Class Editori S.p.A. is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 media conglomerate

Media conglomerate

A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...

, based in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since November 30, 1998.

Overview

Founded in 1986 by Paolo Panerai, the publisher is primarily devoted to financial

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

 and lifestyle news.

The group publishes the following magazines and newspapers in Italy:

• MF Milano Finanza
  MF Milano Finanza
  MF is an Italian national daily business newspaper owned by Class Editori, founded in 1989.Milano Finanza is an Italian national weekly business newspaper owned by Class Editori, sold with MF every Saturday since 1987....
  
  
• Italia Oggi
  Italia Oggi
  Italia Oggi is an Italian political, financial, legal and fiscal daily newspaper, owned by the financial publishing company Class Editori....
  
  
• Capital
• Class
• Luna
• Gentleman
• Campus
• Case & Country
• Patrimoni
• Global Finance

The company operates three television channels on satellite

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

 and digital television in Italy:

• Class News
  Class News
  ClassTV MSNBC is an Italian news and entertainment television channel, owned by the media conglomerate Class Editori ....
  
  
• Class Life (available on Alice Home TV
  Alice Home TV
  Alice Home TV is Telecom Italia S.p.A. IPTV service in Italy launched in November 2005.SKY Italia and Mediaset Premium channels are available with a separate subscription.-National Terrestrial Channels:-Entertainment:-Sports:-News:-Teens & Music:...
  
  )
• Class CNBC
  Class CNBC
  Class CNBC is a business and financial news television channel broadcast in Italy. It is essentially an Italian language version of CNBC Europe, albeit with a major focus on the Italian financial markets...
  
  (joint venture with NBC Universal
  NBC Universal
  NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
  
   and Mediaset
  Mediaset
  Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
  
  )

Class Editori's other ventures include the news agency MF Dow Jones News

MF Dow Jones News

MF Dow Jones News , is an Italian business and financial news agency, owned by Class Editori in joint venture with Dow Jones. Produces reports for Class Editori, Borsa Italiana, Yahoo! Italia Finance and many others Italian banks and companies....

 (a joint venture with Dow Jones), the classical

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 radio station Radio Classica

Radio Classica

Radio Classica is an Italian radio station operated by Italian publishing company Class Editori, specialising in Classical music. Programming include news and financial reports in collaboration with Class News and Class CNBC....

, and a stake in Worldspace Italia (33%).

External links

• Official site