For the first time in its history Mediaset will close the financial year with a loss. Silvio Berlusconi himself said it during an interview on Corriere della Sera web TV. "There is no publishing company in Italy that is currently producing profits, in fact they are all making losses" - said Berlusconi in a video chat on the Corriere della Sera website - including Mediaset, "which for the first time since founded will come out with a balance sheet that will report losses”. The figures for the 2012 financial year are expected on 26 March next.
Last November 13, the Alfa Romeo announced losses in the first nine months of the year and one quarter, the third, for the first time in its history in operating loss. To those who ask him if his presence in politics can influence Mediaset, the Knight replies: “No, I don't think so. Mediaset had a very high valuation on the stock exchange then stabilized. Lately it has dropped to one euro or so, now it is around two euros. It is irrelevant that I am in politics”. Is the purchase of La7 for Cairo a bargain? “Right now – he replied – there are no businesses around because, with the crisis, there has been a drop in advertising”.
