Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso

GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy.

History

In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium with RCS MediaGroup.

In March 2010, the group made public apologies to Roman Abramovich after publishing an article stipulating he had lost his luxury yacht to gambling debts, an information that was ruled as false.

In March 2016, the Italiana Editrice (ITEDI, group ''La Stampa'') merged with L'Espresso group to create the leading Italian group in print and online information.

In May 2017, the group changed its names from Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso to GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. In 2020 EXOR, the company of the Agnelli-family took over GEDI Gruppo Editoriale and became the controlling owner.

Description

*Newspapers:
**150,000 to 200,000 copies: ''la Repubblica''
**100,000 to 150,000 copies: ''La Stampa''
**25,000 to 50,000 copies: '' Messaggero Veneto'', ''Il Secolo XIX''
**10,000 to 25,000 copies: ''Il Piccolo'', ''Gazzetta di Mantova'', ''Il Mattino di Padova''
**5,000 to 10,000 copies: ''La Provincia Pavese'', ''La Tribuna di Treviso'', ''La Nuova Venezia'', ''Corriere delle Alpi'', ''La Sentinella del Canavese''
*Online newspapers: ''Huffington Post'' (Italian edition)
Alfemminile
''Mashable'' (Italian edition)
*Magazines: ''Limes'', '' National Geographic Italia'' (Italian edition of ''National Geographic Magazine''), ''Le Scienze'' (Italian edition of ''Scientific American''), '' Mente & Cervello'', '' Le Guide dell'Espresso''
*Radio stations: Radio DeeJay, Radio Capital, m2o
*Television channels: Repubblica Radio TV, Deejay TV, myDeejay, Onda Latina
*Web portals: Kataweb
*Advertising: A. Manzoni & C.
*Education: Somedia

Formerly owned

* ''Il Tirreno'', ''Gazzetta di Reggio'', ''Gazzetta di Modena'', '' La Nuova Ferrara'' and ''La Nuova Sardegna'', ceded to the SAE Group in 2020 and 2021;
* '' Il Centro'' and ''La Città'', ceded to local businessmen in 2017;;
* ''Alto Adige'' and ''Trentino'', ceded to Athesia Group in 2017;
* ''L'Espresso'', ceded to BFC Group in 2022;
* ''MicroMega'', closed in 2020 (later re-opened with a new ownership);

Shareholding

In December 2019, the board of GEDI accepted Exor's offer to buy 43,78% of its stocks.

As of 2019 the main shareholders were:
* CIR Group - 43%
* Giovanni Agnelli BV (including Exor) - 6,9 %
* Carlo Perrone - 5%
* Sia Blu ( Giacaranda Caracciolo Falck) - 5%

References

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Italian companies established in 1955
Publishing companies established in 1955

Publishing companies of Italy
Italian-language television networks
Newspaper companies of Italy