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From 2000 till today
2000
The development policy continues across all areas of the business with the establishment of the joint ventures Mondadori Rodale, BOL Italia, ACI Mondadori; the launch of new magazine titles Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Jack; and the opening of new Mondadori bookstores in Florence and Padua and a new Multicenter store in Milan's Via Marghera, the largest media store in Italy.
2001
The Grupo Editorial Random House Mondadori, a 50-50 joint venture between the Mondadori Group and the Bertelsmann Group is established to bring together the imprints of the two groups for the Spanish and Latin America.
The launch of Cambio , the first fruit of the ACI Mondadori joint venture. This gives the green light to an integrated publishing system for the car sector based on the magazines Cambio (today Cambio Panoramauto), Auto oggi, Automobile Club, HP Trasporti Club.
Mondadori and Microsoft reach an agreement for the creation of Italy's first eBook store; ebook.mondadori.com, an internet site that allows readers to select and buy books in an electronic format using the Microsoft Reader technology, an application that brings video rendering much closer to the quality of print.
The Mondadori printing plant in Verona introduces a new System S10 machine, Europe's most advanced automated printing system.
2002
On 13 December 2002 the Chairman, Leonardo Mondadori dies.
On 5 February 2003 he is succeeded by Marina Berlusconi.
2003 - 2004
The Group's development strategy continues in all areas of the business. In particular, the acquisition of 70% of Piemme, a publishing house especially active in the children's sector; the agreement with Attica Publications for the acquisition of 40% of the Athens-based company, leader in the Greek consumer magazine market; the launch of a range of new magazines, including Flair, Economy, Evo, Per Me, Easy Shop.
2005 - 2007
The Group's development strategy for new sectors and markets achieves two significant objectives.
In 2005 Mondadori enters the radio sector through the acquisition of Radio 101 One-O-One, one of the best-known national radio broadcasters, was relauched with the brand R101.
In 2006 further reinforcement of the international business was achieved with the acquisition of Emap France, the country's third largest publisher of consumer magazines.
2007 was the company's centenary year and saw the Group's development continue, especially in international magazine publishing with the launch of Grazia in Russia, Holland and Australia, Interni in Russia and Casaviva in Greece.
2008
During 2008 the Mondadori Group's presence in the Balkans and Eastern Europe was further consolidated with the launch of Casaviva in Serbia and Bulgaria, Grazia Casa in Croatia and Sale & Pepe in Romania.
Meanwhile the international expansion of Grazia continued with launches of the title in Australia and India while the first international edition of Flair was launched in Austria.
On 19 November Mondadori signed the definitive contract for the sale of 80% of Mondadori Printing S.p.A., the Mondadori Group company that managed the activities of the Printing Division, to the Pozzoni Group.
2009
Mondadori launches the French edition of the women's weekly Grazia, a title that interprets the world of Italian elegance and style around the world. Thanks to its innovative editorial formula, the new magazine rapidly establishes itself as a new point of reference in the upscale women's magazine market. Grazia France achieves excellent results in terms of both circulation and advertising.
Maurizio Costa, deputy chairman and chief executive of the Mondadori Group, presents the President of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, with the four volumes of the Meridiani del Giornalismo Italiano, a collection of articles by the most prestigious and significant names of Italian journalism writing about the last 140 years of Italian history.
The weekly Tu is relaunched as Tu Style. In its new form the magazines is aimed at young and dynamic women, with news content that looks at new international trends and also covers low budget fashion.