Brasil Online (BOL) is a Brazilian internet portal, webmail service, and free broadband internet provider, founded in 1996 by Grupo Abril. Since 1996, the site has been owned by UOL, one of the companies of Grupo Folha.
1996–1999
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Designer:
Tony de Marco
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 25, 1996
1999–present
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
October 1999
In October 1999, BOL was relaunched as a free webmail service to compete with IG and other free services that were beginning to emerge.
Publications and magazines: Arquitetura & Construção | Capricho1 | Claudia | Guia do Estudante | National Geographic1 | Placar | Quatro Rodas | Saúde! | Superinteressante | Veja (São Paulo | Rio) | Viagem e Turismo | Você S.A.
Digital media: Abril.com | MdeMulher | GoRead
Events, projects and culture: Casa Cor | Fundação Victor Civita | Prêmio Victor Civita
Other divisions: Abril Branded Content | Abril Big Data | Abril Print
Distribuition: Dinap | FC Comercial | Magazine Express | Treelog Logística | Total Express | Entrega Fácil
1Currently published in digital format only. 2Currently published by Editora Perfil. 3Currently published by Editora Escala. 4Currently owned by BTG Pactual. 5Currently published by Rocky Mountain. 6Co-owned with "old" and "new" Viacom from 1999 to 2009. After MTV Brasil end in 2013, the rights of MTV brand on Brazil returned to the "new" Viacom, then ViacomCBS. 7Joint-venture with DirecTV, Grupo Cisneros and Multivision, until 1999. 8Join-venture with Telefónica, until 2012. 9Incorporated to DirecTV Brasil in 1999. 10Joint-venture with Huffington Post Media. 11Joint-venture with Grupo Folha, until 2002.