Editora Abril

{{Short description|Brazilian publisher and printing company}}

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| name = Editora Abril S.A.

| logo = Grupo Abril.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| type = Private company

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| foundation = {{Start date|1950|05}}

| founder = Familia Civita

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| location_city = São Paulo, São Paulo

| location_country = Brazil

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| locations = São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Brasília
Belo Horizonte
Curitiba
Porto Alegre

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| key_people = Roberto Civita (President of the Management Board and Editorial Director), Giancarlo Civita (Executive President of Grupo Abril)

| industry = Media
Publishing
Broadcasting
Online services
Printing

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| revenue = {{increase}} US$ 1.8 billion (2010)

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| num_employees = 5,970

| parent = Grupo Abril

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| subsid = Abril Educação, Dinap S.A.

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.abril.com.br}}

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Editora Abril{{Cite web|date=2001-12-01|title=Editora Abril lança Heróis da TV/I, estuda nova Premium e comemora sucesso de Marvel Século 21 |url=http://universohq.com/materias/editora-abril-lanca-herois-da-tvi-estuda-nova-premium-e-comemora-sucesso-de-marvel-seculo-21/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=UNIVERSO HQ |author1=Sérgio Codespoti |language=pt-br |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214014230/https://universohq.com/materias/editora-abril-lanca-herois-da-tvi-estuda-nova-premium-e-comemora-sucesso-de-marvel-seculo-21/ |archive-date= Dec 14, 2023 }} is a major Brazilian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Latin America.{{cite web|author1=Camilla Amaral|title=The Abril Group and Veja, leaders in the Brazilian publishing market|url=http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/publishing/article/abril-group-and-veja-leaders-brazilian-publishing-market|work=In a Global|access-date=6 August 2015|date=12 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034423/http://www.inaglobal.fr/en/publishing/article/abril-group-and-veja-leaders-brazilian-publishing-market |archive-date= Sep 24, 2015 }} The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in São Paulo and is now part of Grupo Abril.

Overview

Civita had initially founded his publisher as Editora Primavera, publishing an unsuccessful comic magazine named in Brazil Raio Vermelho.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT56 |title=Roberto Civita: O dono da banca: A vida e as ideias do editor da Veja e da Abril|last=Maranhão|first=Carlos|date=2016-09-27|publisher=Companhia das Letras|isbn=9788543807096|language=pt-BR}} The following year, Civita changed its name to Abril -

{{cite book|author=Gonçalo Júnior|title=A guerra dos gibis: a formação do mercado editorial brasileiro e a censura aos quadrinhos, 1933-1964|publisher=Companhia das Letras |year=2004|isbn=9788535905823}} referencing the month in which spring begins in the northern hemisphere—and published its first title, Donald Duck, in Brazil called Pato Donald, which continues to run to this date.{{cite web |url=http://www.grupoabril.com.br/IN/institucional/historia-in.shtml |title=Institutional Background |publisher=Grupo Abril |access-date=2012-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111234339/http://www.grupoabril.com.br/IN/institucional/historia-in.shtml |archive-date=2013-01-11 }} Abril's first magazine lead Civita to claim "It all started with a duck", parodying Walt Disney's declaration that "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by Mickey Mouse."

Under its name it publishes titles like AnaMaria, Tititi, Minha Novela, Sou+Eu!, Quatro Rodas, {{Lang|pt|Veja}}, Veja Rio, Veja São Paulo, Nova, Placar, Claudia, Boa Forma, Manequim, and Exame, as well as the Brazilian editions of Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Women's Health, Runner's World, and Playboy.

It also owns the Brazilian MTV and cable company Abril Grafica. In May 2006, Naspers acquired a 30% interest in Editora Abril.

See also

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