UOL

UOL (Universo Online) is one of Brazil's largest internet portals and news sites, launched in 1996 and owned by Grupo Folha. Its newsroom covers politics, economy, sports and entertainment, and is widely read by center-left audiences.

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UOL at a glance

Country: Brazil
Region: South America · Americas
Kind of outlet: News portal
Editorial leaning: Left-leaning
Founded: 1996
Owner: Grupo Folha
Published from: São Paulo
Website: uol.com.br ↗
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How Crosswire groups UOL

Crosswire groups UOL as Left-leaning for comparisons within Brazil's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Brazil, Estadão and Metrópoles are listed as Centrist, while O Globo is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open UOL beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where UOL sits in Brazil's press

UOL was founded in 1996, is published from São Paulo and is owned by Grupo Folha. It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Brazil, and one of 2 news portals among them — the other being Metrópoles. 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 7 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to UOL outside Brazil, starting with South America, are Cubadebate (Cuba), SKNVibes (St. Kitts & Nevis), Cooperativa (Chile) and Montevideo Portal (Uruguay). Opening one of them beside UOL is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.