For its 20^th anniversary CasaFacile s going on TV. In fact, the Mondadori Group magazine will be the star of an episode of the docu-reality show Cambio Casa, Cambio Vita which is broadcast on the Mediaset channel La5.

In February CasaFacile began an exceptional casting initiative among its readers, a great many of whom put themselves forward as candidates for a complete relook overseen by Andrea Castrignano and the CasaFacile team. An authentic four-handed ‘before & after’ that will be on newsstands in the July issue of CasaFacile and on air on La5 with Cambio Casa, Cambio Vita.

“The ‘before & after’ format has been a CasaFacile classic for more than 10 years and we are delighted to be able to take it on TV: it has been a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with Andrea and the Cambio Casa, Cambio Vita! team,” said the editor of CasaFacile  Giusi Silighini.

Andrea Castrignano and Vanessa Pisk (a special correspondent of CasaFacile) transformed a dated apartment belonging to the grandparents of a young couple into their ideal home. and the result is an unusual mix of  surprising country chic, and a combination of the inimitable taste of Andrea Castrignano and the  ‘CasaFacile style’.

The episode of Cambio Casa, Cambio Vita, which will air in primetime on 27 June on La5 at 11.15 pm (and repeated on 1 July at 1.00 pm; 2 July at 3.30 pm; and on 4 July at the end of the subsequent episode), well tell the story of the apartment – and that of the lucky protagonists. And in the issue of CasaFacile on newsstands from 5 July the Prima&Dopo feature will be completely given over to the restyling of the apartment, with extensive details and curiosities for readers.

On newsstands from tomorrow, Friday 23 June, Spy, a new magazine that will reveal the secrets of the Italian star system.

This new launch will expand the Mondadori Group’s portfolio of brands with a popular weekly characterised by a distinctive formula and positioning compared with what is currently on the market. Spy will be the only magazine to reveal the un-confessed and un-confessable secrets of celebrities, in a tantalising and biting style.

“The recent months have been a very exciting period for our magazines. We are the market leader, with a market share of around 32% and our portfolio of brands is continuing to expand,” declared Carlo Mandelli, the Mondadori Group’s general manager of Magazines Italy. We have launched a new magazine – Giallo Zafferano – re-launched others, alongside growth in digital where we are now Italy’s leading publisher with around 17 users per month. Spy will further extend our offer with a new product, aimed at a broad base of readers, interested, as the magazine’s claim clearly states, in “a magazine that puts its nose into other people’s business”, and discovering, in a tantalising and biting style, what goes on behind the scenes in the lives of TV personalities, the stars of TV series and the protagonists of reality and talent shows.

“Spy is the result of a project that we have developed with the aim of offering, in addition to Chi – Italy’s leading people magazine –  an innovative new weekly with a strong identity, but always faithful to the editorial quality that characterises all of the Group’s brands,”  Mandelli concluded.

Spy is based on an idea by Alfonso Signorini, the editor of the weekly Chi: “Spy has a dual mission: to inform and entertain. It is a decidedly well informed magazine, thanks to an editorial team and collaborators that have spent their lives behind the scenes or working also, though not only, in the entertainment world, though not only,  and hearing, every day, news and “rumours” from the inside. The news and rumours that fill the magazine, from the first to the last page. And doing so in an entertaining way, not taking itself too seriously and not being the fountain of absolute truth, clear in the knowledge that the world is never just black and white, but an infinite range of colours,” said Signorini.

Edited by Massimo Borgnis, Spy digs into the life of celebrities, revealing unexpected stories that focus on the personalities of the moment who most enthuse the Italian audience. Among the topics in the first issue: Stefano De Martino is the new sex symbol of the summer and Kate’s red light friendship that is making the Queen tremble. But also: The media war between Maria De Filippi and Stefano Gabbana and Corona is released from prison, marries Silvia Provvedi and changes his life.

In addition to the news, inside Spy, readers will find columns and features dedicated to cooking, fashion, beauty and TV programmes.

A massive launch plan has been put together to support the new magazine: for the first four weeks, Spy will have a total print run of 2 million copies, alongside a communication campaign starring Alfonso Signorini.

The TV commercial – which will be aired throughout the summer – with a surprising and ironic tone, sees Alfonso Signorini during an original “confession”, that he feels the need to reveal, in the new Spy, all of the VIPs’ most hidden secrets.

The campaign, developed by Twin Studio, is articulated across various media.

Spy will enjoy major communication support with a multi-brand approach on all media: in addition to TV (Mediaset channels), an important radio campaign (R101, Virgin, Radio Italia, 105) is planned, as well as the Mondadori Group’s print titles, and promotion at points of sale, on the web and social networks.

Digital communication is strong with a video strategy with a display campaign on Mondadori’s women’s websites with 24 million impressions and buzz marketing activities on Facebook with a number of celebrity teaser videos.

Videos, revelations, and previews will be shared on the Spy fanpage www.facebook.com/SpyMagazineIT

After the launch. at €0.50 €, the cover price of Spy will be €1.

“With Spy, Mediamond, the advertising sales company, will extend its offer also to the most popular product categories, which occupy a highly active segment,” said Davide Mondo, chief executive of Mediamond. “The market has responded very positively to the launch of Spy. The first issue has collected 54 advertising pages and we already have a great response for the 3 subsequent issues. This confirms our idea that Spy is the right product to complete our already extensive portfolio,” Mondo concluded.

A 52-page special featuring style, music, places and stories with an entirely rock-based focus; a portrait of a giant of world cinema, Christoph Waltz; an unexpected and exclusive visit to the Vatican’s historic tailors, an exploration of the secrets and rituals of the Papal dress code. All this, and much more, in the new issue of Icon, on newsstands and in digital from 13 June, and coinciding with the 92^nd edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence (June 13-16) and the fashion shows of Milano Moda Uomo (from 16 to 20 June 2017).

A special issue, during the two unmissable appointments for men’s fashion, where the Mondadori Group’s upscale men’s magazine, edited by Michele Lupi, will be among the protagonists.

STYLE ROCK – Virgin Radio’s historic pay-off is also the name of the radio’s playlist that has revolutionised Italian radio broadcasting with an unmistakable style and is now preparing to celebrate its first 10 years. But on 13 June, “Style Rock” will above all be the name of an exclusive supplement with the new issue of Icon, that as a stand-alone takes an “iconic” look at the world of rock. A world that has “influenced everything in the past 40 years, from fashion to design, to cinema and photography, as well as cars,” says Icon editor Michele Lupi, explaining the genesis of the Special Issue. “When we realised that Virgin Radio was about to celebrate its 10^th anniversary, we immediately thought of a collaboration that would be good for both of us. I talked to the whole radio team, with my old friend Ringo and Paola Maugeri. It seemed clear to everyone that the combination of Icon and Virgin could be a natural evolution of a common way of interpreting style.”

“When Mondadori asked us what we thought of a new project involving our Virgin Radio brand with Icon,” said Paolo Salvaderi, chief executive of RadioMediaset, “we immediately saw an opportunity to further strengthen our leadership in the radio market through the most successful male-oreinted editorial product in the print media market. I want to thank Michele Lupi and Mondadori for having created a product that is truly consistent with our positioning, with the established quality and innovation for which Icon is known.”

The cover of the first issue of Style Rock celebrates the legendary “stud”, an element that has come in and out of fashion from the 1950s to the present day, without ever losing its somewhat fetishist appeal for entire generations dedicated to the cult of rock. Inside the magazine, an event exhibition celebrating the great years of Guns N’ Roses, the band currently on a successful and historic reunion tour. But also an exclusive interview with Paul Weller, an authentic British national institution and cross-over composer; a portrait of Thurston Moore, the “serial experimenter” far from the mainstream and historic guitarist of Sonic Youth; and a  focus on vinyl, with the most popular records and stores where to find cult classics.

The advertising sales company Mediamond has attracted a large number of companies and brands, who share the magazine’s and its readers rock spirit, and who themselves represent style icons in their respective segments, including Moto Guzzi and Woolrich. “Style Rock is an idea that we really liked from the start and on which we have worked closely with the publisher,” commented Davide Mondo, chief executive of Mediamond. “It’s a project that has enabled us to experience a happy contamination between media of great editorial consistency and to offer our customers a new and unique product. Thanks to targeted distribution, Style Rock is also perfectly in line with clients’ communication needs. Indeed, we are already working on a second issue.”

The main cover of Icon, meanwhile, features Christoph Waltz, the Austrian actor who conquered Hollywood thanks to Tarantino, with two Oscars as the best actor not in a leading role, two Golden Globes for supporting actor and two BAFTA awards, for Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained. Inside the magazine there is also an unusual visit to three historical Roman tailors that make clerical clothes and vestments, a discovery of the key figures in the Vatican boutiques and the secrets and rituals of the papal “dress code”.

To mark the 92^nd edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, the new issue of Icon will have a special distribution on 13 June at the Central Station in Milan on the platform for the Frecciarossa trains departing for Florence, confirming the important role of events for the brand’s identity.

Panorama Auto, the digital brand of the Mondadori Group targeted at car enthusiasts and all those interested in changing their car or motorcycle, is coming to the market with a completely revamped product.

The strong points include the design, offering a heightened user experience, a broader offer of content and advertising formats and an even more interactive price list for those looking for the best products on the market.

A new design and user experience – Panorama Auto is online (www.panorama-auto.it) with a new logo and a new design for mobile first use, optimised for smartphones. A cleaner layout for easier reading not only on a desktop PC that makes it possible to enhance content with a focus on the details of products and to offer extensive visibility also to the advertising offer.

Moreover, the introduction of a video carousel and responsive smart headers make it possible to optimise the organisation of the content across all devices and screens.

New content – A point of reference for car enthusiasts, with a reach of 400,000 unique users (Source: Audiweb View, average in the period February – April 2017– Total Audience Digital), the new Panorama Auto aims to intercept the interests and needs of a growing number of new users who want to buy a new car or motorcycle and who can rely on the brand’s authority.

Added to the wealth of the content that has always distinguished the brand – with all the previews and updates on what’s new on the market, reports from the leading international car shows, a buyers guide and video road tests of new models – is a production increasingly focused on video and social media with detailed lifestyle and travel features able to attract more and more users to the world of cars and motorcycles.

A large number of new features will appear before the summer, starting with a trip to the region of Alsace to discover the European city par excellence, Strasbourg, and the Mosel wine region.

New price lists – The new Panorama Auto will also feature new interactive price lists for cars and motorcycles with a range of search functions by make, model and market segment, as well as the possibility of configuring accessories and extras in order to have a personalised quotation or to request a test drive from the nearest showroom.

New advertising formats – On the occasion of the launch new advertising formats will be presented, including inread, optimised for modern use on mobile devices while ensuring the native visibility of the advertiser. Audi is the exclusive Partner of the restyling with Trust Race, a race between two A5s based on futuristic assisted driving technologies.

The revamped Panorama Auto reinforces the automotive offer of the Mediamond portfolio with a system that also includes Extraurban, the printed supplement to Panorama dedicated to cars and lifestyle that, as well as providing a detailed picture of what’s new in the sector, also covers subjects ranging from culture to sport, entertainment and fashion.

Il Mio Papa, the world’s first weekly magazine entirely devoted to Pope Francis is coming to Spain, thanks to an agreement with the publishing house Romana Editorial.

The new international edition of the Mondadori Group title, now available also in Spain, will be monthly and will retain the vibrant, high impact and colourful layout, with a rich selection of photographs, that characterises the Italian edition of Il mio Papa, edited by Aldo Vitali.

The editor of the Spanish edition Carmen Magallón commented: “I am thrilled by the magnificent collaboration with Mondadori, that I thank for the realisation of this project. I am convinced that, together, we will do a great job and serve the aim of spreading the message of Pope Francis by taking it not only to an audience that loves printed magazines, but also, thanks to the digital format, to young people.”

The Spanish edition of Il mio Papa is published under licence by Romana Editorial, with the collaboration of UCV, Università Cattolica in Valencia, that has supported the publishers in a project that already includes a number of books about Pope Francis.

L’audience dei brand digitali del Gruppo Mondadori cresce sui social network. Con un’offerta d’eccellenza che conta un portafoglio di brand leader nei settori chiave – quali femminili, cucina, salute e benessere – e una strategia che mette al centro contenuti originali e una curation editoriale innovativa, oggi le fan base dei brand del Gruppo Mondadori giungono a quota 13 milioni di fan complessivi attraverso 38 pagine attive su Facebook.

In particolare è il video il contenuto di punta sui canali social, in grado di creare engagement e garantire elevati tassi di reach: nel mese di aprile sono 90 milioni le video views totalizzate dai brand Mondadori su Facebook, specialmente su Giallo Zafferano, Cookaround, Donna Moderna, Nostrofiglio.it, Focus, Pianeta Donna, Pianeta Mamma. Tra i casi di successo quello di GialloZafferano, che raccoglie quasi 3 milioni di visualizzazioni e 30.000 condivisioni con il video tutorial della ricetta dei biscotti girandola e 2 milioni di visualizzazioni e oltre 27.000 condivisioni per quello della cheesecake alla Nutella.

Risultati raggiunti grazie a video brevi e accattivanti girati ad hoc per i canali social, privilegiando tecniche come il jumpcut e lo stop motion, e a un rapporto costante e attento con i propri utenti, che riconoscono e premiano la qualità di GialloZafferano anche nei contenuti video, realizzati con lo stesso criterio di preparazione delle ricette, testate più volte prima di essere girate. Un rapporto confermato dal numero di interazioni: una media di 4.000 per video, tra like, condivisioni e commenti degli utenti che inviano le foto delle loro realizzazioni culinarie.

In quest’ottica è stata siglata una partnership con Wochit, piattaforma internazionale di creazione video, che consente di potenziare la produzione di contenuti video originali. Wochit offre un tool di editing per gestire la personalizzazione grafica delle diverse linee di produzione dei brand: viene utilizzato dal team di content editor di Mondadori, mettendo a frutto l’esperienza nella content curation per la creazione di video efficaci e in linea con il tone of voice del brand.

Durata breve, formato quadrato che si adatta a tutti i tipi di device, immagini selezionate e d’effetto con anteprime a tutto schermo immediatamente visibili nei feed e testi capaci di catturare gli spettatori amplificano l’impatto dei video sui canali social.

I video realizzati dai brand del Gruppo Mondadori con Wotchit hanno ottenuto oltre 30 milioni di visualizzazioni. Tra i più apprezzati, il video di Focus, Come berremo l’acqua nel futuro , con più di 4 milioni di visualizzazioni e 70.000 condivisioni; quello di Donna Moderna, Rapporto tra zia e nipote, con 2,7 milioni di visualizzazioni e 60.000 condivisioni; e quello di Pianeta Mamma, Un papà non è solo un papà, con oltre 2 milioni di visualizzazioni e quasi 60.000 condivisioni.

Chi, Italy’s most popular people magazine – with 2.2 million readers (source: Audipress 2016/III) – will appear on newsstands this week in a renewed and enhanced form. The Mondadori Group magazine edited by Alfonso Signorini, had reinforced the fashion & beauty and introduced  new columns that are accessible using the augmented reality app, “Gruppo Mondadori AR+”, available for both iOS and Android, the provides access to videos and other additional content and enables users to interact with other active users.

“With this operation we want to consolidate and reinforce an already highly successful formula,” Gianluigi Piccinali, brand manager for entertainment. “Chi has long been a point of reference when it comes to celebrities and scoops and, from today, it will be an even more complete women’s title, rich in content, useful, amusing and able to meet the all-round needs of readers. Plus, thanks to augmented reality, it will be the first magazine in Italy to “expand” the experience from the page to a smartphone, or similar device, thanks to exclusive multimedia content,” Piccinali concluded.

The new section “In Stile Chi” will be a fixed appointment for readers, a fantastic window on all that’s new in the world of fashion (looks, collections, accessories, catwalks) and beauty (make-up, treatments, hair, trends). Lots of pages to get a feel for the glamour inspired by celebrities and breakthrough stars.

The columns of the magazine – the most widely-read in Italy by those who make buying decisions (1.4 million, source: Audipress 2016/III) – have been expanded and, alongside the most popular, a number of new columns have been added, such as “Wellness”, with exercises and advice on how to keep in shape and the best wellbeing products. There is also a new Food section, with a recipes by a famous chef and lost of tips on preparing vegetarian and traditional dishes, as well as surprising cocktails.

An entire section is also dedicated to culture and leisure, with indications about which exhibitions to see, the ideal books for a trip or a relaxing weekend, as well as newly released music, museums, food fairs, openings and much more.

In rotation, there will also be columns on Travel, Animals and Must Haves, featuring all the current season’s trends.

On the strength of a range of consolidated brands, covering all segments in the food area and reaching varied and loyal targets, over the years the Mondadori Group has been able to innovate and enrich the offer of its food system, while reinforcing its leadership in both magazines and digital.

Among the brands in the portfolio are thee historic titles that this year are celebrating important anniversaries: Sale&Pepe, for 30 years a refined, gourmet; Cucina Moderna, the market leader that for 20 years has offered useful and practical recipes; and Cucina no problem, for 15 years a simple, but never banal ally in the kitchen.

The offer is completed by Guida cucina, a source of everyday recipes for the family, and two recent arrivals: the web site Cookaround, a point of entry into the world of cooking and everything that surrounds it, and Giallo Zafferano, a young and “social” crossover brand, Italy’s leading cooking site, now also available on newsstands.

A continuously growing system of brands that, in addition to print and digital, also promotes events and courses led by professional chefs at the Scuola di cucina di Sale&Pepe, launched in the heart of  Milan from the experience of the upscale monthly.

The launch of the new magazine Giallo Zafferano – an operation that for the first time has seen the creation of a print magazine from an already leading web brand – will also strengthen the market share of the Mondadori Group in the food area, taking it from 54% to around 70% in terms of circulation.

The first issue of Giallo Zafferano, with a launch campaign that can count on an initial fan-base that is already strong on social media , sold around 450,000 copies separately or in combinations with some of the Mondadori Group’s other magazines.

A multi-brand e multi-channel offer that enables the food system to reach a combined total audience of almost 9 million contacts every month between readers and users (source: Audipress 2016-III and Audiweb, February 2017).

This success with the public has also been accompanied by an excellent response from advertisers, allowing the food system managed by Mediamond to record, in the first 4 months of 2017, an increase of 30% in sales compared with the same period of 2016, thanks also to the launch of Giallo Zafferano.