Silvio Berlusconi has build his media imperium using the publicity market.
Did you know that the European variant of his publicity firm ‘Publitalia‘ is
Publierope ( http://www.publieurope.com/) and that it takes care for the publicity on Channel 4?
All other European channels can be tracked at the Publierope site (look under ad-opportunities)

Did you know that the Spanish Telecinco and the media giant Endemol( ironically enough the producer of ‘Big Brother’) are almost totally in his hands?
And that there were plans in 2008 to take over ITV?

Silvio Berlusconi and his organization are not only interested in Europe and try to expand their media influence worldwide.

In the meanwhile, the biggest fraction in the European parliament is the one of the ‘people of freedom’ party and they decide about a European media policy.
The major founder of this fraction ( until 2008 called Forza Italia ) is Marcello Dell’utri, a very good friend of Silvio Berlusconi and convicted until 9 years for ‘external association to the Mafia’.

Hereunder a very interesting article about the origin of Silvio Berlusconi’s fortune.
These are all facts, not any problem to verify…

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The origin of Silvio Berlusconi's fortune has never been clarified.
The legend that he's a self made man is as credible as the internet site that wants to give him the nobel price for peace ( http://silvioperilnobel.sitonline.it/) and that is probably financed with his money

The Milanese bank, “Banca Rasini”, was cited by P2 member Michele Sindona, as well as in numerous official documents drawn up by magistrates investigating the mafia, as the principle bank used by the the mafia for laundering dirty money in the north of Italy.
Included among the Banca Rasini’s clients were Pippo Calò, Totò Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, during the years in which they formed the “cupola” (leadership) of the mafia.

In those same years a certain Signor Luigi Berlusconi, father of Silvio Berlusconi, was employed at the Banca Rasini, first as a clerk, then as “Procurator with signing rights”, and finally as Manager.
During the 1970s, a certain Signor Silvio Berlusconi registered twenty-three holding companies with the Banca Rasini as “Hairdresser’s and Beautician’s”...

In the meanwhile, this man and his organization, thanks to the EPP (Thank you Wilfried Martens and Ivo Belet...) are the biggest fraction in the European parliament and decide about the European media policy.

For more information

Recent Italian history(1990-2008): Italian politics, Silvio Berlusconi and the mafia
 http://matucana.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/recent-italian-history1990-2008-italian-politics-silvio-berlusconi-and-the-mafia/


Help Europe: Silvio Berlusconi takes over the European media
 http://matucana.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/media-mafia-europe-maffia-silvio-berlusconi-democracy/