Fininvest

Fininvest is a financial holding company controlled by Silvio Berlusconi's family.

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The Fininvest Group is composed by many important companies, e.g. Mediolanum (an insurance and banking company), Medusa (Italy's major film production company), Mondadori (Italy's most important publishing company), A.C. Milan (a football team) and Mediaset, which is, at present, the biggest private entertainment competitor in Italy, owning three channels (Canale 5, Italia 1 Rete 4), a digital TV broadcasting network and many other companies related to TV broadcasting.

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Mediolanum: Mediolanum, the modern Milan, appears to have been founded by the Celts of Northern Italy around 600 BC and was conquered by the Romans around 222 BC, who may have given it its Latin-Celtic name (the name element -lanum is the Celtic equivalent of -planum 'plain'). In the 4th century AD, at the time...

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A.C. Milan: AC Milan is an Italian football club. Based in Milan, they play in red-and-black stripes and black shorts, giving them the nickname rossoneri ("red-blacks"). One of the most successful clubs in the World, they have won the prestigious European Cup 6 times (second only to Real Madrid), Serie A 17 tim...