Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 9 to 13 October 2017, of no. 18,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.007% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 2.0951 for a total amount of Euro 37,712.30.
These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2017 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).
The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).
Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 696,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.27% of the share capital.
Purchases details in the complete pdf file.

Il Mio Papa, the world’s leading weekly entirely dedicated to Pope Francis is to be published also in the Philippines thanks to an agreement with the publishing group Indochine Media Philippines.

This new international edition of the Mondadori Group magazine – that joins recent launches in Spain and Portugal – will be a monthly and will maintain the vibrant and colourful design, with a rich selection of high impact photographs characteristic of the Il mio Papa, edited in Italy by Aldo Vitali.

“We are incredibly excited that Il mio Papa is making a long journey of over 10,00 km to the Philippines,” declared Aldo Vitali. “It is the latest country where the magazine dedicated to the Holy Father will be distributed on newsstands. The Philippine edition is particularly lively and colourful, in line with the Italian edition that every week recounts the words and actions of the Pope in an accessible way and with exclusive photographs. A magazine that is close to people, just like Pope Francis himself, who reads and appreciates it and who, when he visited the Philippines was celebrated by millions of people. Our warmest best wishes go to the editor and the editorial team of the Philippines edition.”

“There can be absolutely no doubt that the people of the Philippines love Lolo Kiko, Grandpa Francis,” said the editor Tata Mapa. “In fact, the Philippines is the world’s fifth largest Christian country, as well as being one of the two Asian countries with a Catholic majority. Just like Pope Francis himself, the magazine will be amusing, friendly, informative and full of suggestions and advice; and we hope that by reading Il Mio Papa, readers will see things in a more positive light.”

My Pope Philippines will be available from more than 4,000 outlets around the country, in all the country’s bookshops, newsstands and supermarkets. In addition to the printed version, social profiles are already available on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and the web site www.mypope.com.ph will be online soon

The new magazine will have a total print run in the first month of 50,000 copies, supported by a communication campaign across a range of media: TV, outdoor, POS and banners. The launch price of the monthly at newsstands is PHP 85.

Sale&Pepe and Focus Junior will take part at Milan Franchising Fair 2017 (Salone Franchising Milano) which runs from 14 until 15 October. The two Mondadori Group brands will present new franchising formats for the opening across Italy, of cooking schools, with the Sale&Pepe brand and new educational and play centres for children with the Focus Junior brand.

The first Sale & Pepe cooking school opened in 2015 in Milan, the result of the more than 30years’ experience of a magazine that is a point of reference in the food world. Over the years Sale & Pepe has been able to expand its offer, giving different form to its content and becoming a meeting point where a passion for food comes to life. All year round, the cooking school offers a wide selection of courses for adults and children, with ideas also for an international audience, events for individuals and companies, showcooking and themed events.
Thanks to the new franchise offer, it is now possible to open a cooking school in other cities, being able to rely on the strength of the Sale & Pepe brand. There are two formats: the first foresees a fixed location with fully equipped work areas for the chef and workbenches for participants, just as in the original location in Milan. The second is an innovative travelling or itinerant cooking school: a “cooking station” prototype, that can be used to organise courses and events on tour, indoor locations or in public areas.
The project is aimed at anyone with a passion for cooking who wants to turn it into lasting and profitable work. The added value of the model proposed by Sale & Pepe is that it gives to affiliates, in addition to the design and use of the Sale & Pepe brand, also a continuous communication plan in the magazine, on the web site and social networks; as well as professional training courses; a quarterly training plan and the possible involvement of the outlet in activities around the country promoted by the magazine.

At the Milan Franchise Fair it will also be possible to discover the new Play Lab format, launched by Focus Junior, the leading brand for children and teens. The Focus Junior Play Lab foresees the creation of educational and play centres designed for children and teenagers from 3 to 12 years of age, accompanying them in this phase of growth, while satisfying their natural curiosity and having fun while discovering the world in new and smart ways.
At the Focus Junior Play Labs, children and teenagers can spend their time alternating recreational with educational and learning activities, in line with the Focus Junior philosophy. A space that differs from the current market offer by adopting an “edutainment” approach, focusing on activities to stimulate children’s skills, such as science labs, drawing, cooking, digital journalism, and much more.
Spaces can be customized depending on the needs of the franchisee, as they are designed to be completely mobile, easily transportable and equipped with technology such as touchscreens and tablets to render the spaces “Play areas 2.0”.
Like the Sale & Pepe cooking school, the added value of the franchise proposal for this project is to offer affiliates, in addition to the complete set up of the play area, depending on the available space, an annual curriculum developed by Focus Junior, the training of operators and updating sessions with partners, a dedicated communication plan in the magazine, on the web site and social networks, and the possible involvement of the outlet in activities promoted by the brand around the country with technical partners for the development of activities.

Digital School, the training initiative launched by Donna Moderna, CasaFacile and Sale&Pepe – based on the experience of three brand leaders in the women’s, interiors and food sectors – opens its doors in Milan to the 3^rd expanded training  offer with a range of new classroom-based courses.

For those who wish to acquire and develop their digital skills and become autonomous in the online development of a brand, from the creation of an editorial plan to an SEO strategy, there is the course in Content and social media management, now in its third year. A 42-hour, two-level course – the basic level course starts on 14 October and the advanced course from 27 January – with classroom lesson by editors and digital professionals of the Mondadori Group’s three brands, tutoring in class, case history studies and a concluding workshop.
For freelancers and those looking to develop their own business there are three new One-day courses: a day dedicated to self-empowerment and strategies for self promotion (25 November), the second focuses on How to cultivate business ideas and take the first steps in starting your own business (2 December); followed by a third course dedicated to the ABC of VAT, how it works and the latest regulations.
Lessons will be held in Milan at Piano C, the social innovation laboratory the brings together women and work; a space in Milan for the realisation of digital and other projects, aimed at reducing female unemployment in Italy.

This year’s Digital School training offer will be further enhanced by a new course in Online language and writing techniques, which will be held at the Mondadori Megastore in Piazza Duomo, in Milan. The basic rules of journalistic writing and tricks to make sure you are read on the web will be the main features of this 3-day course run by the editorial team of Donna Moderna: how to write and be read in the digital era (30 October), recognising fake news and selecting sources (6 November) and social networks as information ad communication tools (13 December).

Digital School also has e-learning options, with 19 courses and study paths, such as: Starting a blog, e-commerce, Photography for blogs and social media, Digital PR, Engagement Strategy. The online course offer includes courses on Creative Writing, for those who want to learn the techniques for writing a novel or short stories, with the support of established writers such as Michela Murgia, Grazia Verasani and Alessandra Appiani.

For more information and details about enrolment and costs, go to: www.digitalschool.it.

Our publishing houses are at the 69th Frankfurt Book Fair , scheduled from 11 to 15 October.

This is the most important European event and among the most prestigious in the world.

Mondadori, Rizzoli, Einaudi, Sperling & Kupfer and Piemme are in Hall 5.0, Stand C56.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 2 to 6 October 2017, of no. 25,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.010% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 2.0184 for a total amount of Euro 50,461.00.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2017 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 678,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.26% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf file.

Today sees the launch, within the Trade Books Area of the Mondadori Group, managed by Enrico Selva Coddè, of the Children’s Books Business Unit, which includes the publishing houses Mondadori, Rizzoli, Fabbri and Piemme with the Battello a Vapore and Geronimo Stilton brands.
The aim of the new structure is to consolidate, as well as further expand, the company’s leadership in children’s publishing.

The Children’s Books Business Unit, which will be headed up by Lorenzo Garavaldi, aims to enhance the various imprints in response to the challenges of a strategic and continuously changing market.

The new organisational structure, while maintaining the different positioning and characteristics of the individual publishing houses, will facilitate a more complete and coherent articulation of the offer. The skills, creativity and passion of the people of the publishing houses will guarantee the essential quality and innovation necessary to reach excellent results

The Editorial Director of the new Children’s Books Business Unit will be Enrico Racca and the heads of the various publishing houses – Patrizia Puricelli for Piemme Geronimo Stilton, Alessandro Gelso for Rizzoli and Fabbri Ragazzi, Marta Mazza for Mondadori Ragazzi and Enrico Racca (ad interim) for Piemme Battello a Vapore – will report directly to him.
Lorenzo Garavaldi will remain in charge of marketing.
Rights for the whole area will be managed by Laura Casonato, who is already in charge of rights for Edizioni Piemme and Sperling & Kupfer.
Press and Communications for the Children’s Books Business Unit will be overseen by Paola Caviggioli, who remains as head of Communications for Edizioni Piemme and Sperling & Kupfer.

Nostrofiglio, Focus Junior and Focus Pico – the Mondadori Group’s brands aimed at children and young people – are organizing the first edition of “La città dei mestieri. Mettiamo in giorco il talento dei bambini (The city of crafts. Put the talent of children into play “, an event dedicated to families with children from 2 to 13 years of age and their teachers organized in partnership with the educational institution Happy Child.

The event, scheduled for October 7 and 8 at La Triennale di Milano (10-19 hours), is a space for reflection and experience on the talent of children through conferences, meetings with parents, workshops and recreational activities, for a total of more than 40 appointments distributed in three different spaces and dedicated to many topics including science, robotics, coding, journalism for children, drawing and creative work, cooking.

This first edition will guide families to discover the skills of their children through the child’s question-dream “what will I be?” and the many experiences that can be lived in the “city of arts and crafts”.

The detailed programme of “La città dei mestieri. Mettiamo in gioco il talento dei bambini” is available here.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 25 to 29 September 2017, of no. 25,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.010% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 2.0191 for a total amount of Euro 50,478.50.

These transactions were made under the authorization to purchase treasury shares approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2017 (previously disclosed pursuant also to art. 144 bis of Consob Regulation 11971/99 and to art. 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98).

The following table details the purchases made per day in the above period of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. ordinary shares, ISIN IT0001469383:

The purchases were made through the authorized intermediary Equita Sim S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600E3E9BFBC8FAA85).

Following the purchases made so far, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. holds no. 653,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.25% of the share capital.

Purchases in detail in the complete pdf file