RCS Media Group - Timeline

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