GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian

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. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy.

History

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

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. In March 2010, the group made public apologies to

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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

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la Repubblica ''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnol ...

'' **100,000 to 150,000 copies: '' La Stampa'' **25,000 to 50,000 copies: '' Messaggero Veneto'', ''

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'' **10,000 to 25,000 copies: ''

Il Piccolo ''Il Piccolo'' is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original ''small'' format. History and profile ''Il Piccolo'' was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881. He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the ...

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Gazzetta di Mantova ''Gazzetta di Mantova'' is an Italian language local daily newspaper published in Mantua, in northern Italy. It the oldest Italian newspaper. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Mantova'' was established in 1664 making it the world's oldest newsp ...

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Il Mattino di Padova ''Il Mattino di Padova'' is an Italian newspaper published in Padua, Italy. The newspaper, which was first published in 1978, is part of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale and specifically GEDI News Network, controlling ''La Repubblica'', ''La Stampa'', '' ...

'' **5,000 to 10,000 copies: ''

La Provincia Pavese ''La Provincia Pavese'' is an Italian language regional daily newspaper and is the main paper of the province of Pavia. History and profile ''La Provincia Pavese'' is part of the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., fo ...

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La Tribuna di Treviso ''La Tribuna di Treviso'' is an Italian language regional daily newspaper published in Treviso, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1978. History and profile ''La Tribuna di Treviso'' was started in 1978. The paper is based in Treviso. Grupp ...

'', ''

La Nuova Venezia ''La Nuova Venezia'' (full title:''La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre'') is an Italian language regional daily newspaper published in Venice, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1984. History and profile ''La Nuova Venezia'' was first published in ...

'', ''

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'' Mashable'' (Italian edition) *Magazines: ''

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'', '' National Geographic Italia'' (Italian edition of ''

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Le Scienze ''Le Scienze'' (''The Sciences'') is an Italian monthly science magazine, It is the Italian edition of'' Scientific American''. History and profile Published monthly since 1968, ''Le Scienze'' was founded by industrial Alberto Mondadori and scie ...

'' (Italian edition of ''

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''), '' Mente & Cervello'', '' Le Guide dell'Espresso'' *Radio stations:

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Radio Capital Radio Capital is an Italian private radio station, was founded in May 1977 and is owned by the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (ultimately by EXOR owned by the Agnelli-family) and began broadcasting in 1985. Broadcast FTA on Hot Bird, on SKY Ital ...

, m2o *Television channels:

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, Deejay TV,

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*Web portals:

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Gazzetta di Reggio ''Gazzetta di Reggio'' is an Italian language daily newspaper published in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1860. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Reggio'' was founded in 1860. The paper serves for the Emilia-Romagna regio ...

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Gazzetta di Modena ''Gazzetta di Modena'' is a morning daily newspaper that serves the city of Modena and its similarly named province in Italy. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Modena'' was established in 1981. It is part of the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso G ...

'', '' La Nuova Ferrara'' and ''

La Nuova Sardegna ''La Nuova Sardegna'' is an Italian regional daily newspaper for the island of Sardinia. History and profile ''La Nuova Sardegna'' was founded in 1891 by Enrico Berlinguer, grandfather and namesake of Enrico Berlinguer, national secretary of th ...

'', ceded to the SAE Group in 2020 and 2021; * '' Il Centro'' and ''La Città'', ceded to local businessmen in 2017;; * ''

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'', ceded to Athesia Group in 2017; * ''

L'Espresso ''L'Espresso'' () is an Italian weekly news magazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies; the other is '' Panorama''. Since 2022 it has been published by BFC Media. History and profile One of Italy's foremost newsmagazines, ' ...

'', ceded to BFC Group in 2022; * ''

MicroMega ''MicroMega'' is a political, cultural, social and economic newsmagazine published bimonthly in Rome, Italy. The title ''MicroMega'' is probably inspired by a tale by Voltaire. History and profile ''MicroMega'' was founded in March 1986 by the e ...

'', 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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gruppo Editoriale L'espresso Italian companies established in 1955 Publishing companies established in 1955 Publishing companies of Italy Italian-language television networks Newspaper companies of Italy