The São Paulo Museum of Art is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is well known for its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo Bardi, whose main body is supported by two lateral beams over a 74 metres (243 ft) freestanding space. It is considered a landmark of the city and a main symbol of modern Brazilian architecture.
Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo, also nicknamed Chatô, was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. Francisco was the founder and director of Brazil's main media outlet at the time: the Diários Associados, which at its height included 34 newspapers, 36 radio stations, 18 television stations, a news agency, a weekly magazine, a monthly magazine, along with many magazines for children. He was Senator of the Republic between 1952 and 1957.
The Diários Associados, or Associated Dailies, are a union of Brazilian communication media created by Assis Chateaubriand.
Rodovia Assis Chateubriand is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Its name honours the Brazilian journalist and press tycoon, Assis Chateaubriand, owner of Diários Associados.
The Prêmio José Reis de Divulgação Científica is an annual honor awarded by the Brazilian Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) to the institution, media organization, publication, or individual who most contributed to the dissemination and public awareness of science and technology in Brazil. It is thus named in honor of Dr. José Reis, a Brazilian biologist and science writer who was one of the pioneers in the field.
The Higher School of Advertising and Marketing is a private higher education institution in Brazil. Its undergraduate course in Advertising is consistently ranked the best Marketing school in Brazil.
Samuel Wainer was a Brazilian journalist and author. Wainer was born into a Jewish family from Bessarabia, more precisely in the Edineț District, then part of the Russian Empire. His family immigrated to Brazil in 1912, settling in São Paulo. He would later found and direct the Diretrizes magazine and the Última Hora newspaper. He was married to Danuza Leão, Brazilian journalist and model, sister of Nara Leão. They had a son, Samuel Wainer Filho, who was also a journalist. He died in 1984 in a car accident with a camera operator. Wainer also had two more children: plastic artist Débora "Pinky" Wainer and film producer Bruno Wainer.
Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho was a Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. From 2005 until his death, he lived near Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.
Eugênio Bucci (Orlândia) is a Brazilian journalist, known for his works at many Brazilian publications and also for his time as president of Radiobras.
Ruth Guimarães Botelho was the first Afro-Brazilian author to gain a national audience and critical attention for her novels, short stories, and poetry. A classical scholar, she translated works from French, Italian and Spanish and studied Greek and Latin, though her works reflected fables, folklore, herbal medicines and legends of Afro-Brazil. She established several cultural preservation societies, served as head of the Ministry of Culture for Municipality of Cruzeiro, São Paulo, and was a member of the São Paulo Academy of Letters.
Manchete was a Brazilian weekly news magazine published from 1952 to 2000 by Bloch Editores. Founded by Adolpho Bloch, the magazine's name would be given to the defunct television network Rede Manchete. Manchete was considered one of the main magazines of its time, second only to O Cruzeiro. The magazine was inspired by publications such as Paris Match and Life, relying on photojournalism. Among the writers who collaborated for Manchete were Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Rubem Braga, Manuel Bandeira, Paulo Mendes Campos, Fernando Sabino, David Nasser and Nelson Rodrigues. French photographer Jean Manzon was responsible by the magazine's main pictures.
Joel Silveira was a Brazilian writer and journalist. Silveira was a war correspondent in Europe during World War II, following the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. He became known for his investigative news stories, and incisive personality; Assis Chateaubriand nicknamed him "a víbora".
Paula da Cunha Corrêa is an associate professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She is known for her work on Archilochus and Greek Lyric Poetry.
Ricardo Lísias is a Brazilian writer.
José Luiz de Magalhães Lins was a Brazilian banker. A head of Banco Nacional de Minas Gerais, he became famous in the 1960s as the main patron of the Cinema Novo film movement and as one of the most influential sponsors of cultural production at the time.
Hilde Weber was a Brazilian artist, cartoonist, and illustrator of German origin. She was the first female cartoonist in the Brazilian press, working for such publications as A Cigarra, O Cruzeiro, Manchete, and Tribuna da Imprensa, where she became known for her political cartoons.
Sérgio Dávila is a Brazilian journalist, and the current editor-in-chief of Folha de S.Paulo, taking over the post after Maria Cristina Frias stayed on it for 7 months.
Super Rádio Tupi is a Brazilian radio station based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil. It specialises in entertainment, sports, and news broadcasting on FM 96.5 MHz. Rádio Tupi was inaugurated in 1935 by the journalist Assis Chateaubriand, and is owned by media conglomerate Diários Associados. Its studios are located in the Rio de Janeiro headquarters of Diários Associados, in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão. It is the second most listened to radio station in Rio de Janeiro, with 210 thousand listeners per minute between 5am and midnight, in June and August 2020.
