Here’s who will eat the Veneto newspapers of the Gedi group thrown away by Elkann
All about the agreement between Gedi and Nem for the newspapers Il Mattino di Padova, La Tribuna di Treviso, Il Messaggero Veneto, Il Piccolo and more. Primaonline article
It took months of meetings and discussions between groups of lawyers and publishing specialists to arrive at the signing of the preliminary agreement between the Gedi group and NEM, the new specially founded company of the newspapers "Il Mattino di Padova", "La Tribuna di Treviso ”, “La Nuova di Venezia and Mestre”, “Il Corriere delle Alpi”, “Il Messaggero Veneto”, “Il Piccolo” of Trieste and the online magazine “Nordest Economia”, as well as the related digital activities and advertising sales.
THE TIMES OF THE ASSIGNMENT FROM GEDI TO NEM
The completion of the sale of the publishing and digital branch should be completed within the month of October 2023, while the completion of the sale of the advertising branch is expected within the first half of 2024, which means that the sales force currently part of the Manzoni concessionaire will be absorbed by NEM.
“These assignments are subject to the usual conditions precedent for transactions of this nature” points out the joint press release from Gedi and NEM “and to the implementation of the procedures defined by the current legislative provisions, as well as to the stipulation of the consequent final notarial deed”.
ALL ABOUT NORTH EAST MULTIMEDIA (NEM)
NEM, Nord Est Multimedia, is a newly established company, promoted and owned by Banca Finint of which Enrico Marchi is president (in the photo), and by numerous important entrepreneurial families from Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia. They are in the game: Alessandro Banzato (Acciaierie Venete), Giampietro Benedetti (Danieli), Enrico Carraro (Carraro Group), Angelo Mandato (Bioman), Nalini family (Carel Group), VideoMedia (Confindustria Vicenza), Canella family (Alì supermarkets), Federico De Stefani (Sit), Alberto Zanatta (Tecnica Group), Cattaruzza family (Ocean Group), Samer family (Samer Group), who have joined an ambitious business plan which, starting from the acquisition of the six Gedi Nord Est , consists in the construction of a multimedia group also active in the television, radio, digital and events fields.
THE ROLE OF PAOLO POSSMAI
The agreement signed today is the first stretch of a demanding road ahead: to give shape to a media company, men and women are needed capable of building and putting together all the pieces of a complex system based on innovation, but also on ability to interpret the local realities in which one acts. Paolo Possamai is aware of this, a long experience as director of the Veneto newspapers and economic journalist who supported the visionary entrepreneurial desire of Marchi, of which he is a strategic consultant. An important choice will also be that of a director who acts as director of the new multimedia information system. And then a digital manager, a head of marketing and advertising, and above all a good managing director who would have been identified in Giuseppe Cerbone, former CEO of the Sole 24 Ore Group, and of Ansa, who was engaged as a consultant in the complex due diligence that anticipated the agreement.
(Article published on Primaonline)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/giornali-veneti-gedi-nem/ on Sun, 20 Aug 2023 06:10:47 +0000.