Impresa
Portuguese media company
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::summary Portuguese media company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA |
| logo | Logo impresa.gif |
| logo_size | 170px |
| type | Public |
| traded_as | |
| trade_name | Grupo Impresa |
| foundation | |
| founder | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| location_city | Oeiras |
| location_country | Portugal |
| products | TV stations, magazines, internet |
| homepage | Impresa |
| :: |
| name = Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA | logo = Logo impresa.gif | logo_size = 170px | caption = | type = Public | traded_as = | trade_name = Grupo Impresa | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = | founder = Francisco Pinto Balsemão | defunct = | location_city = Oeiras | location_country = Portugal | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = TV stations, magazines, internet | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = Impresa | footnotes = | intl = Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA () 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, is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange.
History
The origins of Impresa goes back to 1972. In 1991 the company established a holding company, the Balsemão group. Next year it started the first private television channel, SIC, in Portugal.
In 2011 the company established Media Rumo SA in Angola.
Negotiations emerged on September 26, 2025 that Italian group MediaForEurope was set to acquire shares in the group. With the announcement of the IPO, Impresa's stock prices doubled.
Television
Publications (Impresa Publishing)
In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazines owned by Impresa, except Expresso and Blitz.
- Activa
- Arquitectura & Construção
- Caras
- Caras Decoração
- Casa Cláudia
- Courrier Internacional
- Exame
- Exame Informática
- FHM (ceased publication on 22 February 2010)
- Jornal de Letras
- Mística
- Telenovelas
- Visão
Digital (Impresa Digital)
- Escape
- Info Portugal
- Aeiou
- Olhares
- Mygames (now a magazine)
References
References
- (1 September 2005). "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media". Equity Research.
- Susana Salgado. (28 November 2014). "The Internet and Democracy Building in Lusophone African Countries". Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
- "Grupo da família Berlusconi está a negociar compra de parte do capital da Impresa, dona da SIC e Expresso". [[Observador]].
- "Em negociações com Impresa, grupo italiano tem como desafio ser principal operadora de TV e media na Europa". dn.pt.
- (September 2024). "The Portuguese publishing group Trust in News manages their advertisements from now with ADonLINE by Protecmedia". protectmedia}}{{Dead link.
- (5 March 2014). "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity.
- (12 February 2010). "FHM to close". Publicitas.
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