Berlusconi Group: Holdings

Berlusconi holdings

This list is indicative only.

Television broadcasting and production

Mediaset group (34%)

• Canale 5
• Italia 1
• Retequattro
• several pay-TV channels;
• Telecinco - Spanish commercial broadcaster (40%)
• 13% of Breton cable tv group TV Breizh (Murdoch's News International has 13%)

Berlusconi formerly had a 2.28% stake in Kirch Media, the German broadcaster and production group

Film production and distribution

• Medusa Films - largest Italian production house
• Penta - distributor (50%)
• Cinema 5 - cinema operator

Music

Mediaset has recording and rights management units

Publishing

• Mondadori (50.3%)
• Einaudi
• Sperling & Kupfer
• Frasinelli
• Athena
• Poseidonia
• Electa Napoli
• Grijalbo - distribution units in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela,
• Gruner & Jahr Italy - partnership (50%) with Bertelsmann-controlled Gruner & Jahr
• Hearst Mondadori - 50% magazine publishing partnership with Hearst
• Il Giornale
• Il Foglio
• Pagine Utili - phone directories
• approximately 50 magazines

Multimedia

• Jumpy - internet portal
• Newmedia

Advertising

• Publitalia 80

Property development and construction

• Edilnord
• Cantieri Riuniti Milanesi

Finance

• Mediolanum - general insurance
• Mediolanum Vita = life assurance
• several pension funds
• leasing and other financial services

Sport

• AC Milan - football club
• Hockey and Volleyball clubs

Retail

• Blockbuster Italia - video rental (51%)
• La Standa department store group
• Supermercato supermarket chain

Printing

• printing operations in Germany and Spain

Other

• direct 2.48% stake in Kirch