Empresa Folha Purchases Jazbox For Brazilian Media Properties
Brazil’s Largest Daily Newspaper Will Be Among The Titles Installing Jazbox System
ANN ARBOR, MI (April 13, 2009) -- MediaSpan announced today it has reached an agreement with Empresa Folha da Manhă S/A for the purchase and installation of a Jazbox editorial system at its Grupo Folha media properties in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
More than 500 seats of the Jazbox system will be deployed at Folha de S.Paulo, the largest circulation daily newspaper in Brazil; Agora, a second daily newspaper in Sao Paulo area and several regional magazines produced by Grupo Folha.
“We had a many requirements for a new editorial system and Jazbox fulfills them all,” said Adalberto Fernandes, Operations Executive Director of Grupo Folha. “Not only is Jazbox flexible enough to handle our multiple publications in a central server, it contains tools to help us with budgeting and managing the streaming of our content to our web properties.
“We’re extremely pleased to continue our relationship with Empresa Folha,” said Dan Roberts, MediaSpan President. “Jazbox is used by some of the foremost media companies in the world, so it is gratifying to be able to add one of the most respected companies in South America to our list of satisfied customers.”
Jazbox, currently in use at many major newspapers world-wide. Jazbox’s flexible feature set includes the ability to design multimedia news packages incorporating text, pictures, graphics and video. It also includes OnePlan, a budgeting and organizational tool allowing newspapers to manage their resources effectively.
About Grupo Folha
Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Grupo Folha produces several newspapers, magazines and specialty publications, as well as UOL (www.uol.com.br), the largest Internet portal in the Portuguese-speaking world. The main newspaper in the group is Folha de S. Paulo, the largest circulation daily newspaper in Brazil, the world's fifth most populous country.
Grupo Folha also includes Agora, another daily paper in Sao Paulo; Valor Econômico, a national business publication; Folhapress, a national image newsbank of more than 300,000 photos; Datafolha, which produces data research, public opinion polls and studies and several other regional magazines serving Sao Paulo and southeastern Brazil; TransFolha, a major player in the Brazilian logistics market; and, Plural a commercial printing plant.
About MediaSpan
MediaSpan Group, Inc. (www.mediaspangroup.com) powers digital content management, online marketing, advertising and business productivity solutions for the world's leading media companies including Sun Media, Advance Publications, MediaNews, Gannett and Radio One. With more than 4,000 local newspaper, radio, and television properties relying on its solutions, MediaSpan is the world’s largest network of local media companies and media consumers.
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, MediaSpan has development, support and sales offices worldwide including Melbourne, FL, New York City, London, UK and Irvine, CA.
Press Contact: Ken Freedman, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, 508-541-3371; kfreedman@mediaspangroup.com
