valor, making it Brazil's second-largest media group.
Funding
It is financed commercially via subscriptions and a digital paywall, advertising, and the wider Grupo Folha/UOL businesses. It receives no party or state funding.
Affiliation & stance
Folha positions itself as a pluralistic, non-partisan paper of record with a broadly centrist editorial line and a tradition of independence from governments. As a privately, family-owned commercial newspaper without party or state control, it is INDEPENDENT.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Center
- Measured from coverage
- Centerbased on 633
85/100
Factual
81/100
Objective
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