Roberto Marinho
Encyclopedia
Roberto Pisani Marinho was the president and founder of the biggest Brazil
ian TV channel, Globo
, a television network with 113 stations and associates. He came under criticism in the documentary Beyond Citizen Kane
for his role at Globo.
in Rio de Janeiro on July 29, 1925, but died three weeks later. At the age of 21, Roberto fancied being a journalist, appointed himself a trainee reporter on the newspaper his family had inherited and worked himself up to become chief editor only six years later. He expanded into commercial radio in the 1940´s and moved into television in the 1960´s. On April 26, 1965, thanks to the Military Regime, he founded Rede Globo TV, which became the principal TV station in Brazil and the third largest in the world.
By the 1970´s he was thought to be one of South America´s richest men and certainly one of the most important media mogul
s of the world. Nowdays, the holding Organizações Globo
controls not only the newspaper and the TV Globo but also a chain of radio stations such as Rádio Globo and Rádio CBN as well as many other cable TV channels. Globo Television reaches almost every home in Brazil through 113 stations and associates. The network is powerful enough to decide when Brazil´s soccer matches kick off.
With the production of novelas (soap-operas), TV Globo found a way to flex its true power and has since exported many of them to various countries. "The Slave Girl Isaura" is one of the topmost sucesses of the company since it was sold to more than 80 countries, including China, already in the 70´s.
These days, Globo’s reach is incalculable and has immense social and political influence (on par with Italy’s Fininvest, now Mediaset, run by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
).
Jacarepaguá Airport
in Rio de Janeiro
is named after Roberto Marinho.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian TV channel, Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
, a television network with 113 stations and associates. He came under criticism in the documentary Beyond Citizen Kane
Beyond Citizen Kane
Beyond Citizen Kane is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4.It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group in the Brazilian society, discussing the group's influence, power, and political connections...
for his role at Globo.
Biography
Although Roberto Marinho was a skilfull businessman, he liked to call himself a journalist. His father, Irineu Marinho, started a newspaper called O GloboO Globo
O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. O Globo is the most prominent print publication in the Marinho family's Brazilian media conglomerate....
in Rio de Janeiro on July 29, 1925, but died three weeks later. At the age of 21, Roberto fancied being a journalist, appointed himself a trainee reporter on the newspaper his family had inherited and worked himself up to become chief editor only six years later. He expanded into commercial radio in the 1940´s and moved into television in the 1960´s. On April 26, 1965, thanks to the Military Regime, he founded Rede Globo TV, which became the principal TV station in Brazil and the third largest in the world.
By the 1970´s he was thought to be one of South America´s richest men and certainly one of the most important media mogul
Mogul
-Person:*Magnate**Business magnate, a prominent person in a particular industry**Media mogul, a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position, any media enterprise-Technology:...
s of the world. Nowdays, the holding Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo is the largest media conglomerate of South America, founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1925 by Irineu Marinho. It also owns companies on the food industry and the real estate and financial markets....
controls not only the newspaper and the TV Globo but also a chain of radio stations such as Rádio Globo and Rádio CBN as well as many other cable TV channels. Globo Television reaches almost every home in Brazil through 113 stations and associates. The network is powerful enough to decide when Brazil´s soccer matches kick off.
With the production of novelas (soap-operas), TV Globo found a way to flex its true power and has since exported many of them to various countries. "The Slave Girl Isaura" is one of the topmost sucesses of the company since it was sold to more than 80 countries, including China, already in the 70´s.
These days, Globo’s reach is incalculable and has immense social and political influence (on par with Italy’s Fininvest, now Mediaset, run by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
).
Jacarepaguá Airport
Jacarepaguá Airport
Jacarepaguá-Roberto Marinho Airport is an airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dedicated to general aviation. The name Jacarepaguá refers to the region where it is located...
in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
is named after Roberto Marinho.