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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in
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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 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 appren ...
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
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and the illegal
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Propaganda Due – or P2. Following the 1982 death of
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, the group applied for bankruptcy protection and greatly downsized. In 2016,
Cairo Communication Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian media and publishing company based in Milan. The shares of the company float in Borsa Italiana. Urbano Cairo, via UT Communications, UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.101% stake of the company. In turn Cairo Co ...
acquired the controlling stake of RCS MediaGroup. In the same year,
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approved the sales of RCS Libri ( Rizzoli Libri) from RCS MediaGroup to
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.


Timeline

The timeline of the company: *1927 –
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 appren ...
launches publishing activities at his printing company “A. Rizzoli & C.” *1952 – company was renamed “Rizzoli Editore” *1974 – company purchased “Editoriale Corriere della Sera S.a.s.”, which publishes the daily newspaper '' Il Corriere della Sera'' *1976 – company took over management of '' La Gazzetta dello Sport'' *1984 – Gemina acquired controlling holding of Rizzoli *1990 – acquisition of holding in
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company
Unidad Editorial Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers '' El Mundo'', '' Expansión'' and '' Marca''. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of t ...
S.A., the present day holding of which is 96.1% *1997 – Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera was separated from Gemina’s other industrial activities, which were transferred to the new holding company HdP *2000 – acquisition of French publishing house
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 b ...
*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 was renamed RCS MediaGroup *2006 – acquisition of first holding in
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, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary *2007 – acquisition, through Unidad Editorial, of Spanish publishing group
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*2007 – acquisition of 34.6% of Finelco Group *2008 – acquisition, through Unidad Editorial, of 100% of VEO Television (already held at 55,4%) *2012 – divestiture of Flammarion to
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*2013 – In June 2013, the media group accepted an undisclosed offer from PRS S.r.l. to buy 14 magazines it had put up for sale as part of its restructuring plan. In July sold Dada S.p.A. *2014 – In September 2014, RCS MediaGroup in association with Playtech launched an online sport betting portal under the brand GazzaBet. *2015 – Sold RCS Libri


Operations

RCS MediaGroup's sectors include
newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
s, magazines and
book A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physi ...
s,
radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
, the
internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
and digital and satellite TV; it also has a division which handles
advertising Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ...
sales & distribution markets across all media divisions. In Italy, the group manages large daily newspapers such as '' Corriere della Sera'', publish popular magazines including '' Il Mondo''; and a diverse range of school, university, and business publications. In
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, through Unedisa it publishes leading daily newspaper '' El Mundo''. It also has representation in
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, the
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and China. Already distributing the Italian version, in March 2008, RCS reached agreement with Global Media Publishing to launch a
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n version of its ''
Sport Week ''Sport Week'' was a weekly sports newspaper based in Patras in the Achaea Prefectures of Greece, prefecture in Greece. It was first published in 1999 from S Media Group S.A.. It had many pages and these pages features news from all the athletic ...
'' 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
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, the internet company Dada, and Pirelli (which holds a complementary cross-holding). The company employs 5,558 employees.


Sectors


Quotidiani (Newspapers) Sector

Quotidiani Sector is the publisher of the group's daily newspapers in Italy and in
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. The company holds a leadership position in the national daily press in Italy, where it has a 19% market share, and in Spain, with an 18% market share.RCS Quotidiani
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;Companies * RCS Sport, a company that organizes the most important cycling events in Italy, including the Giro d'Italia and some of the most prestigious Classics, such as the Milan–San Remo, the
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...
and the
Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...
, together with other events linked to summer and winter sports. RCS Sport organises the Milan Marathon and manages the sponsorship rights for the
Italy National Football Team The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing bo ...
. Since 2008, it has also been a partner of the
Italy national rugby league team The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Fed ...
, and has entered the motorsport industry with the indoor supercross format, Superiders.RCS Sport
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Unidad Editorial Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers '' El Mundo'', '' Expansión'' and '' Marca''. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of t ...
(96.48%, also present in the periodical sector), the leader in the daily press and in the on-line information sector through '' El Mundo'', '' Expansión'' and '' Marca''. ;NewspapersNewspapers
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*'' Corriere della Sera'' **'' Corriere dell'Alto Adige'' (local editions) **'' Corriere di Bergamo'' **'' Corriere di Bologna'' **''
Corriere di Brescia The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian language, Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della S ...
'' **'' Corriere Fiorentino'' **'' Corriere Milan'' **''
Corriere Rome The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...
'' **'' Corriere del Mezzogiorno'' **''
Corriere del Veneto The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...
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Corriere del Trentino ''Corriere del Trentino'' is an Italian local newspaper owned by RCS MediaGroup and based in Trento, Italy. It was launched in 2003 in Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous provinc ...
'' **''
Corriere Turin The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian language, Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della S ...
'' *''
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'' *'' La Gazzetta dello Sport'' *'' El Mundo'' (in Spain through
Unidad Editorial Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers '' El Mundo'', '' Expansión'' and '' Marca''. It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of t ...
) *'' Marca'' (in Spain through Unidad Editorial) *'' Expansión'' (in Spain through Unidad Editorial)


Periodici (Magazines) Sector

Periodici Sector publishes the group's magazines. In Italy the company has a market share of about 18%, with a portfolio of more than 30 publications. ;Companies * Sfera Editore * Pubblibaby * RCS Multimedia, a new integrated multimedia system that was launched in late 2008. **
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, n ...
, a publisher of digital channels, distributed in Italy through
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. ;MagazinesMagazines
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*'' Abitare'' * '' Amica'' * '' Anna'' *'' Dolce Attesa'' *''
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Io Donna ''IO Donna'' (Italian: ''Me Woman'') is a weekly women's magazine and Saturday supplement of the Italian daily newspaper ''Corriere della Sera''. The magazine is the first supplement of a daily which focuses on women readers. It is based in Milan ...
'' *'' Io e il mio bambino'' *'' Insieme'' *''
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'' *'' Italian Style'' *''
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'' *'' OGGI'' *'' OGGI Cucino'' * '' Sette'' * ''
Sport Week ''Sport Week'' was a weekly sports newspaper based in Patras in the Achaea Prefectures of Greece, prefecture in Greece. It was first published in 1999 from S Media Group S.A.. It had many pages and these pages features news from all the athletic ...
'' * ''
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'' * '' Style Piccoli'' *'' Actualidad Economica'' *'' Fuera De Serie'' *'' Metropoli'' *'' Telva'' *'' Yo Dona''


Pubblicità (Advertising) Sector

Pubblicità Sector is the agency for the acquisition of
advertising Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ...
customers for the group's publications. It is the leading company in Italy for the acquisition of advertising for
print media Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit informatio ...
, for which it has a market share of 19%.RCS Pubblicità
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;Companies * Blei, a media centre for the international market. * Unidad Editorial Publicidad * Novomedia


Other

* m-dis (45%) * Agenzia Giornalistica RCS, a news agency, which provides news and editorial content on radio, television and regional Italian web sites.


Former sectors

* * RaiSat (5%)


RCS Libri

RCS Libri runs the group's activities in the
book publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, news ...
sector. Its structure comprises four divisions: RCS Libri Italia, RCS Education, RCS Partworks, and Rizzoli USA. The whole division was sold to
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 1 ...
, with some imprints were sold to other investors. After the transaction, RCS Libri was renamed to Rizzoli Libri. It owned the rights to use the brand Rizzoli in book publishing only. The partworks division was sold in 2011. Publishing houses * Adelphi Edizioni (sold to Roberto Calasso) *Archinto (sold to Rosellina Archinto) *
Bompiani Bompiani is an Italian publishing house based in Milan. It was founded in 1929 by Valentino Bompiani. In 1990, Bompiani became part of the RCS MediaGroup. It was sold in 2015 to the Giunti Group. It is widely regarded as one of the leading literar ...
(sold to Mondadori; re-sold to
Giunti Editore Giunti Editore S.p.A. is an Italian publishing house founded in Florence in 1956. The company is based in Villa La Loggia, in via Bolognese, and affiliated offices in Milan. Giunti S.p.A. is the leader of a group comprising various brands and tha ...
) *Etas (sold to Mondadori) *
Fabbri Editori Fratelli Fabbri Editori is an Italian publishing house founded in 1947 by the brothers Giovanni, Dino and Ettore 'Rino' Fabbri. Today Fabbri forms part of Rizzoli Libri, which in turn is 100% controlled by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Origins Co ...
(sold to Mondadori) **Sonzogno * (sold to Mondadori) * (sold to Mondadori; re-sold to De Michelis family) * (BUR; sold to Mondadori) * Skira (sold) *Rizzoli International Publications (sold to Mondadori) ** Rizzoli Bookstore **Universe * Rizzoli-Longanesi (50%, in joint venture with Mauri Spagnol Group)


Ownership

On 26 January 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 14 March 2008 the pact agreed to extend their agreement for another three years until 2011. Italmobiliare, a company in the pact, acquired 2.332% stake of RCS from their subsidiary
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in 2010, making the stake held by Italmobiliare increased to 7.465%. Italmobiliare did not excised all of their rights in the capital increase, making the company owned just 3.0042% of the share capital and 3.7469% ordinary shares of RCS. In 2016
Urbano Cairo Urbano Cairo (born 21 May 1957) is an Italian businessman and chairman of Torino F.C. Cairo is a native of Milan. His principal business interest is in Cairo Communication, a business which he founded. At as mid-2016, Cairo via U.T. Communica ...
, via
Cairo Communication Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian media and publishing company based in Milan. The shares of the company float in Borsa Italiana. Urbano Cairo, via UT Communications, UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.101% stake of the company. In turn Cairo Co ...
, successfully completed a hostile takeover of RCS MediaGroup. However,
Mediobanca Mediobanca is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli (at that time CEO of Banca Commerciale Italiana, the largest commercial bank in Italy which promoted its incorporation together with Credito Italiano) ...
,
Unipol Unipol Gruppo S.p.A. is an Italian financial services holding company operating in the insurance and banking fields with headquarters in the Unipol Tower, Bologna. As of 2009 it was ranked as the country's fourth-largest insurer. The company t ...
, Pirelli,
Diego Della Valle Diego Della Valle (born 30 December 1953) is the chairman of the Italian leather goods company '' Tod's''. Biography Family, youth and studies Diego Della Valle is the elder son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle. Fili ...
and a private equity fund International Acquisitions Holding formed a new shareholders pact that opposed to Cairo; their offer to the public was lost to the offer from Cairo. Earlier that year, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), a company of the 2008 pact, distributed the shares of RCS the company owns (16.7% of the share capital), to the shareholders of FCA, making the shareholders of FCA freely decided to sell the shares of RCS to either factions or kept the shares as their own investments; Exor, the major shareholder of FCA, sold the stake of RCS immediately. ;Major shareholders of RCS MediaGroup with >2% stake: As of 26 September 2016CONSOB data accessed on 26 September 2016 * consortium of
Cairo Communication Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian media and publishing company based in Milan. The shares of the company float in Borsa Italiana. Urbano Cairo, via UT Communications, UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.101% stake of the company. In turn Cairo Co ...
and U.T. Communications (
Urbano Cairo Urbano Cairo (born 21 May 1957) is an Italian businessman and chairman of Torino F.C. Cairo is a native of Milan. His principal business interest is in Cairo Communication, a business which he founded. At as mid-2016, Cairo via U.T. Communica ...
) 59.831% *
Mediobanca Mediobanca is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli (at that time CEO of Banca Commerciale Italiana, the largest commercial bank in Italy which promoted its incorporation together with Credito Italiano) ...
9.930% * consortium of Diego Della Valle & C. S.r.l. and DI. VI. Finanziaria di Diego Della Valle & C. S.r.l. (
Diego Della Valle Diego Della Valle (born 30 December 1953) is the chairman of the Italian leather goods company '' Tod's''. Biography Family, youth and studies Diego Della Valle is the elder son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle. Fili ...
) 7.325% * consortium of UnipolSai and
Unipol Unipol Gruppo S.p.A. is an Italian financial services holding company operating in the insurance and banking fields with headquarters in the Unipol Tower, Bologna. As of 2009 it was ranked as the country's fourth-largest insurer. The company t ...
( Finsoe) 4.601% * Pirelli (
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Council. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of vario ...
of China) 4.443%


References


External links

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RCS MediaGroup profile
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