Paulo Henrique dos Santos Amorim (22 February 1942 – 10 July 2019) was a Brazilian blogger and journalist.
Amorim worked as a sociologist and political scientist for many of the larger networks of the Brazilian mass media, such as Manchete Network, Grupo Abril, Jornal do Brasil, Globo Network, Bandeirantes Network and TV Cultura. From 2003 on, he worked for Record Network. Online-wise, he worked for Zaz, Terra, UOL and Internet Group (iG). He also owned an independent web portal named Conversa Afiada, "located somewhere in the Web 2.0".
He died on 10 July 2019 at the age of 77.
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