De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications,
IGT, and DeA Capital, and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in
Assicurazioni Generali
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. It is active worldwide in 4 sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance. It was founded in 1901 by geographer Giovanni De Agostini in
Rome
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, and later moved to
Novara
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.
Overview
De Agostini Editore S.p.A. is a publishing subsidiary, active in 30 countries with publications in 13 languages. It includes De Agostini Publishing, DeA Planeta Libri, De Agostini Scuola and Digital De Agostini, and Spanish publisher
Planeta DeAgostini, a joint venture with
Grupo Planeta
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Editorial Planeta, founded in 1949, was the seed of Gru ...
.
De Agostini Communications is a media and communication subsidiary involving content production, broadcasting and content distributionfor television, new media and cinema. DeAgostini owns a 4.8% stake in the Banijay Group, the parent company of
Banijay Entertainment
Banijay Entertainment S.A. (formerly Banijay Group and later Banijay) is a French multinational television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over 130 production co ...
.
De Agostini is a shareholder of
Atresmedia
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann.
On 6 Marc ...
, the Spanish radio and television group, held in partnership with Spanish Planeta Corporation and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange. It includes Atresmedia Televisión, Atresmedia Radio, Atresmedia Digital, Atresmedia Publicidad and Atresmedia Cine.
Geo4Map is a geographic and cartographic publisher. It was created in 2009 by geographic and cartographic employees of De Agostini. In 2015, it acquired the entire cartographic and geographic business branch of De Agostini Editore, and in 2016, it acquired the Libreria Geografica brand.
History
The geographer Giovanni De Agostini,
brother of the
Salesian explorer Alberto Maria de Agostini, founded the De Agostini Geographical Institute in Rome in June 1901 and published a school
atlas
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Atlases have traditio ...
, that same year the first shop was inaugurated. In 1904, he started the publication of the Atlante de Agostini Calendar, a small volume with geographical news combined with the annual calendar.
See also
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References
External links
Corporate sitePublishing site
Publishing companies established in 1901
Publishing companies of Italy
Mass media companies of Italy
Mass media in Novara
Mass media in Rome
Television networks in Italy
Italian-language television networks
Disney comics publishers
Italian companies established in 1901
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