Emmy honors Grupo Globo CEO with International TV Personality Award - Valor International

At the International Emmy Awards gala, scheduled for November 24 in New York, João Roberto Marinho, CEO and chairman of Grupo Globo, will be honored as International Television Personality.

The Emmy Directorate Award comes in the year of the group’s centennial and of TV Globo’s 60th anniversary.

Globo has already received this recognition in 1976 and 1983, through Roberto Marinho, and in 2014, when the award was presented to Roberto Irineu Marinho.

“It is a great honor to receive this recognition from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, especially in a year that marks our centennial,” João Roberto Marinho said. “This journey began with my grandfather, Irineu Marinho, in 1925, and was expanded with boldness by my father, Roberto Marinho, and my brother, Roberto Irineu Marinho, both guided by two great passions: the passion for communication and for Brazil. Over the years, many of our productions have been recognized by the Academy for their quality, reinforcing our shared commitment to excellence,” the CEO and chairman stated.

The award, he continued, “celebrates the talent, creativity, and dedication of all who believe in the power of Brazilian culture and in professional journalism as an essential pillar of democracy.”

Considered the most important event in the global television industry, the International Emmy recognizes excellence in productions made exclusively for television outside the United States. It also considers non-English-language content produced for American television. The winners of the 53rd edition will also be announced on November 24.

For Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, João Roberto “has dedicated his career to strengthening the group’s commitment to quality production, social responsibility, and above all, to independent journalism.”

The Grupo Globo chairman began his career in 1973 in the newsroom of the newspaper O Globo and has held several strategic positions that shaped the company’s fundamental guidelines and its commitment to independent journalism. Under his leadership, the group was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in recognition of its national and international contributions, highlighting its central role in promoting and strengthening Brazilian culture, disseminating information, and shaping public opinion, impacting generations of citizens over the past century.

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