Rizzoli Libri
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RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (Template:ISE), (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.
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Timeline
The timeline of the company:
- 1927 - Angelo Rizzoli launches publishing activities at his printing company “A. Rizzoli & C.”
- 1952 - company is renamed “Rizzoli Editore”
- 1974 - company purchases “Editoriale Corriere della Sera S.a.s.”, which publishes the daily newspaper Il Corriere della Sera
- 1976 - company takes over management of La Gazzetta dello Sport
- 1984 - Gemina acquires controlling holding of Rizzoli
- 1990 - acquisition of holding in Spanish company Unidad Editorial S.A., the present day holding of which is 96.1%
- 1997 - Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera is separated from Gemina’s other industrial activities, which are transferred to the new HdP company
- 2000 - acquisition of French publishing house Editions Flammarion
- 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 is renamed RCS MediaGroup
- 2006 - acquisition of first holding in Digicast, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary
- 2007 - acquisition, through Unidad Editorial, of Spanish publishing group Recoletos Grupo de Comunicaciòn
- 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 Éditions Gallimard
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