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Trade name | Grupo RBS |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Broadcasting Publishing Logistics |
| Genre | Communications |
| Founded | August 31, 1957 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul |
| Founder | Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho |
| Headquarters | Brazil |
Area served | Rio Grande do Sul |
Key people | Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer (Chairman) |
Net income |  R$ 1,38 billion [1] (2012) |
Number of employees | 6,000 (2015) |
| Website | gruporbs |
Grupo RBS is a Brazilian media conglomerate founded on August 31, 1957, by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho. One of Brazil's largest communication groups, it is also the largest affiliated with TV Globo. The media group is made up of radio and television stations as well as newspapers and online news portals, which deliver journalistic and entertainment content. With its more than 6,000 employees, Grupo RBS constitutes the second largest company in Brazil when it comes to the number of journalists employed.
Grupo RBS owns 12 broadcast TV stations affiliated with Rede Globo (RBS TV), two local broadcast TV stations (TVCOM Florianópolis and OCTO OC Porto Alegre), 24 radio stations (Rádio Gaúcha, Rádio Atlântida, Rádio Itapema, Rádio Cidade, Rádio Farroupilha, Rádio CBN Porto Alegre, Rádio CBN Diário, Rádio Rural), and eight newspapers (Zero Hora, Diário Gaúcho, Pioneiro, Diário de Santa Maria, Diário Catarinense, Hora de Santa Catarina, Jornal de Santa Catarina, A Notícia).
Grupo RBS also operates a digital company, e.Bricks Digital, made up of technology enterprises through which the media group operates in areas such as technology and digital media, mobile and segment-specific e-commerce.
Grupo RBS has yet other branches of operation: HSM (executive education, media and events company) – Digital Product Development unit – Kzuka (aimed at young audiences) – Events – RBS Publicações (book publishing) – Orbeat Music (record company) – Mídia Gráfica (printing) – Vialog (logistics company) – Fundação Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho (social trust).
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