Internet Group
{{Infobox company
| name = Internet Group do Brasil Ltda.
| logo =
| logo_size = 120px
| logo_caption=Current Internet Group do Brasil logo.
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 2000
| location = São Paulo, Brazil
| industry = Online services
| products = Social networking
Online service provider
Online media
| revenue = {{increase}} $149.6 million (2010)
| net_income = {{increase}} $21.7 million (2010)
| num_employees = 430
| parent = OnGoing
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.ig.com.br|ig.com.br}}
}}
Internet Group do Brasil (iG) is a Brazilian Internet service provider that owns and operates web portals and provides a variety of services, including news, shopping and financial information.{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Internet Group do Brasil S.A.|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=184578|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140621131115/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=184578|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=21 June 2014}} iG offered free e-mail accounts until 2016.{{Cite web |last=Rosa |first=Giovanni Santa Rosa |date=2021-08-09 |title=Globo.com anuncia fim do serviço de e-mail e provedor de internet |url=https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/2021/08/19/globo-com-anuncia-fim-do-servico-de-e-mail-e-provedor-de-internet/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Tecnoblog |language=pt-br |quote=O iG, por exemplo, bloqueou as contas gratuitas em 2016 e passou a cobrar pelo serviço.}}
At the time it was bought in March 2012, iG was the fifth-largest portal in Brazil, with 23.5 million unique monthly visitors.{{cite news|last1=Maurer|first1=Harry|title=Portugal's Ongoing Closes Deal to Buy IG in Brazil, Folha Says|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-15/portugal-s-ongoing-closes-deal-to-buy-ig-in-brazil-folha-says|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140621131150/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-15/portugal-s-ongoing-closes-deal-to-buy-ig-in-brazil-folha-says|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2014|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=15 April 2012}}
History
iG was founded on January 9, 2000, by GP Investments and Banco Opportunity. It gained popularity by offering free dial-up access.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
In May 2004, Brasil Telecom (then a subsidiary of Oi since 2009) acquired iG for approximately $100 million.{{cite news|title=Brasil Telecom Compra o iG por US$ 100,7 Milhões|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasil-telecom-compra-o-ig-por-us-100-7-milhoes,20040519p57656|work=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=19 May 2004}} In April 2012, Oi sold iG to Portuguese investment company Ongoing Strategy Investments SGPS SA for an undisclosed sum.{{cite news|last1=Wiziak|first1=Julio|title=Ongoing assume iG na próxima semana|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/mercado/39334-ongoing-assume-ig-na-proxima-semana.shtml|work=Folha de S. Paulo|date=26 April 2012}}
= Good News Day =
In 2001, the Brazilian news portal iG was at the center of a case that has since become a subject of journalism courses. At the height of its popularity, when it was one of the most visited portals in Brazil, iG designated September 11, 2001, as a day exclusively dedicated to positive news, diverging from the hard news approach that remains a hallmark of the platform today.{{cite web|url=https://istoedinheiro.com.br/tv-cultura-mostra-o-curta-o-dia-da-boa-noticia-neste-11-9/|title=TV Cultura shows the short film ‘O Dia da Boa Notícia’ on this 9/11|date=2021-09-11|access-date=2024-06-16|website=IstoÉ Dinheiro|language=pt-br}} At the time, iG was the largest news portal in Brazil.{{cite web|last=Jaeger|first=Juliana|url=https://radionovelo.com.br/originais/apresenta/os-onzes/|title=Os onzes|date=2023-09-07|access-date=2024-06-17|website=Rádio Novelo|language=pt-BR}}
The idea for "Good News Day" was conceived as a marketing strategy amid an increasing wave of negative news, particularly regarding public safety. Shortly before September 11, Patrícia Abravanel, daughter of TV host Silvio Santos, had been kidnapped. After her release, the mastermind behind the crime, Fernando Dutra Pinto, made a dramatic escape by invading Silvio Santos' mansion.{{cite web|last=Colon|first=Leandro|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2021/09/no-11-de-setembro-ataques-derrubaram-torres-gemeas-e-dia-da-boa-noticia.shtml|title=On September 11, attacks brought down the Twin Towers and 'Good News Day'|date=2021-09-09|access-date=2023-12-15|website=Folha de S.Paulo}}
With the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the initiative—chosen on an arbitrary date—had to be abandoned in favor of journalistic newsworthiness.{{cite web|url=https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2023/09/10/como-a-tentativa-de-criar-um-dia-da-boa-noticia-fracassou|title=How the attempt to create a ‘Good News Day’ failed|access-date=2024-06-17|website=Nexo Jornal|language=pt-br}} The then-director of journalism at iG, Leão Serva, acknowledging the breach of commitment to readers, wrote an editorial on the same day titled "iG tried, but history did not allow it."
The event was depicted in the short film O Dia da Boa Notícia, which was a semifinalist at the São Paulo Film Festival, directed by Lucas Zacarias and João Paulo Vicente.{{cite web|url=https://campinafm.com.br/projeto-cine-enem-tem-estreia-do-filme-o-dia-da-boa-noticia-e-contextualiza-com-ciencias-humanas/|title=Cine Enem project premieres the film ‘O Dia da Boa Notícia’ and contextualizes it with humanities|date=2023-09-21|access-date=2024-06-17|language=pt-BR}}