We believe that prevention is the first step in taking care of ourselves and, for this reason, we have embarked on a concrete path to promote the wellbeing of all of us Della Mondadori through initiatives and opportunities in the wellbeing field.
Over the past year, the Mondadori Group has launched several important prevention campaigns. These include visits organized at our headquarters in Palazzo Niemeyer, in collaboration with LILT Milano Monza Brianza – Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori.
More than 300 female colleagues had the opportunity to take advantage of specialized checkups for skin, breast and male cancers.
It was an important opportunity to learn, with doctors and experts, how much of a difference an early diagnosis and the adoption of a healthy lifestyle can make for each of us.
Today, November 25, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and we at Mondadori Group want to continue to help spread awareness and take concrete action to promote a culture of respect and nonviolence.
For this reason, as part of our #InPiediControLaViolenza initiative, we organized the event “Convictions and Microaggressions. Between Bias and Artificial Intelligence,” an opportunity for discussion, dialogue and deep reflection.
“As a Group we have taken care of us, defining an identity that does not pretend to solve everything quickly, but is based on a constant and constructive dialogue with the people who are part of it,” Francesca Rigolio, Chief Sustainability Officer of the Mondadori Group, said at the opening, introducing the guests of the meeting.
With scientist Raffaella Tonini we approached the topic from a neuroscience perspective, exploring the unconscious mechanisms that activate those behaviors, actions or communications that convey negative messages. With Vittorio Lingiardi, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, we delved into the impact that microaggressions have on individuals and organizations, while with economist Azzurra Rinaldi we discussed gender equality and economic violence. Andrea Notarnicola Cociani moderated the meeting.
The results of a survey involving female colleagues were also presented during the meeting to better understand the perception of hostile expressions and behaviors within our business context. Concluding the meeting was Antonio Porro, CEO of the Mondadori Group.
#NoiDellaMondadori work every day to promote concrete actions that eliminate bias and prevent the occurrence of microaggressions, with the goal of building a more inclusive company.
On the occasion of November 25, the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,” we are standing by all victims of abuse with the initiative #InPiediControLaViolenza.
The heart of the project, the art installation that this week is hosted at Palazzo Niemeyer along the entire central walkway: 100 red chairs, only one of which is open, standing, a symbol of strength and resistance.
Conceived by the Mondadori Group together with photographer Nicola Ughi and director Tommaso Casigliani, the Red Chair becomes for us a symbol of personal awareness and collective commitment: an invitation to reflect on the role we all, men and women, have in sustaining a culture of respect and nonviolence.
The project is part of a broader path of social responsibility that the Mondadori Group has long undertaken together with its publishing houses, digital media, magazines and bookstores, with the aim of promoting equality, against all forms of gender-based violence.
PLAI Accelerator, the Mondadori Group’s accelerator aimed at transforming ideas based on the use of artificial intelligence into successful entrepreneurial realities, has received the #Innovation SMAU 2024 Award.
The award, among the most prestigious in Italy, rewards companies characterized by a strong propensity for innovation, capable of driving the country’s growth, and enhances collaboration between companies and startups through Open Innovation and Co-Innovation projects to promote internationally competitive solutions.
SMAU was also a networking opportunity: numerous startups presented their innovative ideas in the education, book and publishing, new media & advertising and retail sectors at PLAI.
“Our goal is to support promising projects and open them a concrete outlet on the market,” commented Stefano Argiolas, CEO of PLAI.
The Mondadori Group’s accelerator confirms itself as a point of reference for innovation, paving the way for new collaborations and supporting the evolution of the Italian startup ecosystem.
We are proud to announce the opening of our 50th direct bookstore, precisely inside Galleria Alberto Sordi, in the heart of the Capital.
An important milestone in the strategic development path of the Mondadori Retail S.p.A. network, which is confirmed as the most extensive network of bookstores in Italy with over 500 bookstores. A socio-cultural garrison dedicated to the world of books and entertainment and present throughout the country, which reaffirms the importance of physical bookstores: the channel through which 92.5 percent of survey respondents prefer to shop.
The vast offering of the new bookstore in Rome, spread over three floors, features more than 20,000 titles including best sellers and great classics, ranging from fiction to nonfiction and from international literature to Kobo eReaders. Young readers, in addition to an area dedicated to #BookToks, will find their own special corner in the #WeAreJunior area, designed specifically to stimulate imagination and creativity with books, illustrated fairy tales and educational games. For fans of comic books and manga, on the other hand, the colorful #JustComics department is dedicated.
We would like to introduce you to the Communications team of our Business Unit Ragazzi (which deals with books for younger readers under the Mondadori, Rizzoli, Fabbri, Piemme, Battello a Vapore and Geronimo Stilton brands) and De Agostini Libri.
The team, under the leadership of Frida Sciolla, lends itself to enhancing the potential of the different brands to meet the challenges of a strategic and ever-changing market. The skills, creativity and passion of the team’s colleagues guarantee quality and innovation: from the press office and events of the B. U. Ragazzi (Adelio Reghezza, with Valeria Sampaoli, Giulia Geraci and Claudia Fachinetti) to the communication activities of De Agostini Libri and Utet (Francesca Pieri and Roberta Vitiello), passing through the schools project (Mariabeatrice Elvano).
“It is a vast and articulated area that lends itself to imagining new ways for books to inhabit unusual spaces, to multiply the opportunities for visibility of our brands’ proposals. I am very happy with the trust placed in me by the Mondadori Group,” says Frida Sciolla.
AudiolibriAlBuio was a very special event, a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of universal and inclusive access to culture and reading thanks to the potential of audiobooks.
The event took place on Monday, September 23, at the Institute of the Blind in Milan, in two parts: a moment of discussion on the world of audiobooks, with some professionals in the field, and an intense listening experience offered by the Foundation: the sensory exhibition path “Dialogue in the Dark.”
The talk, moderated by author podcaster and storyteller Alessandro Barbaglia, was introduced by Francesca Rigolio, Chief Sustainability Officer of the Mondadori Group, and Cinzia Cavalieri, guide of “Dialogue in the Dark.”
Guests included audiobook readers Chiara Anicito and Martina Levato and radio host Linus, who offered the audience some live readings to bring the emotional experience of audio storytelling to life, up close. An immersive journey in which listening became the absolute protagonist.
Mondadori Libri has signed with Josephine Calasso reciprocal options to buy and sell a 10% stake in Adelphi Edizioni, exercisable from May 2027.
This is an operation that leverages “the fully shared vision, which finds in the identity of the catalog, autonomy and independence of editorial choices the essential pillars of the development of a large and historic publishing house, in total coherence with our philosophy for which each individual publishing reality is incentivized to preserve its identity and its distinctive and peculiar characters,” stressed Antonio Porro, chief executive officer of the Mondadori Group.
The Mondadori Group has signed a binding offer to acquire 51% of the company that manages the intellectual property rights and image of Benedetta Rossi and her brand ‘Fatto in casa da Benedetta’. Benedetta Rossi is Italy’s best-known creator in the food & cooking sector. Her activities range from the digital sphere – where she has a total social fan base of over 17 million followers and 4 million unique monthly users of her website (Audiweb, May 2024) – to traditional media, in particular TV, where she has been the star of various TV programmes dedicated to cooking for years. Benedetta Rossi is also our most important cookbook author in recent years: from 2016 to 2023 she published 9 books that sold a total of more than 1.5 million copies. With this operation Mondadori Media aims to become, through the coordinated and synergic management of the activities linked to the Fatto in casa da Benedetta and GialloZafferano brands, the undisputed leading multimedia player in the food & cooking sector.
We would like to introduce you to the Mondadori Group’s property, purchasing and general services team. Every day, Chiara Capuzzi’s colleagues support the work of every employee and collaborator by overseeing the services provided by all our offices.
Specifically, the Real Estate team looks after all aspects of our offices in terms of layout, equipment and maintenance. They are responsible for coordinating the recent renovation and refurbishment of the Niemeyer Palace premises.
The Purchasing team procures and negotiates the goods and services that are essential to the functioning of each area: from the diverse world of marketing and advertising, to building services and essential IT equipment, and takes great care in selecting suppliers.
Finally, the entire General Services team actively manages the activities and services that support our daily work, such as mail, canteen, shuttles, security, cleaning, switchboard and travel agency. They are known for their helpfulness and experience in responding to the many requests of Mondadori Group employees and collaborators on a daily basis.
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