31.   Lambrakis is the first large publishing group to offer shares.

32.   Newspaper and magazine sales in Italy have steadily declined while production costs rise, forcing several dailies to close, a publishing group said Wednesday.

33.   Take the successful Next Media publishing group.

34.   The appointment comes as BMG tries to negotiate a partnership British music entertainment and publishing group EMI PLC.

35.   The company noted its operation of Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing group, with several bestsellers, as especially successful.

36.   The editor-in-chief of the respected Milan daily Corriere della Sera, Paolo Meili, has been promoted to director of the Rizzoli publishing group.

37.   The Finnish broadcaster MTV and the newspaper publishing group Aamulehti will merge, the companies announced Tuesday.

38.   The Lausanne, Switzerland-based publishing group also owns five weekly publications in Portugal.

39.   The plan collapsed in October after heavy losses by the Gemina publishing group and allegations of bookkeeping fraud.

40.   The publishing group is controlled by Fininvest, the holding company of television mogul and former Premier Silvio Berlusconi.