Impresa

Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA
Grupo Impresa
Company typePublic
Euronext LisbonIPR
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
FounderFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Headquarters,
ProductsTV stations, magazines, internet
WebsiteImpresa

Impresa (full name: IMPRESA Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA) (Euronext LisbonIPR ) is a Portuguese media conglomerate, headquartered in Paço de Arcos, in Oeiras municipality. It is the owner of SIC TV channel, and Expresso newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. A third online business segment was launched under the name Impresa Digital.

The company, which was founded by Francisco Pinto Balsemão,[1] is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange.

History

The origins of Impresa goes back to 1972.[1] In 1991 the company established a holding company, the Balsemão group.[1] Next year it started the first private television channel, SIC, in Portugal.[1]

In 2011 the company established Media Rumo SA in Angola.[2]

Television

Publications (Impresa Publishing)

In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazines owned by Impresa, except Expresso and Blitz.[3]

Digital (Impresa Digital)

  • Escape
  • Info Portugal
  • Aeiou
  • Olhares
  • Mygames (now a magazine)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media" (PDF). Equity Research. 1 September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ Susana Salgado (28 November 2014). The Internet and Democracy Building in Lusophone African Countries. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-4094-7293-3. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ "The Portuguese publishing group Trust in News manages their advertisements from now with ADonLINE by Protecmedia". protectmedia. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ "FHM to close". Publicitas. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.