Mondadori in flash

The Mondadori Group is among the most important publishing houses in Europe and is Italy’s biggest publisher of books and magazines. The company is the third among publishers of French consumer magazines. Mondadori's activities also include advertising, radio, retailing and direct marketing.

With more than fifty subsidiary and associated companies and 3,703 employees, the Mondadori Group covers the main publishing activities from the creation of products to marketing and distribution. In 2012, Mondadori Group had consolidated revenue of €1.4161 billion.

The Mondadori Group is Italy’s biggest publishing house and undisputed leader in the book and magazines market. Regarding the activities of the Mondadori Group are mainly organised around four publishing houses: Edizioni Mondadori, Giulio Einaudi editore, Edizioni Piemme e Sperling & Kupfer.

The company is represented abroad thanks in large part to Mondadori France – founded in 2006 after the acquisition of Emap France, one of the biggest French publishers of magazines – and to the foreign editions of well known Italian magazines such as Grazia, Casaviva, Interni, GCasa, Sale&Pepe and Flair.

Revenue breakdown by business area
The activities of the Mondadori Group are organised around six business areas: Books, Magazines, Advertising, Direct marketing and Retail, Radio and Digital.

The Mondadori Group on the Stock Exchange
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1982 (ISIN code: IT 0001469383; exchange trading code: MN). The company is part of the Italian stock exchange’s FTSE Italia Mid Cap index, media sector.

Management
Marina Berlusconi was appointed Chairman of Mondadori in February 2003 and in October 2005 she became chairman of Fininvest SpA, the holding company that owns the 53.06% of Mondadori’s shares. Ernesto Mauri has been the chief executive of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since March 2013.

Carlo Maria Vismara, the chief financial officer, is also manager in charge of internal control over financial reporting.

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