Jornal do Brasil

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Jornal do Brasil ("Brazil's Daily" or "Brazil's Journal) is a daily newspaper published by SA Jornal do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1891 and is the oldest extant Brazilian paper.

It was founded by former supporters of the recently-deposed monarchy and sported conservative views in its early decades. Later on, after a deep restructuring carried on in the fifties, it became a center-left middle-class newspaper. Many important Brazilian writers and journalists eventually worked for Jornal do Brasil, especially after the 1964 coup-d'état and the closure of some left-wing newspapers, like Última Hora and Correio da Manhã. Jornal do Brasil was important for the opposers of the dictatorship frequently challenging censorship by replacing censored news with cake recipes, blatant lies or decades-old articles.

The paper's opposition to the government cost it dearly and it crossed the decades of 1980 and 1990 under pressure from creditors, always at the brink of bankruptcy. During these days Jornal do Brasil republished content from foreign newspapers (like The Washington Post, El País, Le Figaro, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, L'Unità and Chicago Tribune) in its editorial pages.

It was the first Brazilian newspaper to have an electronic edition which included partial PDF publishing.

It has been recently sold to businessman Nelson Tanure who restructured it again. It still holds slightly left-wing positions, compared to its greater rival, O Globo.

Electronic edition: http://ee.jornaldobrasil.com.br