Milan – A publisher who controls more than a third of the book market worries the Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini . And ‘his reaction at closing that door RCS Libri (Rizzoli, Bompiani, Fabbri to name only a few houses) and Mondadori (Einaudi, Piemme, Mondadori same) at the wedding. Segrate has indeed bought the rib of the publisher of BBC to 127.5 million. “I already said what I think about the risks of this operation on the delicate book market. But I also repeated from the first minute that the government can not and should not intervene. It will be, if anything, the Antitrust Authority, under the law, to evaluate as always , and in its total independence, the transaction purchase RCS “, explains to ‘ Ansa the same Franceschini. INFOGRAPHIC. All the numbers of new giant The day following the announcement of the transaction is therefore load reactions. Starting from the upper floors of the house of Segrate, from which President Marina Berlusconi exults: “It ‘a task of which we are particularly proud. A significant investment by a large Italian company, in a sector noble and special as that of the book. The Mondadori, of which my family is the publisher for the past 25 years to grow back and makes a crucial step towards greater solidity “. The echo the words of the CEO, Ernesto Mauri : “This transaction is the result of a choice convinced, important and strategic, we have reached in 2013 after leading a deep restructuring plan and subsequent recovery of the group”. From the slope RCS, the President Paolo Mieli uses a cycling metaphor: “Rizzoli and Mondadori as Coppi and Bartali, it is normal that the merger face clamor. In the future will be born larger and larger publishing groups. We need not worry nor oppose. The competition is played between European and world giants of publishing, alongside cases maybe smaller publishing. It ‘s ridiculous to describe this as a ploy authoritarian “, speaking on Rai 3 . The concerns emerge well from the trade union front: the secretary of the SLC-CGIL, Massimo Cestaro , argues that “the RCS group loses a quality factor of its mission by reducing its scope and , contextually, Mondadori assumes a centrality that borders the exclusivity in the publishing field: a concentration that can not be carefully considered by the Antitrust Authority. In addition, this concentration is likely to affect the role of small publishing houses in the trading system that will determine end to be expelled from the market with a clear detriment of pluralism in the book trade at the expense mainly of younger writers. ” The Codacons has already announced a complaint to the Antitrust, to “protect not only small publishers but also consumers.” A positive judgment of the market, which buys both Titles: increases for both RCS Mediagroup for Mondadori.
In recent months, the minister said he was “very concerned” about the operation. In a tweet posted on February 19 he stressed: “It ‘s too risky that one company controls half of the market.” “I am very concerned about the news that anticipate a possible purchase of RCS Books by Mondadori,” he later explained to reporters that day, adding: “There are bodies and authority will evaluate according to the rules all the profiles of the operation. But there is more delicate and sensitive sector for freedom of thought and creation of the book market. “
- Arguments:
- RCS Books
- rcs mediagroup
- mondadori
- publishing
- Starring:
- Dario franceschini
- Marina Berlusconi
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