In the new episode of Italian Innovators I present the parallel stories of Arnoldo MONDADORI and Angelo RIZZOLI, founders of Italy’s leading publishing houses and master figures in 20^th-century Italian culture. Enjoy the episode here. 

From poverty to entrepreneurship, from magazines to an encyclopedia, from critical theory to cinema, Mondadori and Rizzoli launched Italy’s publishing industry, enhanced its educational system, and shaped its literary imagination. Their rivalry did not become a destructive force, but rather propelled the development of new modes of cultural production.