Class Editori is the leading publisher in financial news and the luxury goods and lifestyle industries. Founded in 1986 by Paolo Panerai, it has developed over the years by exploiting the opportunities offered by technology to become a multimedia group transmitting information across all communication channels.

The group's portfolio encompasses the daily newspapers MF/Milano Finanza and Italia Oggi, magazines including Capital, Class, Campus, Gentleman and Ladies & Gentleman, Lombard, Patrimoni and Global Finance, and the news agency MF-DowJonesNews, a joint venture with Dow Jones & Co.

The publishers new media operations include the digital satellite television channel, Class CNBC, (formerly Cfn/Cnbc) in partnership with NBC-Vivendi Universal, Dow Jones, General Electric and Mediaset, the digital terrestrial television channel, Class News, the new all-news channel carried by Mediaset's multiplex, and Class Life, the first television channel dedicated to life's pleasures. Class Editori's multimedia operations, besides, include technological platforms for interactive financial services on digital terrestrial television, corporate tv services for banks and businesses, radio (WorldSpace Italia, Radio Classica/Milano Finanza) and video communication facilities (Telesia Sistemi) into main Italian airports and Rome's and Milano's metro.

With it’s Web portals (www.milanofinanza.it e www.italiaoggi.it) Class Editori provide informations and (through MF Honyvem) business intelligence and business information services to companies and professionals working in the economic sector. Besides, Milano Finanza Intelligence Unit produces analysis and newsletters dedicated to traders and anlysts, whereas data and news via satellite are provided by MF Sat and by Internet trading platforms, MF Trading and MF Web.

Below is a timeline of key facts

1986 Class, Milano Finanza (weekly)
1987 Global Finance, Lombard
1988 Campus
1989 MF (daily)
1991 Italia Oggi
1993 Case & Country
1997 MF Sat
1998 MF Fashion
1999 MF Trading (M now Patrimoni)
2000 Cfn/CNBC, e-Class
2001 Radio Classica, Fainex, Class Fashion, restyled Gentleman & Luna
2002 La7, Class Professionale, Gentleman (monthly), MF-Dow Jones News
2003 MF Personal, Circuito Milano Finanza - Classica, Patrimoni, Class CNBC Mobile, Digital Terrestrial Television (Class News), the new Milano Finanza, Gentleman Spanish edition
2004 MF Sicilia, the new MF Fashion
2005 Radio Classica News, Cfn/CNBC becomes Class CNBC, new Mf, Class Life, restyled Case & Country and Class, the new Patrimoni and Capital
2006 WorldSpace Italia (satellite radio), Gentleman Belgian and Turkish editions
2007 MF Fashion in inglese, MF Thomson, Nuova LUNA, Gentleman Real Estate, Gentleman Bulgarian edition
2008 Honyvem, Gentleman Estonian edition
2009 Ladies&Gentleman, Gentleman Greek edition
2010 MF Fashion and www.mffashion.it in Chinese, English and Russian, Class HORSETV, TV Moda


Information about the company

CLASS Editori S.p.A.
Business Headquarters: Via M. Burigozzo, 5 - 20122 Milano
Capitale Sociale: €10.264.206,80
Companies Register : REA Milano n. 1205471
Partita IVA : 08114020152