The “Valore D” Manifesto for women at work, which has been signed by the Prime Minister, the Mister for economic Development, INPS (the Italian department of social security) and by the chief executives and chairmen of many leading Italian companies, is a 9-point programme that defines specific measures, in line with international standards for the reporting of sustainability, to enhance female talent in the workplace.

By signing the Manifesto companies commit themselves, among other things, to ensuring that , for example, in the selection process, to have groups of candidates from both sexes (Point 1) and to monitor the number of women at various levels within the company (Point 3), contributing to reducing the pay gap and encouraging the professional growth of women, also at the highest levels (Point 8). Special attention is also given to the management of maternity (Point 4) and support for parents (Points 5, 6 and 7).

On signing up to the Manifesto, our chief executive Ernesto Mauri underlined the fundamental contribution made by women to the Group’s success.

Mondadori’s support for the Manifesto is a further step in the company’s efforts to enhance the presence of women in the company, following its support for the Equal Opportunities Statement presented by Confindustria in 2012, and is in line with the principle set out on our Code of Ethics.

Valore D is the leading business association for the promotion of diversity, talent and female leadership for the growth of the companies and the country. Founded in 2009, it now brings together some 150 Italian companies.

Grazia, the Mondadori Group brand, interpreter of Italian fashion and style, presents Grazia Factory, a new project that features and gives voice to the most interesting fashion, beauty and lifestyle influencers.

For its unmistakeable style Grazia, edited by Silvia Grilli, is widely recognised as the most qualified point of reference  for Made in Italy and one of the preferred advertising vehicles for upscale fashion and cosmetics companies.

As a pioneer of the world of influencer marketing, also for its unique ability to collaborate with the most dynamic and sophisticated communities , Grazia  covered the revolution made by the protagonists of digital communication in the world of fashion and style with the exhibition YOU – The Digital Fashion Revolution, at the Palazzo della Triennale in Milan.

With Grazia Factory, the brand has expanded its pool of content creators, selecting and presenting the new talents that best interpret the values of Grazia and its world of reference.

More than 20 protagonists, each with a distinctive style and personality: from talent to top influencers, as well as niche-influencer able to bring together a highly loyal audience, with the same passions and interests. A source of inspiration thanks to a direct and sincere relationship with tens of thousands of followers, they are an expression of effective, natural and immediate communication, ideal for giving space and support to companies and brands with vertical, tailor-made projects that can be amplified by the reach of Grazia.

Grazia Factory will have a dedicated channel on Grazia.it characterised by original storytelling, videos and exclusive shootings, in which the influencers will be the protagonists. The home page will feature a full-screen teaser – horizontal on desktop PCs and vertical on smartphones – with a short few seconds preview of the content aimed at drawing the user into the story.

Grazia Factory is made up of 4 sections that are continuously updated: Hot Now, for the presentation of the Factory’s talents. Double Style: exclusive photo shoots for comparing two looks. A week in style with: fashion features, focused on the “7-days looks” of the protagonists of the Factory. And Selected by: a feature on the influencers that looks at their passions.

The leading fashion brand, 100% Made in Italy, Grazia can count on 2.8 million contacts per month reaching 5 million people on Facebook (Source: calculated by the advertising company based on figures from Audiweb TDA April 2017 and Audipress 2017/2; Facebook Insights October 2017).

With this new project,  Mediamond can offer even more complete and effective advertising solutions. In a premium and editorially refined context, clients can take advantage of a collaborative partnership for communication projects that are in line with the expectations of today’s consumers.

To mark the launch, a campaign has been organised across different media: print, digital and social, with a focus on Instagram.

Grazia Factory will be celebrated this evening with an exclusive cocktail party in Milan, in a New York-style loft in the centre of Brera, decorated for the occasion in the style of Andy Warhol’s  Factory: the guest will include the influencers and Finnano Fenno, illustrator and visual designer, who will stage a live performance for Grazia Factory.

Mondadori Store has been chosen by Universal Music as the commercial partner of Jova Pop Shop, the temporary store of Jovanotti that opens at midnight on 30 November in Piazza Gae Aulenti in Milan on the occasion of the launch of a new album and publication of a new book by the artist. The name was selected in honour of the legendary POP SHOP opened by Keith Haring in New York in the 1980s.

For the Jova Pop Shop Mondadori Store has managed all aspects of the retail operation, from the recruitment of staff to sales, and from the management of the assortment to the displays.

It is a partnership that confirms the Mondadori Store, Italy’s biggest chain of bookshops, as a point of reference for culture and entertainment, having, over the years, been able to dedicated extensive space also to music, enhancing the presence of products in the chain of shops, alongside a rich offer of events.

Jova Pop Shop will remain open until 11 December, from 11  am until 9 pm. On sale in the shop will be the CD, vinyl and cassette versions of Oh, Vita!, the book SBAM! (Mondadori) and official merchandising. An area will be dedicated to limited edition special items, such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, socks, hats and backpacks, the proceeds from which will go to four charity associations.

Jova Pop Shop has been created principally to be a focal point where people can gather and where, every day, there will be live sets, meetings, surprise readings and exhibitions that will be announced just a few hours before on Jovanotti’s social media channels and covered live on his Facebook page and on Jova TV.

Silvia Grilli, editor of the magazine Grazia, to received the international prize for journalists, the “Italian Talent Award 2017”.

Organised by the cultural association “ITA, Italian Talent Association” and now in its third year, the prize is given to journalists and other examples of excellence that promote Made in Italy at both a national and international level, ensuring that the label remains a fundamental element in the country’s economic development and for employment.

Among the winners, for the magazine journalism category, Silvia Grilli, editor of the weekly Grazia, said: “In its 80-year history, Grazia has borne witness to the evolution of the Italian woman and continuously promoted the wonderful talents that have made the Made in Italy label the world leader it is today. I’m immensely proud to receive this award which also goes to a magazine that has exported our style to 24 countries with 24 international editions.”

The “Italian Talent Award 2017” prizes were presented today, Wednesday 29 November, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome by a jury made up of the editors of the leading titles, in the presence of the Deputy Speakers of both Chambers of the Italian Parliament, Simone Baldelli and Maurizio Gasparri, and the Minister for National Heritage, Culture and Tourism, Dario Franceschini.

Sale&Pepe, the Mondadori Group brand that for thirty years has brought pleasure to the table thanks to gastronomically exclusive and refined ideas, for the first time presents its recipes in two new books: The bible of vegan recipes (Sperling & Kupfer) and Flavours of Italy. From north south, the best of our cuisine according to Sale&Pepe (Mondadori Electa).

These initiatives are a further demonstration of the  strength of the brand that, thanks to the richness of content, the authoritativeness of its experts, the respect it pays to the culture of food, the territory and Italian lifestyle, has been able to spread its offer across a range of channels – the magazine, with themed specials, the web site, social networks, events and courses at the Cooking School – becoming a system that is a point of reference in the world of food with an overall audience of 1.6 million contacts per month (Source: Audiweb tda 2017/II + Audipress 2017/II).

“Over the years Sale&Pepe has tread carefully across the evolution in Italian cooking and followed the changes in the use of ingredients, quantities and preparation and interpreted innovations and trends with recipes with the reach of everyone that are never complicated or banal and with photographs that make them surprising,” said Laura Maragliano, editor of Sale&Pepe. “This long experience is today translated into two books of which I am particularly proud and through which e invite readers to taste different dishes, discover the incredible variety of products that we have and the generosity of our land.”

The bible of vegan recipes offers over 450 recipes to discover the joys of vegan cooking, from appetisers to desserts, with unique dishes and preparations for those with little time; special treats for parties, complete and seasonal recipes, preserves, drinks and smoothies, as well as a glossary of ingredients.

Flavours of Italy. From north south, the best of our cuisine according to Sale&Pepe is a tour of the extraordinary variety of Italian cooking. The ancient wisdom of the culinary arts that, in so many different iterations, criss-crosses the mountains and the plains, the east  and west coasts and, of course, the islands, with a selection of 150 dishes.

In addition to Sale&Pepe also Cucina Moderna is in bookshops this month with Chef in 24 hours. A cookery course to learn all of the techniques, basics and tricks for preparing  successful recipes (Sperling & Kupfer). The manual offers an easy method to work successfully in the kitchen, in the classic style of Cucina Moderna, the brand leader in the sector that reaches over 1 million readers (Source: Audipress 2017/II) thanks to its accessible, step-by-step recipes.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 20 to 24 November 2017, of no. 17,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.007% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 2.2823 for a total amount of Euro 38,799.10.
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. 823,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.315% of the share capital.
Purchases in detail in the complete pdf file.

The digital  brands of the Mondadori Group are making their debut on Google Play Edicola, the Google app that makes it possible to access free and paid subscriptions to magazines, blogs and newspapers and read the content optimised for use on smartphones and tablets.

The sites already available and enhancing the Google Play Edicola include: Casabella, CasaFacile, Donna Moderna, Focus, Focus Junior, GialloZafferano, Grazia, Icon, Icon Design, Il mio Papa, Interni, Nostrofiglio, Panorama, Panorama Auto, Sale&Pepe, Starbene, Tustyle, Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni.

Users will have access to a portfolio of brands that are reference points in key sectors such as women’s titles, cooking, health and wellbeing, with an offer of news ranging from interiors to fashion, news and entertainment, on an advanced technological platform that makes it even easier and quicker to read the content. Among the various functions, users can keep up to date using a combination of leading titles on local news and personal interests, access articles also offline or save them to read later. The sites can be added to a list of favourites that are constantly updated and the content can be easily shared.

Inclusion on  Google Play Edicola further expands the distribution of the content of the Mondadori Group content, Italy’s biggest traditional publisher and leader also in digital, with a multibrand and multichannel offer that can count on around 16 million unique users every month (Audiweb View unique total audience, August 2017) and a community of 30 million users of Facebook and  14 million on Instagram every month.

In bookshops now Le ricette dei nostri food blogger, the new book by GialloZafferano (published by Mondadori) brings together 180 recipes, conceived and realised by 20 of the best food bloggers on Italy’s most popular cooking site.

The protagonist will be the brand’s food blogging community – Italy’s largest – which, up and running since 2009, now boasts over 1,000 blogs, 320 new recipes every day and 9 million fans on Facebook.

The publication of this book is another element that testifies to the strength of the Mondadori Group brand, leader in the online coking segment – with 6 million unique users on the web (Source: Audiweb Total Digital Audience, September 2017) and 5.4 million fans on Facebook – which in April this year also made its first appearance on newsstands with the monthly Giallo Zafferano.

To celebrate the publication of the book a Giallo Zafferano Day has been organised in collaboration with Mondadori Store, il Giallo Zafferano Day. It will take place on 25 November, at 13 locations across Italy, and the 20 food bloggers will participate in showcooking event during which they will prepare one of the featured recipes and sign copies of the book.

The event will take place at the following locations:

Forlì with Antonella Vergari (Noce Moscata food blog), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Grosseto with Valentina Donati (Cinque quarti d’arancia) and Maurizio Vanni (Piatti pronti in un attimo), at the il Caffè Carducci di Corso Carducci 18;

Imperia with Luisa Orizio (Allacciate il grembiule), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Marsala with Elena Laudicina (Cucina facile con Elena), at the Trattoria il Gallo Innamorato;

Milano with Sara Bonaccorsi (Cucina con Sara), Rossella Cosentino (Rossella in padella) and Ivana Ester Marra (Studenti ai fornelli), at the Mondadori Megastore in Via San Pietro all’Orto;

Modica with Stephanie Cabibbo (Mastercheffa), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Monselice with Francesca Del Vecchio (Dolci creazioni…e non solo…tatam), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Pinerolo with Rosella Errante (Nel tegame sul fuoco) at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Roma with Valeria Ciccotti (Vale Cucina e fantasia), at the Mondadori Bookstore in Via Tuscolana;

Salerno with Rossella Maraio (Rossella… Pane e cioccolato) and Tina Vinciguerra (Le ricette di Tina), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Taranto with Marisa Malomo (Il mio saper fare), Loredana Cavotta (La cucina di Loredana), Pasquale Schiavone (Forno e fornelli) at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Trento with Leyla Farella (Dulcisss in forno), at the Mondadori Bookstore;

Velletri with Vanessa Gizzi (La cucina di Vane) at the Mondadori Bookstore.

The official hashtag for the event is: #GZDay17.

For more information: eventi.mondadoristore.it/

During the Milano.Shanghai Furniture Fair (which runs from 23 – 25 November 2017) INTERNI China and INTERNI, will present a talk; Italian Design Icon Makers. Comparing Stories and Thoughts.

The event will take a closer look at leading design figures, shifting the attention from designers to the people who work behind the scenes but play a key role in innovation and the international success of Made in Italy furniture, as well as the evolution of taste and design.

Opinion makers, entrepreneurs, communicators, photographers and creatives, in the broadest sense, are also the subject of Icon Makers, the third volume in the INTERNI Serie Oro series, that will be presented for the first time in Shanghai and the continues the account of the development of Italian design begun in 2014 with the volume celebrating the magazine’s first “60 Years” and the collector’s issue 500 Italian Design Icons Still in Production (December 2016).

Taking part in the conversation Italian Design Icon Makers. Comparing Stories and Thoughts  – that  will take place on Thursday 23 November at 2.30 pm, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center – Dome Hall – Piazza Italiana – will be Yang Dongjiang (Editor-in-chief INTERNI China and professor at the Tsinghua University Academy of Art and Design), Gilda Bojardi (editor of INTERNI), Claudio Luti (president of the Salone del Mobile), Francesco Scullica (professor and course director of the Master in Interior Design at the Politecnico di Milano – Poli.design) and Zheng Guoda General Manager Shanghai Pellini.

These international guests, representing the worlds of business, publishing and academia, will examine the importance of the role of entrepreneurs and other key operators in the Italian design system in transforming the work of a designer into an innovative design icon, through the management of skills, knowledge and investment..

For more information: www.internimagazine.it

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. (LEI Code 815600049A1F9AFE6666) announces the purchase on the MTA (Electronic Stock Market), in the period from 13 to 17 November 2017, of no. 18,000 ordinary shares (equal to 0.007% of the share capital) at an average unit price of Euro 2.1814 for a total amount of Euro 39,264.55.
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. 806,000 treasury shares, equal to 0.308% of the share capital.
Purchases in detail in the complete pdf file.