GEDI Gruppo Editoriale


GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate, founded in 1955, based in Rome, Italy and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.

History

In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium with RCS MediaGroup.
In March 2010, the group made public apologies to Roman Abramovich after publishing an article stipulating he had lost his luxury yacht to gambling debts, an information that was ruled as false.
In March 2016, the Italiana Editrice merged with L'Espresso group to create the leading Italian group in print and online information.
In May 2017, the group changed its names from Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso to GEDI Gruppo Editoriale.

Description

In December 2019, the board of GEDI accepted Exor's offer to buy 43,78% of its stocks.
As of 2019 the main shareholders were: