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We are proud to announce that our publishing house Rizzoli won the ninth edition of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 2024 in the 8+ category, with the book “Rim e le parole liberate” by Maddalena Vaglio Tanet.

With a story that makes us dream and reflect, the author reminds us that words are the key to freedom and awareness. “Rim and the Liberated Words” is among the top-rated books by very young readers representing the 318 schools that make up the jury.

The awards were presented this afternoon as part of “Più Libri Più Liberi,” the Fair of Small and Medium-sized Publishers, in the Auditorium of La Nuvola, in the presence of about 1,000 primary and secondary school students from all over Italy and abroad.

On the occasion of National Tree Day, which is celebrated on November 21, we want to stop and reflect on the value that trees, fundamental guardians of our ecosystem, have for the environment and for the lives of each of us.

To mark the occasion, here are 5 reading recommendations from our publishing houses that will take us on a closer look at the world of trees, exploring, in a deep and sensitive way, their beauty and the mystery that surrounds them.

From scientific essays to poetry, each book is a journey that leads us to slow down and renew our deep connection with nature and the environment around us.

Focus has set itself the goal of bringing its audience closer to the most important technological revolution of our time: artificial intelligence. In collaboration with PromptDesign.it it launches #MYIA, an innovative series of online courses dedicated to learning and using Generative AI for everyday life.

The offer includes 3 video courses structured in levels of increasing complexity: basic, intermediate and advanced. These training courses are designed both for those approaching the world of AI for the first time and for those who want to deepen their skills and become experts in using advanced tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and DALL-E.

With MYIA, users will learn how to make the most of Artificial Intelligence, improving productivity, optimizing professional work, or simply exploring new creative horizons.

On Wednesday evening we toasted the opening of our new Mondadori Bookstore in Galleria Alberto Sordi in Rome.
There were many of us, including authors, along with representatives of institutions and colleagues to celebrate this milestone. Welcoming the guests were our Chairman Marina Berlusconi together with Antonio Porro, CEO of the Mondadori Group, and Carmine Perna, CEO of Mondadori Retail.
It was a special occasion in which we celebrated the opening of this new cultural space: we are ready to welcome readers in a historic and evocative place in the center of the Capital.

Do you know how to recognize fake news?
Today, false information is rampant on the web and can fool even the most attentive readers, influencing decisions and perceptions of the world. We talked about this with Andrea Sesta of Lercio and writer and popularizer Massimo Polidoro, who remind us how important it is to communicate correct information based on verified data.
This video is part of the project “A Wave of Sustainability,” which chronicles the Mondadori Group’s commitment to a more sustainable world by following some of the goals of the 2030 Agenda.

The best startups, selected from over 500 applications received, were the protagonists of the first Selection Day of plaiaccelerator, the Mondadori Group’s startup accelerator that transforms ideas based on the use of generative artificial intelligence into successful realities.
An intense and dynamic day, including speeches, presentations and networking moments, full of ideas and insights where all participants were able to discover from a new perspective the Italian and international ecosystem of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
During the Selection Day it was also announced that fastwebspa and startupitalia have joined PLAI’s strategic partners.
In a few weeks the names of the 10 startups that will enter the first acceleration cycle will be announced.

Gaia Caracciolo is one of three colleagues who took part in the latest edition of the Nudge Global Impact Challenge, the international training program that brings together young people from all over the world with the aim of training future leaders in the field of sustainability.
With her project “Un’onda di sostenibilità”, Gaia has developed a social communication campaign that, through a series of dialogues between the best-known authors of our publishing houses and representatives of a number of organizations and associations, tells in a simple and accessible way about the eight SDGs on which the Group is already working.

We are very happy to have received a special mention together with Accompany at the ninth edition of the Excellence in Training Award. PEF is the most prestigious initiative related to learning paths, the enhancement of a company’s human capital and organisational development, promoted by the Italian Trainers Association (AIF) with the aim of showcasing the best experiences in training. This award recognises the quality of our ‘Data Culture & Integrated Productivity’ course, which focused on the importance of data and its structural integration in an increasingly digitised work environment. Participants learnt how to use data to improve time management and organisational decisions, as well as how to optimise a team’s activities through digital collaboration tools. This training project was the result of a broader upskilling programme that has been ongoing in the company for more than two years. The special mention was awarded by jury president Maria Cristina Origlia to Elena Isacchini, Head of People Development at the Mondadori Group, and to Dario de Judicibus and Giovanni Sgalambro, Senior Consultant and CEO of Accompany respectively. Pictured, from left: Dario de Judicibus, Elena Isacchini and Giovanni Sgalambro.

We are very happy that the novel ‘L’età fragile’ by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, published by Einaudi Editore, won the Strega2024 Prize. “I would like to thank the Bellonci Foundation and the Amici della Domenica, my travelling companions, whom I am already nostalgic for; my publisher as a team, because writing is a very solitary act but the book as a final product is the result of teamwork done with great professionalism and great love. I promise that I will use my written and spoken voice in defence of rights for which my generation of women fought so hard and which I find myself today verifying are no longer taken for granted,’ the writer said on the sidelines of the award ceremony.
Di Pietrantonio received 189 votes from the Amici della domenica, the group of jurors called upon each year to choose the best literary work from the finalist titles, in addition to a significant number of individual or collective preferences expressed by reading circles, cultural associations, schools and universities.
Congratulations also to Raffaella Romagnolo, in the finals with her book ‘Adjusting the Universe’ published by Mondadori Libri.

We were more than 1,700 people on Tuesday at the Summer Evening, the event dedicated to ”We of Mondadori”, held in the beautiful green setting of the Niemeyer Palace.
It was a special occasion for old and new colleagues to meet, to spend time together in a different way, to chat at sunset and to enjoy the captivating musical performance by Perpetuum Jazzile.
Here are some pictures that visually tell the emotions of the evening, selected from the most significant moments of an event to remember.