Jornal do Comércio Group
Jornal do Commercio
Recife, Brazil • Founded in 1919
Jornal do Commercio is a daily newspaper in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Founded in 1919, it has both print and digital editions. It covers news from the state of Pernambuco, as well as national and international news with relevance to its readership.
Jornal do Commercio's mission is to produce journalism committed to ethical and legal principles, in favor of democracy, freedom of expression and social justice. It aims to produce journalism, critically and independently.
JC is the flagship outlet of media SJCC, which also owns radio and TV stations and an internet news and an entertainment portal in Pernambuco.
- Laurindo Ferreira – Chief Editor
- Maria Luiza Borges – Digital Transformation Director
- Elton Ponce – Digital Operations Manager
Ownership & Funding
Jornal do Commercio is privately owned by the JCPM Group, chaired by businessman João Carlos Paes Mendonça, the controlling shareholder.
Paes Mendonça became nationally known when he created the Bompreço (Good Price) supermarket chain, whose controlling interest was sold in 2000.
JC's main sources of revenue are the sale of advertising space in the print newspaper and its digital version, in addition to the sale of subscriptions to both formats.
Corrections
JC pledges to correct errors diligently, publishing corrections and clarifications as quickly as possible, including the corrected information as well as an explanation of why the error happened, also noting the date of publication.
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