The company Edições Novembro owns and runs several print media outlets, including Jornal de Angola, Jornal dos Desportos, Jornal de Economia & Finanças, Jornal Cultura, Jornal Metropolitano Luanda, Jornal Planalto and Jornal Ventos do Sul.
Media assets
Publishing: Jornal de Angola, Jornal dos Desportos, Jornal de Economia & Finanças, Jornal Cultura, Jornal Metopolitano Luanda, Jornal Planalto, Jornal Ventos do Sul
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
Edições Novembro came into being after the confiscation by the Angolan State of the Empresa Gráfica de Angola, a process that was legally pursued through the law no. 51 of 1976. Edições Novembro is a public company endowed with legal personality and run by the government. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Telecommunications, IT and Social Communication. The President of Angola appoints the members of the Board of Directors, the highest governing body at Edições Novembro.
Source of funding and budget
Edições Novembro generates income from sales of its publications and advertising. Yet, the government subsidy accounts for a majority share of the company’s annual budget. In 2019, the company had operating income of AOA 6.1bn (US$ 10.2m), some 87% of which came from a state subsidy, according to a news report. In 2022, the company had net earnings of AOA 1.14bn (US$ 2.6m), according to media reports. Edições Novembro did not publish its annual budget in recent years.
Editorial independence
The government doesn’t impose any rules on the editorial line of Edições Novembro’s publications. However, indirectly, authorities control the editorial coverage of these outlets, according to local journalists and experts, and an ad hoc content analysis run for this project.
No statue and no oversight or assessment mechanism to validate the editorial independence of Edições Novembro’s newspapers have been identified.
September 2023