AdKaora acquires stake in AD cube, an Italian AdTech startup selected for the first edition of the PLAI Accelerator program and specializing in artificial intelligence applied to advertising.
The deal will let AdKaora, Mondadori Media’s international digital Martech agency, develop more and more innovative AI-based solutions that can generate value in terms of campaign and performance optimization. At the same time, AD cube will be able to boost the spread of its technology, strengthen its team, and support international scalability.
With this agreement, the Mondadori Group increases its overall stake in the startup to 20%, with the possibility of further increasing it in the coming years, paving the way for a strategic collaboration based on artificial intelligence.
Our Board of Directors has approved the Group’s half-yearly financial report as of June 30, 2025, presented by Chief Executive Officer Antonio Porro. Revenues are up slightly, with adjusted EBITDA essentially stable.
“We now look forward with confidence to the second half of the year, in which we confirm our expectation of a gradual improvement in the scenario, already evident from the market trend recorded in the four weeks of July, with growth driven by the performance of the Mondadori Group’s publishing houses,” said Antonio Porro.
According to the Randstad Employer Brand Research survey, we are the most attractive company in Italy in the media sector. This is the result of a global survey involving over 7,500 respondents (both employed and unemployed) aged between 18 and 64 and 150 workplaces in Italy.
“We are happy and proud of this result, which is the fruit of a collective effort and stems from our commitment to fostering a corporate culture and an inclusive environment, where everyone can grow and express their potential and uniqueness,” commented Daniele Sacco, Director of Human Resources and Organization at the Mondadori Group.
Investing in continuous professional growth and promoting people’s well-being through dedicated initiatives is increasingly a strategic factor in the development of our Group. We are aware that the future is also built on the ability to train, develop, and attract skills and talent.
We would like to thank our colleagues who work every day to make this possible.
The photo shows a representation of the teams involved in employer branding activities.
The new startups that will participate in the second batch of the PLAI Accelerator program have been officially selected.
The seven entrepreneurial ventures identified – Billd, BoostEd, Cicero.Live, buy, LIA, Math Legacy and MemorAIz – stood out for the quality of the team, potential for integration with the business, scalability, level of technological innovation, strength of the roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
The startups will participate in a six-month excellence training course culminating in the final DemoDay.
With this new batch, LAI confirms its commitment to fostering innovation by investing in the most promising ideas to help build the future of artificial intelligence.
Since May 2024, the Mondadori Group accelerator has received more than 1,000 applications, confirming it as a point of reference for startups working in the field of AI.
Italian and international partners involved: Startupbootcamp, I3P – Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico Torino, Amazon Web Services (AWS), ElevenLabs, Fastweb + Vodafone, WPP Media Italy, IFAB – International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development, Multiversity Group, PwC Italy, StartupItalia and Codemotion.
Last week we celebrated the Summer Evening, the event dedicated to Noi Della Mondadori in the grounds of the Niemeyer Palace. This edition again proved to be an important occasion to get together and be together, consolidating the bond that unites us.
We relive the atmosphere of that day: from the arrival of the guests, to the words of our Chairman Marina Berlusconi and CEO Antonio Porro, to the musical performance by The Kolors.
60 years of Oscar Mondadori: the series that revolutionized the Italian publishing scene.
In 1965 an idea was born, as simple as it was powerful: to bring literature to the general public with affordable paperback editions, sold even at newsstands.
After the first title, Ernest Hemingway’s “Farewell to Arms”, an overwhelming success took off with millions of copies and publications: from classics to Italian and foreign non-fiction, to fantasy and contemporary fiction.
In six decades, the Mondadori Oscars have transformed into a true publishing universe, with thematic collections, revamped graphics, new entries and great returns.
It is a story of passion, innovation and cultural inclusiveness that continues to write its future, book after book.
This year, the Mondadori publishing house and the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation are celebrating the anniversary with dedicated initiatives and a series of meetings recounting this epochal passage in the history of Italian publishing and customs.
The Shareholders’ Meeting, which met today under the chairmanship of Marina Berlusconi, approved the financial statements as of December 31, 2024.
The results were presented by CEO Antonio Porro at the Board of Directors meeting last March 12.
Today’s Shareholders’ Meeting also resolved to distribute a unit dividend of €0.14 for each ordinary share (net of treasury shares) outstanding on the record dates, for a total amount of approximately €36.5 million, up 17 percent from the previous year: this amount corresponds to a pay-out of 60 percent of net income 2024.
Mondadori Group’s results for the first quarter of 2025.
The Board of Directors approved the results of Mondadori Group as of March 31, 2025, presented by CEO Antonio Porro. The first quarter closed with revenues of 164.4 million and adjusted Ebitda of 1.8 million.
“The economic and financial figures achieved by our Group during the first quarter of the year are in line with our forecasts: they reflect the overall weakness that characterized the book market in the first quarter, and which we estimate will continue throughout the first half of the year. During the course of the year we expect a recovery in the market environment and a positive effect on the Group’s performance brought about by the greater richness of the publishing proposal of our publishing houses. All this allows us to confirm the objectives defined for fiscal year 2025,” Antonio Porro stressed.
We had the pleasure of welcoming the students of Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori’s Master in Publishing program for a morning of discussion and dialogue.
As part of “Crossroads,” a course conceived as a space for orientation and reflection on the professional future, a valuable opportunity was created to get to know our Group closely through the voices of the people who are part of it.
A real crossroads of experiences and visions between those who are about to enter the world of work and those who are already protagonists of it.
Francesca Rigolio, Head of Human Resources area Books & Chief Sustainability Officer of the Mondadori Group, gave the welcome address, introducing the key themes of the meeting with a look at the value of culture, sustainability and people. This was followed by speakers Marco Corsi, Editor Paperback and Classics at Mondadori, Luisa Rinaldi, Editor Humanities Area Secondary School First Grade of Mondadori Education, Valeria Sampaoli, Communication Specialist of BU Ragazzi. Concluding the session was the testimony of Francesco Anzelmo, General Manager of the Mondadori publishing house, who recalled how fundamental it is to create bridges between generations, in the name of listening, confrontation and shared passion.
The morning concluded with a visit to Palazzo Mondadori led by Chiara Capuzzi, head of Purchasing, Services and Real Estate for our Group, who took participants on a journey to discover the special features of the iconic building designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
From March 31 to April 3, 2025, we will be present at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the most important international event dedicated to publishing for youngsters, now in its 62nd edition.
A point of reference for publishers, authors, illustrators and professionals in the sector that is consolidating itself as a cultural hub of global importance.
Our publishing houses will be the protagonists of a schedule full of meetings, initiatives and insights, celebrating the value of reading, creativity and storytelling.
On the occasion of the event, we also celebrate 35 years of “Reading Figures,” the historic picture book series in the Mondadori catalog, with a dedicated exhibition.
Produced in collaboration with the Archiginnasio Municipal Library and the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation and curated by Mondadori and Hamelin, the exhibition “Reading Figures to Read the World” is on view from April 1 to May 24.