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Rizzoli Film
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. History Founded in 1927 by entrepreneur Angelo Rizzoli as A. Rizzoli & C., 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. In 2016, Cairo Communication acquired the controlling stake of RCS MediaGroup. In the same year, Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli, OML (; 31 October 1889 – 24 September 1970) was an Italian publisher and film producer. Early life Rizzoli was born in Milan on 31 October 1889. Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, he rose to prosperity. He apprenticed in the printer trade and later became an entrepreneur in his twenties. Career In 1927, Rizzoli founded the company ''A. Rizzoli & Co.'' (later RCS MediaGroup). In 1927 Rizzoli acquired '' Novella'' magazine, a bi-weekly primarily for women that reached a circulation of 130,000 copies, from ''Mondadori'' an independent publisher who specialized in books and magazines. After his initial purchase, he added several new publications including '' Annabella'', ''Bertoldo'', ''Candido'', '' Omnibus'', and ''Oggi e L'Europeo''. In 1949 he began publishing books including both classics and popular novels. He purchased ''Cartiera di Lama di Reno'' in 1954, the foundation for what would become an Italian publishing empire. His operations were mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Ambrosiano
Banco Ambrosiano was an Italian bank that collapsed in 1982. At the centre of the bank's failure was its chairman, Roberto Calvi, and his membership in the illegal former Masonic Lodge Propaganda Due (aka P2). The Vatican-based Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the ''Vatican Bank'', was Banco Ambrosiano's main shareholder. The Vatican Bank was also accused of funnelling covert United States funds to the Polish trade union Solidarity and to the Nicaraguan Contras through Banco Ambrosiano. Members * Franco Ratti, chairman * Carlo Canesi, senior manager then chairman of Banco Ambrosiano Holding starting from 1965 * Roberto Calvi, general manager of Banco Ambrosiano since 1971, appointed chairman from 1975 to his death in June 1982; he was often referred to as "God's Banker" because of his close financial ties with the Vatican * Paul Marcinkus, president of Vatican Bank (aka ''"Istituto per le Opere di Religione"''), had been a director of Ambrosiano Overseas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recoletos Grupo De Comunicaciòn
Recoletos may refer to: *The Order of Augustinian Recollects *Paseo de Recoletos *Recoletos (Madrid) Recoletos is one of the six wards (''barrios'') of Salamanca in Madrid, Spain. Places of interest *National Archaeological Museum of Spain *National library A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent ... * Convento de los Agustinos Recoletos (Madrid) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digicast
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. History Founded in 1927 by entrepreneur Angelo Rizzoli as A. Rizzoli & C., 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, Propaganda Due – or P2. Following the 1982 death of Roberto Calvi, the group applied for bankruptcy protection and greatly downsized. In 2016, Cairo Communication acquired the controlling stake of RCS MediaGroup. In the same yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editions Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion () is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012. Subsidiaries include Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group. History Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the ''Treaty of Popular Astronomy'' of his brother, the astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unidad Editorial
Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'', ''Expansión (Spanish newspaper), Expansión'' and ''Diario Marca, Marca''. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of two media companies, namely Unedisa (controlled by Italy, Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup) and . Grupo Recoletos was the publisher of the newspapers ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'', ''Expansión (Spanish newspaper), Expansión'' and the magazines ''Actualidad Económica'' and ''Telva''. Unedisa was the publisher of ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'', founded in 1989 by Pedro J. Ramírez. Back in 2000, Veo Televisión (owned by Unedisa) had been also conceded one of the two new Digital terrestrial television, DTT licenses granted by People's Party (Spain), People's Party government. Following the leaving of Pedro J. Ramírez from ''El Mundo'' in 2014, RCS MediaGroup asserted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Gazzetta Dello Sport
''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018). History and profile ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' was founded by Eliso Rivera and Eugenio Camillo Costamagna. The first issue was published on 3 April 1896, on time to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens. The paper is based in Milan. Its role extends beyond news reporting and features, to direct involvement in major events, including (since 1909) the organization of the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) road bicycle racing, road cycling race stage, stage race. ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' is part of the RCS MediaGroup since 1976. The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2008 when its format was switched to tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid. The newspaper, published on pink paper, sells over 400,000 copies daily (more on Mondays when readers wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gale (publisher)
Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007. The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale Group, is active in research and educational publishing for Public libraries, public, Academic libraries, academic, and school libraries, and businesses. The company is known for its full-text magazine and newspaper databases, Gale OneFile (formerly known as Infotrac), and other online databases subscribed by libraries, as well as multi-volume reference works, especially in the areas of religion, history, and social science. Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 by Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr., the company was acquired by the International Thomson Organization (later the Thomson Corporation) in 1985 before its 2007 sale to Cengage. History In 1998, Gale Research merged with Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, two companies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1912 he founded ''La Sociale'' and published the first book ''AiaMadama'' together with his close friend Tommaso Monicelli and the following year, ''La Lampada'', a series of children's books. The publishing house kept working intensely even during the First World War, mainly on the publication of magazines for the troops on the front such as ''La Tradotta'', which included contributions from famous illustrators and writers such as Soffici, De Chirico and Carrà. In 1919 the publishing house headquarters were transferred to Milan. After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including Gialli Mondadori in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels, by internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Competition Authority
The Italian Competition Authority ( it, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, AGCM) is the competition regulator in Italy. It is an Italian Quango, quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization established on the basis of Law №287 of 10 October 1990. As of 2004, the Italian Competition Authority has also been in charge of enforcing laws against conflicts of interest for Holders of Public Office. As the Italian competition regulator, the Authority has the task of enforcing both Italian and European consumer protection laws. It is financed by annual allocations through a special chapter of the Ministry of Economic Development's budget. The Financial Law of 2006 introduced partial self-financing: ''AGCM'' has full control over the management of these funds for its own operations. An annual report is presented to the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. Duties The main duties of the authority are: * Vigilance against abuses from Dominance (economics), mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
