Editorial responsibilities in newspaper and magazine companies shall be exclusively in the hands of Brazilian-born or foreign nationals who obtained Brazilian citizenship more than 10 years previously.
"Article 222. Newspaper companies, sound broadcasting companies, or sound and image broadcasting companies, shall be owned exclusively by native Brazilians or those naturalized for more than ten years, or by legal entities incorporated under Brazilian laws and headquartered in Brazil. (CA No. 36, 2002)
Paragraph 1. In all circumstances, at least seventy per cent of the total capital stock and of the voting capital of newspaper companies, sound broadcasting companies, or sound and image broadcasting companies, shall be owned directly or indirectly by native Brazilians or those naturalized for more than ten years, who shall mandatorily exercise the management of activities and shall define the content of programming.
Paragraph 2. Editorial responsibility and the activities regarding selection and management of the programming to be disseminated shall be carried out exclusively by native Brazilians or those naturalized for more than ten years, in any social communication medium.
Paragraph 3. Electronic social communication media, regardless of the technology used to deliver the service, shall comply with the principles stipulated in article 221, as provided by specific legislation, which shall also ensure priority to Brazilian professionals in the production of Brazilian programs.
Paragraph 4. Specific legislation shall regulate the participation of foreign capital in the companies mentioned in paragraph 1.
Paragraph 5. Any alterations in the corporate control of the companies mentioned in paragraph 1 must be communicated to the National Congress.[...]" (Brazilian Federal Constitution (October 5, 1988), as amended on May 28, 2002, Article 222 [unofficial translation])
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"Art 3. For the purposes of this Decree-Law, a journalistic company is considered to be one whose activity is the edition of a newspaper or magazine, or the distribution of news, with effective operation, financial suitability and legal registration.
§ 1º A journalistic company is equivalent to the section or service of a broadcasting, television or cinematographic dissemination company, or of an advertising agency, where the activities provided for in article 2 are carried out. [...]" (Decree-Law No. 972, of October 17, 1969 about the exercise of the profession of journalist [google translation]).
Brazilian Federal Constitution (October 5, 1988), as amended on May 28, 2002, Article 222
Decree-Law No. 972, of October 17, 1969 about the exercise of the profession of journalist [google translation]
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