Mondadori
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| listed Società per azioni | |
| Traded as | BIT: MNDI |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1907 (Ostiglia, Mantua, Italy) |
| Headquarters | Segrate, Milan, Italy |
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Key people
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Marina Berlusconi (Chairman) Ernesto Mauri (CEO) |
| Products | Publishing of books and magazines, advertising, radio broadcasting, retail |
| Services | Bookshops |
| Revenue |
 €1.123 billion (2015) |
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€54.475 million (2015) |
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| Profit |
 €6.365 million (2015) |
| Total assets |
€1.194 billion (2015) |
| Total equity |
€263.987 million (2015) |
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Number of employees
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3,436 (end 2013) |
| Parent | Fininvest |
| Website | www.mondadori.com |
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Footnotes / references in a consolidated basis |
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Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian pronunciation: [arˈnɔldo mondaˈdoːri ediˈtoːre; mondaˈdɔːri]) is the biggestpublishing company in Italy. In the trade books market the competitors of Mondadori in Italy are Rcs, Gems and Giunti, while in the magazine publishing market are Cairo Communication, Universo and RCS MediaGroup.
The company's mission is to encourage the dissemination of culture and ideas, through products, activities and services aimed at satisfying the needs and tastes of the broadest possible range of people, bringing together a love of culture and editorial quality with a capacity to identify and anticipate changes in the world of media and communications.
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 1912 he founded “La Sociale” and published the first book AiaMadama together with his close friend Tommaso Monicelli and the following year, La Lampada, a series of children's books.
The publishing house kept working intensely even during the First World War, mainly on the publication of magazines for the troops on the front such as La Tradotta, which included contributions from famous illustrators and writers such as Soffici, De Chirico and Carrà.
In 1919 the publishing house headquarters were transferred to Milan. After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including Gialli Mondadori in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels.
Despite a period of cultural autarky, in 1933 Mondadori started publishing works of international writers with the Medusa book series. In 1935, through an agreement with Walt Disney, the publishing house began the publication of a children's series based on Disney cartoon characters, which ran until 1988, when the agreement between Mondadori and the Walt Disney Company ended.
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