Chronology
This chronology is indicative only. Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline on this site.
1911 Irenau Marinho founds O Noite daily in Brazil
1925 Irenau sells O Noite, founds O Globo daily, dies
1925 son Roberto Marinho takes control of O Globo
1934 launches tabloid O Globo Juvenil
1939 launches Gibi comic
1944 buys radio station, basis of Sistema Globo de Radio network
1962 signs licensing and joint venture deal with Time-Life
1965 launches TV Globo in Rio de Janeiro
1969 Time-Life deal dissolved after Brazil's Supreme Court decided that it breaches foreign ownership restrictions
1972 owns stations in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, and Recife
1985 buys 90% of Telemontecarlo
1991 takes 15% stake in Portuguese tv broadcaster Sociedade Independente de Communicaçao (SIC)
1994 sells Telemontecarlo stake
1999 Microsoft takes stake in Globo Cabo
1998 Globo launches tabloid in Rio
1999 Globo sells controlling stake in telecommunications manufacturer NEC do Brasil to partner NEC of Japan
2000 launches tabloid in Sao Paulo
2000 Telecom Italia buys 30% of Globo.com for US$810m
2002 Globo reports loss of US$1.6bn
2003 death of Roberto Marinho