Estadão

Estadão (O Estado de S. Paulo) is a long-established daily newspaper based in São Paulo and one of Brazil's leading quality titles. It covers national and international news, politics, and economics in depth, and is generally regarded as centre-right and liberal in the economic sense.

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Estadão at a glance

Country: Brazil
Region: South America · Americas
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1875
Owner: Grupo Estado (the Mesquita family)
Published from: São Paulo
Website: estadao.com.br ↗
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How Crosswire groups Estadão

Crosswire groups Estadão as Centrist for comparisons within Brazil's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Brazil, Folha de S.Paulo and UOL are listed as Left-leaning, while O Globo is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Estadão beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Estadão sits in Brazil's press

Estadão was founded in 1875, is published from São Paulo and is owned by Grupo Estado (the Mesquita family). It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Brazil, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Folha de S.Paulo and O Globo. By outlets tracked, Brazil ranks 13th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.

Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Estadão outside Brazil, starting with South America, are El Tiempo (Colombia), El Comercio (Peru), Últimas Noticias (Venezuela) and El Universo (Ecuador). Opening one of them beside Estadão is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.