400px, Cover of Cosmo On-line
Cosmo On-Line is a generic and news
Internet
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portal operated by
media
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Communication
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** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
holding company
Rede Anhanguera de Comunicação (RAC), located in
Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
, state of
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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. It is the largest portal of the region and one of the first to be founded (1996) juat after commercial access to the Internet became available in the country. The portal hosts the websites for the flagship publications of RAC, such as
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
s ''
Correio Popular
''Correio Popular'' is the largest daily newspaper in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded on September 4, 1927, by Álvaro Ribeiro. The founder proposed a motto for the newspaper, which reads: "We will be diligent ins ...
'', ''
Diário do Povo
''Diário do Povo'' (Portuguese for ''People's Diary'') is a newspaper published in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
''Correio Popular'' is owned and managed by a larger communications holding company, ''Rede Anhangüera de ...
'', ''
Notícia Já'' and ''
Metrópole'' Magazine.
Cosmo was also an
Internet Service Provider
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of significance in Campinas, for a while. The operation was sold by RAC to an international company, which later went into
bankruptcy.
External links
Cosmo Portal
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Mass media in Campinas
Internet in Brazil