RCS MediaGroup
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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera) based in Milan
and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV. It is also one of the leading operators in the advertisement sales & distribution markets.
as A. Rizzoli & Co., it started in the press industry by buying out four national magazines, and later entering the publishing industry. Restructured and taken over a number of times, particularly in the 1980s when two of its executives became involved in the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano
and the illegal Masonic Lodge
Propaganda Due - or P2
. Following the 1982 death of Roberto Calvi
, the group applied for bankruptcy protection and greatly downsized.
s, magazine
s and book
s, radio broadcasting, the internet
and digital and satellite TV; it also has a division which handles advertising
sales & distribution markets across all media divisions. In Italy The group manages large daily newspapers such as Corriere della Sera
, publish popular magazines including Novella 2000 and Il Mondo; and a diverse range of school, university, and business publications.
40% of group sales are generated outside Italy. In Spain
through Unedisa it publishes leading daily newspaper El Mundo
, which expresses the opinion of the Spanish conservative right, and in France through the publishing company Groupe Flammarion
. It also has representation in Portugal
, the United Kingdom
, the United States
and China
. Already distributing the Italian version, in March 2008, RCS reached agreement with Global Media Publishing to launch a Russia
n version of its Sport Week
magazine and develop a Russian language website sportweek.ru, which will be supplemented with mobile phone services.
The financial investment division holds interest in the capital of major Italian companies, including Banca Intesa
, the internet company Dada, and Pirelli
(which holds a complementary cross-holding).
The company employs 5,197 employees, of which 3,354 are based in Italy, and the remaining mainly in Spain (1,024) and France (694).
s in Italy
and in many other countries. The company holds a leadership position in the national daily press in Italy, where it has a 19% market share
, and in Spain
, with a 18% market share.
Companies
Newspapers
s. In Italy the company has a market share of about 18%, with a portfolio of more than 30 publications.
Companies
Magazines
and Rizzoli USA.
Publishing houses
customers for the group's publications. It is the leading company in Italy for the acquisition of advertising for print media, for which it has a market share of 19%.
Companies
Other major shareholders outside the Consob group include:
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV. It is also one of the leading operators in the advertisement sales & distribution markets.
History
Founded in 1927 by entrepreneur Angelo RizzoliAngelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli was an Italian publisher and film producer.- Early life :Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, Rizzoli rose to prosperity...
as A. Rizzoli & Co., it started in the press industry by buying out four national magazines, and later entering the publishing industry. Restructured and taken over a number of times, particularly in the 1980s when two of its executives became involved in the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano
Banco Ambrosiano
Banco Ambrosiano was an Italian bank which collapsed in 1982. At the centre of the bank's failure was its chairman, Roberto Calvi and his membership in the illegal Masonic Lodge Propaganda Due...
and the illegal Masonic Lodge
Masonic Lodge
This article is about the Masonic term for a membership group. For buildings named Masonic Lodge, see Masonic Lodge A Masonic Lodge, often termed a Private Lodge or Constituent Lodge, is the basic organisation of Freemasonry...
Propaganda Due - or P2
Propaganda Due
Propaganda Due , or P2, was a Masonic lodge operating under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy from 1945 to 1976 , and a pseudo-Masonic or "black" or "covert" lodge operating illegally from 1976 to...
. Following the 1982 death of Roberto Calvi
Roberto Calvi
Roberto Calvi was an Italian banker dubbed "God's Banker" by the press because of his close association with the Holy See. A native of Milan, Calvi was Chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, which collapsed in one of modern Italy's biggest political scandals...
, the group applied for bankruptcy protection and greatly downsized.
Operations
RCS MediaGroup's five divisions include newspaperNewspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s, magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s and book
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
s, radio broadcasting, the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and digital and satellite TV; it also has a division which handles advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
sales & distribution markets across all media divisions. In Italy The group manages large daily newspapers such as Corriere della Sera
Corriere della Sera
The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
, publish popular magazines including Novella 2000 and Il Mondo; and a diverse range of school, university, and business publications.
40% of group sales are generated outside Italy. In Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
through Unedisa it publishes leading daily newspaper El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)
El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...
, which expresses the opinion of the Spanish conservative right, and in France through the publishing company Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...
. It also has representation in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Already distributing the Italian version, in March 2008, RCS reached agreement with Global Media Publishing to launch a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n version of its Sport Week
Sport Week
Sport Week is a weekly sports newspaper based in Patras in the Achaea prefecture in Greece. It was first published in 1999 from S Media Group S.A....
magazine and develop a Russian language website sportweek.ru, which will be supplemented with mobile phone services.
The financial investment division holds interest in the capital of major Italian companies, including Banca Intesa
Banca Intesa
Banca Intesa S.p.A. was formed in 1998 from the merger of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde and Banco Ambroveneto...
, the internet company Dada, and Pirelli
Pirelli
Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. The company, the world’s fifth largest tyre manufacturer, is present in over 160 countries, has 20 manufacturing sites around the world and a network of around 10,000 distributors and retailers.Founded in Milan in 1872,...
(which holds a complementary cross-holding).
The company employs 5,197 employees, of which 3,354 are based in Italy, and the remaining mainly in Spain (1,024) and France (694).
RCS Quotidiani
RCS Quotidiani is the publisher of the group's daily newspaperNewspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and in many other countries. The company holds a leadership position in the national daily press in Italy, where it has a 19% market share
Market share
Market share is the percentage of a market accounted for by a specific entity. In a survey of nearly 200 senior marketing managers, 67 percent responded that they found the "dollar market share" metric very useful, while 61% found "unit market share" very useful.Marketers need to be able to...
, and in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, with a 18% market share.
Companies
- RCS Digital, a company which manages and develops Italian digital mediaDigital mediaDigital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
publishing activities. - RCS Sport, a company that organizes the most important cycling eventsRoad bicycle racingRoad bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
in Italy, including the Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'ItaliaThe Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
and some of the most prestigious Classics, such as the Milan – San Remo, the Giro di Lombardia and the Tirreno–Adriatico, together with other events linked to summer and winter sports. RCS Sport organises the Milan MarathonMilan MarathonThe Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November....
and manages the sponsorship rights for the Italy National Football TeamItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
. Since 2008, it has also been a partner of the Italy national rugby league teamItaly national rugby league teamThe Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in international rugby league football. The team dates back from the 1950s after the formation of a domestic competition in the country, and in the 1960s they played Australia, France and a number of English teams.The game disappeared in Italy...
, and has entered the motorsportMotorsportMotorsport or motorsports is the group of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition...
industry with the indoor supercrossSupercrossSupercross is a motorcycle racing sport involving off-road motorcycles on an artificially-made dirt tracks consisting of steep jumps and obstacles. Professional supercross contest races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadiums.-History:Supercross was derived...
format, Superiders. - Unidad EditorialUnidad EditorialUnidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish publishing group. The leader in daily press and in the online information sector through the newspapers; El Mundo, Expansión and Marca....
(96.48%, also present in the periodical sector), the leader in the daily press and in the on-line information sector through El MundoEl Mundo (Spain)El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...
, Expansión and Marca.
Newspapers
RCS Periodici
RCS Periodici publishes the group's magazineMagazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s. In Italy the company has a market share of about 18%, with a portfolio of more than 30 publications.
Companies
- Sfera Editore
- Editrice Abitare Segesta
- Rizzoli Publishing Italia
- Pubblibaby
- RCS Multimedia, a new integrated multimedia system that was launched in late 2008.
- Rizzoli Publishing Italia (head of activities)
- Digicast, a publisher of digital channels, distributed in Italy through SKY ItaliaSky ItaliaSky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...
. - New Media
- Unidad EditorialUnidad EditorialUnidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish publishing group. The leader in daily press and in the online information sector through the newspapers; El Mundo, Expansión and Marca....
(96.48%), Spanish sector - FlammarionGroupe FlammarionGroupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...
, French sector
Magazines
- OggiOggi (magazine)Oggi is an Italian weekly news and gossip magazine. It has a circulation of around 3 million, making it the best-selling weekly magazine in Italy. It is owned by the RCS media group, edited by Umberto Brindani, and was established in 1945....
- Visto
- OK La salute prima di tutto
- Novella 2000
- Astra
- Domenica Quiz
- Domenica Quiz Mese
- MaxMax (magazine)-Publisher:The magazine was owned by MAX Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, which was part of the publishing group Verlagsgruppe Milchstraße, which has been 100% owned by Hubert Burda Media since 2004.-History:...
- L'EuropeoL'EuropeoL'Europeo was a prominent Italian weekly news magazine launched on November 4, 1945, by the founder-editors Gianni Mazzocchi and Arrigo Benedetti. The magazine stopped publication in 1995.-Orientation:...
- Amica
- A
- Brava Casa
- Donna e Mamma
- Dolce Attesa
- Insieme
- Io e il mio bambino
- Imagine
RCS Libri
RCS Libri runs the group's activities in the book publishing sector. Its structure comprises five divisions: Libri Italia, RCS Education, RCS Partworks, FlammarionGroupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...
and Rizzoli USA.
Publishing houses
- Adelphi EdizioniAdelphi EdizioniAdelphi Edizioni S.p.A. is an Italian publishing house whose headquarters are in 14, via S. Giovanni sul Muro, Milan, Italy.Adelphi Edizioni was founded in 1962 by Luciano Foà and Roberto Olivetti. Contributors have included Roberto Bazlen, Giorgio Colli, Sergio Solmi, Claudio Rugafiori and...
- ArchintoArchintoArchinto is a surname. The following individuals have the surname:*Alberico Archinto , Italian cardinal and papal diplomat. H*Filipo Archinto , Italian theologian and diplomat...
- Bompiani
- Etas
- Fabbri Editori
- Lizard
- Marsilio Editori
- Rizzoli Editore
- Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli (BUR)
- Skira
- Sonzogno
- Rizzoli USA
- Universe
- Rizzoli-Longanesi (50%, in joint venture with Mauri Spagnol Group)
RCS Pubblicità
RCS Pubblicità is the agency for the acquisition of advertisingAdvertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
customers for the group's publications. It is the leading company in Italy for the acquisition of advertising for print media, for which it has a market share of 19%.
Companies
- Blei, a media centre for the international market.
- IGPDecaux (48%, in joint venture with JCDecauxJCDecauxJCDecaux Group is a multinational corporation based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, that is active primarily in advertising....
), the leading operator in Italy for the acquisition of advertisements in the posterPosterA poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be...
, street furnishing and transportTransportTransport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
markets. - Unidad Editorial PublicidadUnidad EditorialUnidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish publishing group. The leader in daily press and in the online information sector through the newspapers; El Mundo, Expansión and Marca....
- Novomedia
Other
- Dada (49.51%), a mobile telephony web entertainment.
- m-dis (45%)
- Gruppo Finelco (34,6%), manages three national FM radio stations: Radio 105 Network, Radio Monte CarloRadio Monte CarloRadio Monte Carlo is the name of six radio stations owned and managed by three different entities:*RMC Info is a French-speaking station, broadcasting in France and Monaco from Paris with some contributions from Monaco. Radio Monte-Carlo was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the...
(Italy and Switzerland) and Virgin Radio ItaliaVirgin Radio ItaliaVirgin Radio Italia is a music-based Italian radio station, which started nationwide broadcasting on 12 July 2007 at 12:00 AM...
. - RAISAT (5%).
- Agenzia Giornalistica RCSAgenzia Giornalistica RCSAgenzia Giornalistica RCS, abbreviated as AGR, is an important Italian news agency owned by the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup, based in Milan, Italy, with two offices in Rome and Florence....
, a news agency, which provides news and editorial content on radio, television and regional Italian web sites.
Ownership
On January 26, 2005 shareholders which control 63.527% of ordinary share capital came to a shareholders' agreement freezing, the participants from selling or trading their holdings. On March 14, 2008 the Consob group agreed to extend their agreement for another three years until 2011. The members and holdings of the Consob group are:- MediobancaMediobancaMediobanca is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli and Enrico Cuccia to facilitate the post-World War II reconstruction of Italian industry.Enrico Cuccia led Mediobanca from 1946 to 1982...
- 14.029% - FiatFiatFIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
(through Fiat Partecipazioni) - 10.291% - Efiparind BV (Pesenti family) - 7.748%, of which:
- Franco TosiFranco TosiFranco Tosi was an Italian engineer, known for his contributions to the steam engine technology.A native of Villa Cortese, near Milan, he was the son of Eugenio Tosi , and moved to Legnano in 1876, to become the manager of Cantoni-Krumm & C., where he led the development of the famous 3 hp and...
- 5.133% - ItalcementiItalcementiItalcementi is an Italian multinational company, quoted on the Borsa Italiana, which produces cement, ready-mix concrete and construction aggregates...
- 2.332%
- Franco Tosi
- Dorint Holding (Della Valle family) - 5.499%
- Premafin Finanziaria (Ligresti family) - 5.462%
- Fondiaria-SaiFondiaria-SaiFondiaria-Sai S.p.A. is an Italian financial services company based in Florence, founded by the merger of Società Assicuratrice Industriale and La Fondiaria Assicurazioni in 2002. The company is particularly active in the insurance sector, where it underwrites life, property, casualty and marine...
- 2.242% - Milano AssicurazioniMilano AssicurazioniMilano Assicurazioni is an Italian financial services company based in Milan, Italy. The company is particularly active in the insurance sector, where it underwrites life, property, casualty and marine cover. The company is listed on the Borsa Italiana and a constituent of the S&P/MIB index. The...
- 1.706% - Sainternational - 1.406%
- Saifin - 0.094%
- Siat - 0.007%
- Sasa - 0.006%
- Sasa Vita - 0.001%
- Fondiaria-Sai
- PirelliPirelliPirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. The company, the world’s fifth largest tyre manufacturer, is present in over 160 countries, has 20 manufacturing sites around the world and a network of around 10,000 distributors and retailers.Founded in Milan in 1872,...
(Marco Tronchetti ProveraMarco Tronchetti ProveraMarco Tronchetti Provera was born in Milan in 1948 and obtained a Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Bocconi University of Milan in 1971...
) - 5.166% - Intesa SanpaoloIntesa SanpaoloIntesa Sanpaolo is a banking group resulting from the merger between Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI based in Turin, Italy. It has clear leadership in the Italian market and a minor but growing international presence focused on Central-Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Intesa Sanpaolo...
(Corrado Passera) - 5.065%- Intesa Sanpaolo - 5.051%
- Banco di Napoli - 0.009%
- Banca IMI - 0.005%
- Assicurazioni GeneraliAssicurazioni GeneraliAssicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is the largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. It has its headquarters in Trieste...
- 3.762%- Generali Vie - 3.700%
- INA Assitalia - 0.042%
- Toro Assicurazioni - 0.019%
- BSI SA - 0.001%
- Merloni Group (Francesco Merloni, through Merloni Invest) - 2.090%
- Sinpar (Lucchini family) - 2.060%
Other major shareholders outside the Consob group include:
- Benetton GroupBenetton GroupBenetton Group S.p.A. is a global luxury fashion brand, based in Treviso, Italy. The name comes from the Benetton family who founded the company in 1965. Benetton Group is listed in Milan....
(through Edizione Holding) - 5.001% - UBS AGUBS AGUBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
(through UBS Trust) - 5.951% - Banco PopolareBanco PopolareBanco Popolare is an Italian cooperative bank, formed in 2007 from the merger of Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara and Banca Popolare Italiana . In June 2009 the company became the first Italian bank to receive state aid from the Government of Italy due to the ongoing financial crisis. It sold...
- 5.951% - Si.To. Financiere (through Partecipazioni Editoriali) - 5.140%
- Giuseppe Rotelli (through Pandette Finanziaria) - 3.949%;
Board of directors
- Honorary chairman: Cesare Romiti
- Chairman: Piergaetano Marchetti
- Deputy chairman: Renato Pagliaro
- Managing director : Antonio Perricone
- Directors: Claudio De Conto, Giorgio Fantoni, Franzo Grande StevensFranzo Grande StevensFranzo Grande Stevens is an Italian lawyer, who has been the president of Juventus FC football club from 2003 to 2006.-Biography:Born at Avola, in eastern Sicily, he is the grandson of tycoon Franzo Grande....
, Alessandro Pedersoli, Carlo Pesenti, Renato Pagliaro, Corrado Passera, Raffaele Augusti, Roberto Bertazzoni, Virginio RognoniVirginio RognoniVirginio Rognoni is an Italian politician, who was a prominent member of Christian Democracy. He was several times Interior Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice...
, Paolo Merloni, John Philip Elkann, Diego Della ValleDiego Della ValleDiego Della Valle is the President and CEO of the Italian leather goods company, Tod's.-Biography:Diego Della Valle is the older son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle...
, Jonella Ligresti, Andrea Moltrasio, Berardino Libonati
Timeline
The timeline of the company:- 1927 - Angelo RizzoliAngelo RizzoliAngelo Rizzoli was an Italian publisher and film producer.- Early life :Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, Rizzoli rose to prosperity...
launches publishing activities at his printing company “A. Rizzoli & C.” - 1952 - company is renamed “Rizzoli Editore”
- 1974 - company purchases “Editoriale Corriere della Sera S.a.s.”, which publishes the daily newspaper Il Corriere della Sera
- 1976 - company takes over management of La Gazzetta dello SportLa Gazzetta dello SportLa Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. It was first published on April 3, 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens...
- 1984 - GeminaGeminaGemina is a genus of green alga.- Species :Some species include:*G. clavata*G. enteromorphoidea*G. letterstedtoidea*G. ulvoidea...
acquires controlling holding of Rizzoli - 1990 - acquisition of holding in SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
company Unidad EditorialUnidad EditorialUnidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish publishing group. The leader in daily press and in the online information sector through the newspapers; El Mundo, Expansión and Marca....
S.A., the present day holding of which is 96.1% - 1997 - Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera is separated from Gemina’s other industrial activities, which are transferred to the new HdP company
- 2000 - acquisition of FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
publishing house Editions FlammarionGroupe FlammarionGroupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000... - 2001 - creation of Fondazione Corriere della Sera
- 2002 - acquisition of holding in Dada S.p.A., which at present stands at 46.54%
- 2003 - company is renamed RCS MediaGroup
- 2006 - acquisition of first holding in Digicast, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary
- 2007 - acquisition, through Unidad Editorial, of Spanish publishing group Recoletos Grupo de Comunicaciòn
- 2007 - acquisition of 34.6% of Finelco Group
- 2008 - acquisition, through Unidad Editorial, of 100% of VEO Television (already held at 55,4%)
External links
- RCS MediaGroup - corporate website
- RCS MediaGroup in Italian at Wikipedia Italia
- RCS MediaGroup profile at Business Week