In 1884, Campos and Lisboa were fired by the new partner of A Província, João Alberto Salles, after protesting against the new editorial policy imposed by him, which was anti-Lusitanian.

At the end of 1884, Campos and Lisboa founded the Diário Popular with the financial support of Antônio Bento, an abolitionist and owner of the Jornal do Commercio de São Paulo, Hipólito Junior and Aristides Lobo.

[4]The newspaper's first headquarters, located on Imperatriz Street, hosted several meetings between politicians at the end of the 19th century, who debated abolitionist and republican ideas.

[7][8][9] While Lobo and Campos left the newspaper to pursue political careers, Lisboa resigned and became the sole owner of Diário Popular.

Led by editorial secretary Edgard Barros and reporter Ane do Valle, the campaign sparked a reaction from other newspapers and the authorities, who went from defending the project to criticizing it.

A CPI was opened by the São Paulo Legislative Assembly and Braskraft gave up on the project and settled in Paraná.

However, there were rumors that the real buyer was Orestes Quércia, the governor of São Paulo, who denied the purchase until he left public office in March 1991, when he announced that he had acquired a 30% stake in the newspaper.

[19][20][21] In October 2019, businessman Kléber Moreira announced the purchase of the newspaper from Cereja Comunicação Digital group for R$30,000 and reactivated the online and print versions.