- 1955 year the company was founded
- 1991 year in which CIR became the largest shareholder in the group
- 55% control stake owned by CIR
- 8 business units
- 1 position held by la Repubblica in the ranking of national general newspapers in terms of newsstand's sales and by readership (source: Fieg/Audipress 2010)
- 50 towns and local districts served by Espresso group local newspapers
- 17% market share of paid newspaper circulation
- 3 national radio with almost 8 million listeners per day
- €886.6 mln of revenues in 2009
