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ExpoExpress, an exhibition train that will travel across the country will promote the Universal Exposition, offer the public a range of free meetings, events, laboratories, castings and show cooking demonstrations.

The initiative was presented today in Venice by the chief executive of the FS Italiane Group, Michele Mario Elia, the Government Commissioner for Expo Milano 2015 and chief executive of Expo 2015, Giuseppe Sala and the chief executive of the Mondadori Group, Ernesto Mauri. The special representative of the event was the actress Ornella Muti, who is also the Ambassador of Expo Milano 2015 and WE – Women for Expo.

The train will stop at 12 Italian cities between today and 12 December with three carriages – Live Expo, Food Expo and Casa Expo – each dedicated to specific activities. The Live Expo and Food Expo carriages will feature free activities open to the public promoted by Donna Moderna, Grazia, TuStyle, Starbene and Sale&Pepe, about fashion and cooking, nutrition and wellbeing, castings to become the protagonist of a fashion shoot, a women wall with the experiences of readers and show cooking demonstrations with star chefs. Meanwhile, the Casa Expo will offer an interactive path to explain Expo Milano 2015 and the focus on the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. Casa Expo will host the Ambassadors of Expo Milano 2015 and WE-Women For Expo, a project developed by the Universal Exposition in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori.

During its tour ExpoExpress, which will depart from Venice’s Santa Lucia Station on the occasion of the 71st International Film Festival, and will stop off at 11 other cities: on 6 September in Verona, 12 September in Padua, 19 September at Milan Central, 1 October in Genoa, 11 October in Trieste, 17 October in Rome, 24 October in Turin, 14 November in Bologna, 21 November in Florence, 28 November in Pisa Centrale, 7 December at Milan Porta Garibaldi and 12 December in Naples.

Each of the stops of ExpoExpress will have wi-fi connection thanks to the support of Telecom Italia and Cisco, Official Partners that will provide fixed and mobile networks, IT solutions, IP and wi-fi connection and other innovative solutions for Expo Milano 2015. The technological layout of the exhibition train is by Samsung, the Official Edutainment Global Partner of Expo Milano 2015.

The decision to promote the Universal Exposition by train is not coincidental. Indeed, as underlined by the chief executive of the FS Italiane Group, Michele Mario Elia, the train offers an opportunity for people to meet and for cultural exchange, which is precisely what will happen for the countries that will animate Expo Milano 2015. In any case the support of the FS Italiane Group is across the board, from the supply and strengthening of railway services (connections and stations) to technical and logistical support for the exposition area and the national and international promotion of the Universal Exposition through our sales channels.

The Government Commissioner and chief executive of Expo Milano 2015, Giuseppe Sala, underlined the values and the educational content expressed by the theme of the upcoming Universal Exposition in Milan “Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life”. Expo Milano 2015 will attract 20 million visitors from across the world and the train the ideal form of transport for reaching the exposition site.

Ernesto Mauri, chief executive of Mondadori, showed how the Group will make the company’s unique editorial assets and know-how in terms of content and the value of the brands, available to an event that will put Italy at the centre of world attention. The free activities organised by the magazines Donna Moderna, Grazia, TuStyle, Starbene and Sale&Pepe on board the ExpoExpress will constitute an enormous communication platform able to draw in, inform and make people in general – as well as readers and enthusiasts – more aware of the theme of Expo Milano 2015.

Communication support for the entire initiative will also be provided by FS Italiane Group media (the online newspaper fsnews.it, the web radio available at over 400 stations FSNews Radio and the Twitter profile @fsnews_it,) as well as by the web and social channels created for the occasion by the Mondadori Group (expo-express.info, and the Twitter and Instagram social profiles using the hashtag #expoexpress).

The initiative will also be communicated and enhanced by the social media channels of #Expo2015: Facebook Italia facebook.com/Expo2015Milano.it, Facebook Global facebook.com/Expo2015Milano, Twitter @Expo2015Milano with the hashtag #Expo2015, and Instagram Official, instagram.com/expo2015milano.

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ll mio Papa, the world’s first weekly entirely dedicated to Pope Francis, after its outstanding success in Italy, will exceptionally take the formula outside of Italy with a special issue for Korean readers.

In fact, tomorrow, Il mio Papa will launch a special My Pope edition in Korea to mark the arrival of His Holiness in Seoul for the VI Asian Youth Day (13-18 August).

My Pope, which will be on newsstands from 5 August as a free supplement to the Korean edition of Grazia, will offer an Asian audience a view of Pope Francis through anecdotes, stories and the most significant political and diplomatic meetings in the run up to the Holy Father’s visit to Korea.

With the same high-impact and photographically rich vibrant and colourful layout that characterises the Italian weekly edited by Aldo Vitali, the 24-page special in Korean will offer readers in the country a completely new window on the world of Pope Francis, paying particular attention to items of interest and images that portray the simple approach of the Holy Father’s daily gestures and habits: from the pope-mobile to his private residence and from the ring he wears to the significance of his clothes.

My Pope has been produced thanks to an agreement between Mondadori and Seoul Cultural Publishers Inc., and will be on newsstands, as a supplement to Grazia Korea for two weeks, at the usual price of 3.500 won (€2.40).

Friday 8 August will see the arrival on newsstands of Giochi, a new Mondadori magazine entirely devoted to games and quizzes and the most amusing ideas for passing leisure time and relaxing.

Giochi, which is produced by Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, the weekly magazine edited by Aldo Vitali, is unique of its kind and comes in the form of a large-format magazine with a glossy cover and 132 full-colour pages and made up of games and quizzes for leisure time produced in an innovative and original way. Over 360 games, the most extensive offer on the market, are classified in 6 different levels of difficulty indicated by the use of different colours.

From great quiz classics, such as crosswords, Sudoku, encryptions and puzzles, to new and fun features, such as mosaics, logic games and word grids. Plus, 10 pages especially designed for younger quiz masters.

The first issue of Giochi will feature a big competition linked to the solution of a crossword with a prize of an MSC cruise for two to the Canary Islands.

The communication campaign – with the claim “un passatempo divertente, un relax intelligente” (an amusing pastime, an intelligent way to relax) – will involve TV, radio, Mondadori weeklies, posters at points of sale and large-scale retail outlets. The magazine will be on sale at newsstands at a price of €2.90.

Giochi is produced and edited by Axioma, a company specialised in crosswords and quizzes.

Today sees the debut on Donnamoderna.tv of Il Saloon di Adele, the first web fiction in HD by Donnamoderna.com.

At the heart of the series, co-produced by Mondadori and Brandon Box, is a hairdresser, her customer/friends and the local competition in a small Italian provincial town. Il Saloon di Adele is “the only hairdresser open also on Mondays”, the day on which, at 11 am, from week to week, the eight-minute episodes, written by Camilla Sernagiotto and Andrea Sgaravatti, and directed by Guido Geminiani and Enrico Riscassi will be shown at Donnamoderna.com/SaloondiAdele.

“Donnamoderna.com has always been attentive to the most important trends in digital media and the launch of a high quality web fiction like Il Saloon di Adele is further proof,” declared Daniela Cerrato, head of digital marketing properties at Mondadori. “The already appreciated video serials on Donnamoderna.tv, are now evolving into a high level format that, already in the production phase, has been conceived for use on a wide range of devices and for eventual release on other channels. The strong points include a high level of engagement with users, who in this instance can see themselves in the four types of women represented in the show as well as in Italian provincial life,” Cerrato concluded.

The launch of the web fiction will be supported by social communication with the hashtag #SaloondiAdele, on the Donna Moderna profiles on Facebook and Twitter, and a Facebook page dedicated to “Il Saloon di Adele”.

The series will be accompanied by a campaign on Donnamoderna.com, with teasers and display ads. The promotional activities will also be supported by Videomediaset, where the Donnamoderna.tv channel will host a new section entirely dedicated to Il Saloon di Adele; and the series will also be available on Virgilio.it and Libero.it.

The plot
In what is an original “pink western”, a narrator, with the voice of Emanuela Rossi (the official dubbing actor of Michelle Pfeiffer and Brenda Strong from Desperate Housewives, as well as the voice of Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta-Jones and many more) guides through the adventures of Adele (Laura Locatelli), a hairdresser of almost forty who runs a salon with a number of regular and loyal customers, each with a different personality and lifestyle: the stand-out characters are Elena (Orsetta Borghero), a divorce lawyer who is single from choice; Paola (Frida Bruno), a disastrous and regularly cheated on housewife; and Arianna (Ilaria Fratoni) a supermarket checkout girl with a number of degrees who dreams of publishing her first novel.

Through a series of plot twists, with tinges of romance, mystery and a fresh and ironic feel, 0Il Saloon di Adele is the perfect series for those who adored Desperate Housewives and the metropolitan adventures of Sex and the City. Episode by episode, the romantic evolutions and running gags alternate among the hairbrushes, curlers and shampoo, with mysterious surprises that quite quickly mess up the hairdos of the protagonists.

The partners
Il Saloon di Adele has been created in partnership with L’Oréal Paris, L’Oréal Professionnel and Lycia. The operation, overseen by Mediamond Digital, integrates the brands in the production of the series and offers an opportunity for promotional visibility that goes well beyond product placement. The project is also “social by design”, in other words, it has been conceived to give the members of the Donna Moderna community the chance to use the content and share easily on social networks.

“We have always been close to our consumers, offering scientifically advanced products at accessible prices,” declared Stefania Fabiano, brand director of L’Oréal Paris. “We decided to get involved in this project because the hairdressing salon has always been a place where women enjoy talking about themselves, measuring themselves against each other and sharing beauty tips. The first and most important beauty concern is skincare, and L’Oréal Paris has chosen to communicate three exclusive products that respond to specific consumer needs.”

“The hairdresser is the best of jobs”. And it is this conviction that for 105 years L’Oréal Professionel has been at the service of hairdressers in helping to transform every woman into a star. Being a part of Il Saloon di Adele is further confirmation for the brand of how strategic a figure the hairdresser is for all women. In the sit-com the “Saloon” is the place where the protagonists come together, with their overlapping stories that transform and evolve along with their trendy hairstyles.

The episodes of the series will also feature Lycia – the brand of the Artsana Group – that will appear in the series as a beauty ally of Adele and her friends. The protagonists, normal women trying to deal with day-to-day life, all need to take some time for themselves and Lycia, which has always been close to every woman, is at their side in the daily battle against time and routine, to enhance their femininity naturally and simply.

From this week INTERNI, the Mondadori interiors and contemporary design magazine will also be published in Thailand. The new edition of the title, the result of a licensing agreement with the publishing company Inspire Entertainment Co. Ltd., will be quarterly.

INTERNI Thailand will join the monthly edition launched by Mondadori in Russia.

Thanks to a successful formula that has enabled the title to become one of the most appreciated observatories of contemporary design at an international level – INTERNI will bring to Thailand the latest trends in the culture of living, and will become a point of reference able to anticipate and select the best of what’s new from the world of creativity and design.

“We are very satisfied to be bringing INTERNI to one of the most dynamic and continuously expanding economies in the world,” declared Zeno Pellizzari, general manager of Mondadori International Business. “Thailand is one of the most prolific countries in Asia in the design sector and we are sure that with this new edition of our brand we will be able to reach a strategic pool of readers, companies and professionals,” Pellizzari concluded.

“I am honoured to have the opportunity to introduce Thailand to a magazine brand that is recognised and established among designers, professional and design enthusiasts in general at an international level,” declared Samutcha Viraporn, editor of INTERNI Thailand.

The launch of INTERNI Thailand was celebrated during the “Thailand Architect Expo 2014”, the country’s leading trade fair for the interiors and architecture sector which was held in Bangkok from 29 April to 4 May 2014.

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Inspire Entertainment Co. Ltd., is Thailand’s leading magazine publisher and one of the country’s biggest players in newspaper publishing, television programmes and digital content. The company publishes 14 international magazine titles, including Grazia.

From tomorrow Starbene, leader in the wellbeing sector in terms of both circulation and readership, will be relaunched with a number of important new features: the magazine edited by Cristina Merlino is going weekly and reinforcing its system with a new approach in digital and a series of initiatives across the country.

“We have decided to concentrate our offer under the Starbene brand by rationalising the other titles in the portfolio in order to maximise the potential of a brand that is already a leader in the sector,” declared Carlo Mandelli, general manager of the Mondadori Group’s Magazines Italy area. “By going weekly we can enormously increase content production, and, as a result, accelerate and strengthen the digital offer, exactly as we have done in cooking and interiors. In fact, over the last year we have reorganised our entire portfolio, concentrating exclusively on the leading brands in the market with high multimedia potential. Only the wellbeing area, one of the fastest growing and most dynamic sectors in the market and one where Mondadori has always had a significant presence, was left out. Consequently, we have reviewed, reconfigured and relaunched all of our products in the area,” Mandelli concluded.

On the strength of an annual average circulation of 194,743 copies per month and 1.3 million readers, the new weekly Starbene will reinforce its role as a practical guide to healthy and dynamic living, with advice about health, beauty, fitness and ecology, as well as tests on products and therapies in order to be even closer to women and their families, in line with the new claim “The habit of wellbeing” (La tua abitudine al benessere).

“Given the great success of Starbene on newsstands it seemed worth increasing our engagement with wellbeing,” claimed Cristina Merlino, the magazine’s editor, “in order to provide the very latest news, as well as offering a faster and more practical selection of what’s new in health, beauty, ecology and be a useful weekly guide for Italian women and families. In addition, we will continue the established practice of Starbene of testing products, therapies and treatments by our experts and the editorial team to check their effectiveness and seriousness. Something that is highly appreciated by our readers to whom we want to offer even more with the new weekly edition,” Cristina Merlino concluded.

The magazine, which also has a new layout, will be even richer in terms of content, more attentive to news and providing useful advice, without renouncing the authoritative scientific detail that has always characterised the title. Starbene has the benefit of a pool of consultants made up of more than 100 experts and contributors from internationally renowned institutions, including the IEO (Istituto Europeo di Oncologia), available to interact with readers every day, also by telephone and on Starbene.it.

Diet, beauty, health, ecology

Health is given extensive coverage in the weekly, from prevention to soft therapies, beauty treatments and psychology, as well as sport, ecology and diet.

Every week Starbene will take a look at what’s happening in the world of research with a column dedicated to recognised clinics, recommended for the quality of treatment and cost, city by city. It will also promote general wellbeing and beauty with practical tutorials, products “tested for you” and replies to readers’ questions from dermatologists, cosmeticians and beauticians. As well as promoting a lifestyle based on a healthy diet, that doesn’t overlook the pleasures of the Mediterranean tradition and vegetarian cooking.

But the new Starbene is not only about physical wellbeing, but rather the overall wellbeing of the individual and her surroundings. Alongside the latest trends in fitness, space is also given to the sort of travel and fashion that makes us feel good and respects our bodies, while paying attention to the most comfortable fabrics and the colours that also have a positive impact on our mood.

Plus, there will also be discount coupons for wellbeing travel and beauty treatments, with different special offers every week.

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Also the Starbene.it web site is full of new features with an updated layout, up-to-date news and a space for dialogue with readers: every day on Starbene.it wellbeing is within reach thanks to a forum offering live contact with our experts; a special channel dedicated to the Exfat diet, that offers a personalised weight-loss programme supervised by Dr Carla Lertola; videos to learn the latest fitness exercises and a range of other appointments to help you feel fit.

#StoBeneSe is the Starbene initiative on Twitter and Facebook designed to build together with users a map of wellbeing. The first to reply to the question “What makes you feel well?” is the editor Cristina Merlino: “#StoBeneSe Hugging my children every evening before they go to bed”.

Starbene across the country

Starbene will also enhance its presence across the country as part of important events related to wellbeing, starting with Rimini Wellness: from 30 May to 2 June Starbene will offer visitors to the fair an exclusive brand experience at the “Starbene bistrot”, an area where you can regenerate yourself with healthy and natural food, find out ore about wellbeing and take a break in the relaxation zone.

The launch of the new Starbene will be supported by a campaign developed by Hi! Comunicazione on print, radio, TV, web, major retail outlets and outdoor. The first four issues of the weekly will be on newsstands at the launch price of €1.

Salepepe.it, the first food portal by Mondadori is now online. The website has been designed for those whose passion for food is an expression of both their identity and lifestyle.

On the strength of authoritative content, Salepepe.it offers all food enthusiasts a unique experience, thanks to the assets and editorial know-how of the Mondadori network, that includes not only recipes but the entire world of cooking culture, with news and information about events, tasting tours, wines and personalities.

“This portal reinforces the Mondadori cooking system which, with four established brands, supplements, specials, books and ebooks, has combined sales of 1 million copies and over 4 million readers for its 116 annual issues, in addition to a database of more than 100,000 recipes and a market share of more than 60%,” declared Carlo Mandelli, general manager of Magazines Italy at the Mondadori Group.

“Consequently, from today, we will be able to reach our audience of readers, enthusiasts and advertisers across all channels: the magazine, events, mobile, the app, social networks and the web with a high-level, integrated multimedia offer. Sale&Pepe’s web debut marks the confirmation of a brand that over the years has established itself as a point of reference for all areas related to cooking and gastronomy. A commitment on the digital front that already places Mondadori among the leaders in the Food & Cooking segment through the Donnamoderna.com cooking network, with a total audience that includes 1,9 million unique visitors and 14 million page views (Source: Audiweb View, February 2014)”, concluded Mandelli.

Content and interactive tools from Sale&Pepe
Salepepe.it has access to a selection of top recipes from the archives and experience of the magazine Sale&Pepe: an authentic multimedia “recipe book” including thousands of recipes with photo galleries giving users a step-by-step guide to prepare the dishes; a “Cookery School” with detailed content and a dictionary of gastronomy with over 1,000 items, lists of ingredients and cooking techniques: from “allappante” (“astringent”) to soubise, and from arancino to vichyssoise.

The recipes featured in the launch are in three formats: “A little extra”, videos shot in point-of-view, giving the user the impression that she is preparing the dish herself; “From our kitchen”, stop-motion videos of recipes published in Sale&Pepe; “Bonjour bon ton”, a new and ironic web series with TV personality laGiovanna.

The new portal comes to the web with an innovative format and layout, thanks to a full-screen presentation of the content that enhances even more one of the assets that has always identified and distinguished the Sale&Pepe brand and recipes: high quality, refined and elegant images.

Also the design has a big visual impact and has been developed to adapt to the characteristics of the different devices used: a responsive site, conceived also for mobile that can be used also on a tablet while you are cooking.

The recipes are accompanied by advice and suggestions on the most appropriate wines, with combinations specially and exclusively researched for Salepepe.it by Helmut Köcher, founder and president of the Merano Wine Festival, and supported by over 600 profiles of quality wines drawn from the extensive Mondadori Electa catalogue.

It will also be possible to find information using a series of search filters based on calories, preparation time, cooking time, difficulty, region of origin. And Salepepe.it will also help you to find the best restaurants, in collaboration with 2Spaghi.it that, thanks to a community of food enthusiasts, collects reviews, special offers and suggestions directly from the source.

Another partner of Salepepe.it is Avinado.it, a buyers club for wine enthusiasts and producers, that offers special deals for users of Mondadori’s first food portal.

A cross-media system dedicated to a passion for food
An integrated world from Sale&Pepe, with previews, links to the magazine and the web site and videos, as well as links to social networks and extra multimedia content that enhance the user experience.

Mondadori’s first food portal also has a strong presence on social networks, with 306,000 fans of the magazine on Facebook, 3,000 followers on Twitter and more than 1,600 on Instagram, and to coincide with the launch will also join G+.

The launch of Salepepe.it will also coincide with the introduction of the first on-demand foodTV, Salepepe.Tv, with video recipes and interactive playlists in high definition, divided into chapters so that users can select and watch individual phases of the preparation of the recipes. An innovative format that can be personalised, also for special initiatives and product placement.

To mark the launch of the site, the new Sale&Pepe app has also been released. Available for tablets and smartphones (downloadable free from the AppleStore, Play Store and Amazon), it has been enhanced with the possibility of accessing also an exclusive selection of content form the site directly.

The cross-reinforcement between the new site, the magazine, social networks, and mobile consequently offers users and advertisers the possibility of interacting, communicating and living the world of food in a Sale&Pepe-branded multimedia and multichannel experience.

A jury of blog stars for the #cucinacon contest
To mark the launch of the new site, Sale&Pepe has also organised the #cucinacon contest, that enables food enthusiasts to take part in a challenge by submitting recipes with photos.

This initiative, created in partnership with Gnammo, Italy’s leading social eating web site, has been developed thanks to the high level of engagement of users and bloggers that have posted and shared recipes and transforming a passion for food into a social experience.

On Saturday 12 April, at 5.30 pm, the 3 best recipes, from those of the users who have taken part in the contest, will be revealed at a showcooking inside the Mondadori Food&Design Experience, at the Magna Pars in Via Tortona 15 in Milan.

The #cucinacon jury consists of the editor of Sale&Pepe, Laura Maragliano, and the blog stars Chiara Maci (@ChiaraMaci), Francesca Romana Barberini (@Frbarberini), Iaia Guardo (@maghetta), Ilaria Mazzarotta (@lamazzarotta), Laurel Evans (@laurelevans) and Mariachiara Montera (@Maricler): they will have the task of choosing the winning recipe that will be published in both the magazine and on Salepepe.it.

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“FEEDING NEW IDEAS FOR THE CITY” is the name of an important exhibition event – developed by the monthly INTERNI, along with Expo Milano 2015 as partner and the patronage of City of Milan – to be held in the courtyard of the University of Milan from today until 18 April, as part of the FuoriSalone, fringe events of the Milan Design Week. The co-producer of the initiative is AgustaWestland, which has contributed with a competition for young designers “Flydeas for the City” and Audi with the installation “primarchittetura” by Walter Maria de Silva.

“FEEDING NEW IDEAS FOR THE CITY also aims to introduce and develop the theme of Expo Milano 2015 Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life”, declared Gilda Bojardi, the editor of INTERNI. “We have brought together original contributions from designers of international standing and leading companies in the fields of innovation and research who have identifies and produced temporary installations to develop the theme of “feeding” in a metaphorical and multidisciplinary sense,” Bojardi concluded.

With this exhibition event, which gives Milan unique and exceptional visibility, the INTERNI system confirms its strategic role also in terms of advertising, with sales up by 7% in the period January-April compared with the same period of 2013: an excellent result achieved thanks to the strength of the brand and the activities developed for the Design Week and the magazine’s 60th anniversary.

A large number of world renowned designers and architects have contributed to the exhibition event: Walter Maria de Silva for Audi, Torafu Architects with Panasonic, Kengo Kuma & Associates with Salvatori and with Asahi Building-wall, Kajima, Obayashi, Shimizu, Taisei, Takenaka and Ferragamo Parfums, Archea with atelier-a and Architettura Sonora, Paola Navone with Deborah Milano and Gruppo Pozzi, Speech Tchoban/Kuznetsov with Velko 2000, dRMM with the American Hardwood Export Council – Ahec, Nemesi&Partners with Italcementi Group and with Styl-Comp Group, and many more besides.

FEEDING NEW IDEAS FOR THE CITY will also be an opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of INTERNI, from the beginning one of the leading observers of international contemporary design. To underline the significance, six well-know architect-designers – Antonio Citterio, Paola Navone, Matteo Thun, Giulio Cappellini, William Sawaya and Rodolfo Dordoni – have created an ad hoc installation: six tables that combine to form a 72-metre-long table, placed at the Portico del Richini. Each designer interpreted an assigned decade with the use of special surfaces and selecting different objects, seating and lighting.

But this year INTERNI will also extend its activities to another location in the heart of Milan, the Orto Botanico di Brera (the University of Milan’s botanical garden), that will host the installation “Giardino Geometrico” (Geometric Garden) by Lissoni Associati, created together with Laminam and Living Divani. The magazine has also planned a series of actions for the restructuring of the garden, some of which were completed in 2013, for example the construction of a pathway for the sight impaired (undertaken by the Orto Botanico with the Rotary Club of Milan) and the new entrance in Via Fratelli Gabba (overseen by the Amici di Brera).

2014 is also the 25th anniversary of the FuoriSalone and the Guida FuoriSalone® – which is also available as a free app for iPad and iPhone, as well as Android-based tablets and smartphones – which this year features over 500 events and continues to be an indispensible tool to find your way around the ever-increasing range of showroom, exhibitions and events.

The Panorama system is being reinforced to include all of the channels of communication, from print, the web, tablets and mobile, as well as initiatives and events across the country.

In particular, from tomorrow, the Mondadori newsmagazine edited by Giorgio Mulè, will present itself to readers in a decidedly new look, designed by Pier Paolo Pitacco and created with the art director Roberto Bettoni and, making the magazine more modern, elegant and easy to read thanks also to the use of opaque glossy paper .

But the real change will be in the second half of the magazine, which will be called Link and will modify the editorial mix by tipping the wink to men’s passions: from fashion (with features and still life) to cosmetics, art tours, from culture to music, technology and cars, and, of course, design. The first half of the magazine will remain focused on the most important current affairs from Italy and around the world, including the investigative reporting that has always been a hallmark of Panorama.

This revamping of the weekly is part of an overall updating of the system around Panorama. In fact, from 2014, the women’s title Flair the male lifestyle magazine ICON (launched with great success in October 2013 also in Spain with El Pais), have both gone from five to six issues per year.

The development of Panorama is proceeding at the same rate also on the web. The Panorama.it web site. thanks to its ability to offer immediate and detailed news, focused on the extensive use of multimedia content, in January and February 2014 attracted more than 4 million unique users (4.4 in January 2014 and 4.1 million in February 2014), with a total of around 16 million page views per month (Source: Censuario ShinyStat). And there was huge growth, compared with 2013, in the brand’s presence on the main social networks: the number of Facebook fans has almost reached 100,000, while doubling the number of followers on Twitter (54,000).

Plus, for the first time ever, Panorama is going on tour around Italy with “Panorama d’Italia”, a live & media experience that, from 2 April, starting in Reggio Calabria, will visit 10 Italian cities with a calendar of 150 integrated initiatives and dialogue with 300 speakers and 3 million citizens and establishing a link between the excellence of Made in Italy in the world of business, the economy, culture, food and wine.

The new Panorama, on newsstands from Thursday 27 March at a special price if just €1, will also be a collectors’ issue: in fact, the cover, entitled La meglio Italia (The Best of Italy) has exceptionally been designed by the Oscar winner Dante Ferretti.

In support of the magazine, a multichannel media campaign has been organised with the claim “Panorama entra nel vivo” (Panorama gets to the heart of things), on leading TV, newspapers, radio and web media.