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

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. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy, and controlled by the Agnelli family through Exor. The company is known for publishing newspapers ''

La Repubblica (; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...

'' and ''

La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970 ...

''.

History

Origins

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

RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli Editore and 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, ra ...

. In March 2016, the Italiana Editrice (owner of ''

'' and controlled by FCA) merged with L'Espresso group (owner of ''

'') to create the leading Italian group in print and online information. As a result CIR (owned by the Benedetti family) remained the majority shareholder, with FCA and Carlo Perrone as minority shareholders.

Name change

In May 2017, the group changed its names from to GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. In July 2017, FCA distributed its stake to shareholders, making the Agnelli Family (through Exor) minority shareholders with a 4.26% stake. In December 2019, the board of CIR accepted Exor's offer to buy its 43.78% stake in GEDI. This operation restored the Agnelli family to majority ownership of ''La Stampa'', which they had already controlled from 1926 to 2016, through

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(then FCA). Following a

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, GEDI is 100% controlled by Giano Holding Spa, which is in turn controlled by Exor (90% stake). After Giano bought all shares of GEDI, the company was

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from the

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. Compagnie Industriali Riunite and Carlo Perrone own a minority share in Giano, 5% each.

Description

*Newspapers: **100,000 to 150,000 copies: ''

la Repubblica (; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...

'' **50,000 to 100,000 copies: ''

'' **5,000 to 10,000 copies: '' La Provincia Pavese'', ''La Sentinella del Canavese'' *Online newspapers: ''

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'' (Italian edition)
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'' (Italian edition) *Magazines: '' Limes'', '' National Geographic Italia'' (Italian edition of ''

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''), '' Le Scienze'' (Italian edition of ''

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''), '' Mente & Cervello'' *Radio stations: Radio DeeJay,

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 It ...

, m2o *Television channels: Repubblica Radio TV,

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, myDeejay, Onda Latina *Web portals: Kataweb *Advertising: A. Manzoni & C. *Education: Somedia

Formerly owned

* '' Il Secolo XIX'', ceded to Mediterranean Shipping Company in 2024 * '' Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli'', '' Il Piccolo'', '' Gazzetta di Mantova'', '' Il Mattino di Padova'', '' La Tribuna di Treviso'', ''

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'' and ''Corriere delle Alpi'', ceded to NEM Group in 2023 * ''

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'' and ''Le Guide dell'Espresso'' ceded to BFC Group in 2022 * '' Il Tirreno'', '' Gazzetta di Reggio'', '' Gazzetta di Modena'', '' La Nuova Ferrara'' and ''

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'', ceded to SAE Group in 2020 and 2021 * '' MicroMega'', closed in 2020 (later re-opened with a new ownership) * ''

Il Centro is an Italian language local daily newspaper based in Pescara, Italy. History was founded in 1986 and the first issue was published on 3 July. Its headquarters is in Pescara and the paper was published by Finegil Editoriale. The newspaper ...

'' and ''La Città'', ceded to local businessmen in 2017 * '' Alto Adige'' and ''

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'', ceded to Athesia Group in 2017

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* {{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