Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA is a Portuguese media conglomerate, headquartered in Paço de Arcos, in Oeiras municipality. It is the owner of SIC TV channel, and Expresso newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. A third online business segment was launched under the name Impresa Digital.
The company, which was founded by Francisco Pinto Balsemão,[1] is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange.
History
The origins of Impresa goes back to 1972.[1] In 1991 the company established a holding company, the Balsemão group.[1] Next year it started the first private television channel, SIC, in Portugal.[1]
In 2011 the company established Media Rumo SA in Angola.[2]
Negotiations emerged on September 26, 2025 that Italian group MediaForEurope was set to acquire shares in the group.[3] With the announcement of the IPO, Impresa's stock prices doubled.[4]
Television
- SIC
- SIC Notícias
- SIC Mulher
- SIC Radical
- SIC K
- SIC Caras
- SIC Novelas
- SIC Internacional
Publications (Impresa Publishing)
In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazines owned by Impresa, except Expresso and Blitz.[5]
Digital (Impresa Digital)
- Escape
- Info Portugal
- Aeiou
- Olhares
- Mygames (now a magazine)
External links
References
- A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media Equity Research, 1 September 2005, retrieved 14 April 2015^
- Susana Salgado. The Internet and Democracy Building in Lusophone African Countries Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 28 November 2014, retrieved 17 May 2015^
- Grupo da família Berlusconi está a negociar compra de parte do capital da Impresa, dona da SIC e Expresso Observador^
- Em negociações com Impresa, grupo italiano tem como desafio ser principal operadora de TV e media na Europa dn.pt^
- The Portuguese publishing group Trust in News manages their advertisements from now with ADonLINE by Protecmedia protectmedia, retrieved 21 April 2020^
- Portuguese Media BPI Equity, 5 March 2014, retrieved 2 February 2015^
- FHM to close Publicitas, 12 February 2010, retrieved 2 February 2015^