Veja (magazine)

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Veja
ISSN
0100-7122

Veja (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈveʒɐ], English: see, look [at it]) is a Brazilian weekly news magazine published in São Paulo[2] and distributed throughout the country by media conglomerate Grupo Abril.[3][4] It is the leading weekly publication in the country and one of the most influential outlets of the Brazilian printed media. Veja publishes articles on politics, economics, culture, world events, entertainment, and war. It also regularly includes editorial pieces related to themes like technology, ecology, and religious debate. It has recurring sections on cinema, television, practical literature, music, and guides on diverse subjects.[5] It has been described as politically aligned with

right-wing movements,[6][7][8] though it does not describe itself as such.[9]

History and profile

Veja was first published on 11 September 1968,

individual liberty. Well-known contributors to the magazine include Reinaldo Azevedo, Stephen Kanitz and Lya Luft
.

During its early days, Veja was known for publishing

AIDS. It was considered of bad taste and proclaimed that the singer's legacy would not last.[14] The same year, the magazine published a cover praising then presidential hopeful Fernando Collor de Mello later impeached
for corruption.

On 2005, as part of its growing right-wing agenda, Veja defended the rejection of

Folha de S. Paulo columnist Barbara Gancia, Veja tried to mislead its readers presenting the referendum as a proposition of the ruling Workers' Party (PT) and its owners had a conflict of interest in campaigning against banning firearms; Veja's publishing company Editora Abril was a business partner of the Birmann family, owner of the Brazilian Cartridge Company. During the same year it was responsible for several news stories about the Mensalão scandal
.

Veja had a circulation of 1,086,200 copies in 2010.

Federal Police, of being a close acquaintance of casino owner Carlinhos Cachoeira (gambling is illegal in Brazil). Cachoeira was then arrested for money laundering. According to CartaCapital, Cachoeira was responsible for arranging and filming the bribery meeting in the Correios which resulted in the Mensalão scandal. Júnior and Cachoeira had exchanged over 200 phone calls during the period investigated. The circulation of the magazine was 1,071,500 copies in 2012.[15]

Controversies

In its 25 May 2007 issue, Veja ran a story on then-

lobbyist to pay for the child support of a daughter from an extramarital affair with journalist Monica Veloso.[16] During a speech in his defense given in the Senate floor, Calheiros accused Grupo Abril, Veja's parent company, of having violated Brazilian corporate law in relation to its sale of 30% of the capital from its publishing arm to South African media group Naspers.[17] Abril responded to Calheiros in a press release in which they denied all charges.[18]

In August 2010, the

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia. Veja was forced to publish a rebuttal note from PT.[19] Prior to the second round of the 2014 presidential election, Veja anticipated its weekly edition to publish a story claiming that both President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were aware of a misappropriation scheme inside the state oil company Petrobras.[20] The magazine headquarters was attacked by pro-PT protestors.[21] Once again Veja was forced by the Supreme Electoral Court to publish a rebuttal from PT.[22]

In July 2015 the magazine published a story claiming that federal contractor Léo Pinheiro would offer a

plea bargaining claiming that Lula was aware and benefited from the aforementioned corruption case. However, Pinheiro published an article claiming that the statements attributed to him were fake.[23] As such, Lula decided to sue Veja for moral damages.[24][25] On the same issue, the magazine accused former soccer player and Senator Romário of having a bank account in the tax haven country of Switzerland. After being sought by the Senator, Banca della Svizzera Italiana confirmed that the documents published by Veja were fake. BSI announced that it requested an investigation of the case by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland.[26] According to columnist Ricardo Noblat, Veja's actions might have been orchestrated by the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, once Romário is a strong contester in the upcoming municipal election.[27]

Recent circulation history

Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total circulation 1,178,100 1,121,600 1,232,700 802,100 546,300 261,300 184,391

References

  1. ^ "Revistas em 2021: impresso cai 28%; digital retrai 21%". Poder360 (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ Library, International and Area Studies. "LibGuides: Brazilian Culture: Magazines & Newspapers". guides.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Camilla Amaral (12 October 2009). "The Abril Group and Veja, leaders in the Brazilian publishing market". In a Global. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ Larry Rohter (30 August 1999). "A News Magazine War in Brazil". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ISSN 1519-7670
  6. ^ Victor Ferreira (8 April 2016). "'Everything is wrong with the PM, except his looks': Brazilian magazine hits out at 'narcissistic' Justin Trudeau". National Post. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. ^ Patrick de Oliveira. "The Paranoid Style in Brazilian Politics". Jacobin. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  8. ^ Anderson Antunes (25 November 2013). "A Conversation With Reinaldo Azevedo, Brazil's Most Hated -- And Widely Read". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  9. ^ "De que lado está VEJA? [What side is Veja on?]". Veja. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. ^ "A Flourishing Future for Magazines in Brazil". Proof. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Editora Abril S.A. RELATÓRIO DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO, 2006, P. 4-5" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  12. ^ Veja
  13. ^ Imprensa Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine 24 September 2007
  14. ^ Entretenimento
  15. ^ a b "Print Media Industry in Brazil". The Brazil Business. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  16. ^ Romero, Simon Brazil's Power Dynamics Shifting Amid Political Scandals New York Times. 11 July 2015
  17. ^ Depoimento de Renan Calheiros, dis 04 de setembro
  18. ^ Nota da Abril - 4 de setembro. Grupo Abril. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  19. ^ Braga, Isabel. "TSE concede ao PT direito de resposta na Revista Veja". O Globo. 2 August 2010.
  20. ^ Noticias October 2014
  21. ^ Globo October 2014.
  22. ^ CartaCapital
  23. ^ CartaCapital
  24. ^ Noticias
  25. ^ Info Money
  26. ^ Noticias
  27. ^ O Globo

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