This Tuesday, Mediaset España made official the resignation of Borja Prado as president of the communication group. The news was known two weeks ago through business circles, which pointed to disagreements with the company’s CEOs, Alessandro Salem and Massimo Musolino, as the reason for his departure, which will take place on December 31.
As reported in the statement issued by Mediaset, Prado will not only cease to be the president of the corporation, but will also leave his position as director that he had held for “more than 23 years”, in the words of the same businessman that is reported. echoed the document.
Borja Prado became executive president of Mediaset España in April 2022, taking over from Alejandro Echevarría. The former president of Endesa, close to the Berlusconi family, has piloted some highly relevant changes in the communications group, such as the departure of Paolo Vasile as CEO, or the merger by absorption with its Italian parent company MFE.
The year and a half that Prado has held the position has not been without controversy, since he has been identified as responsible for the editorial changes that his channels have undergone during this time, according to the assignment that had been entrusted to him directly from Italy.
In the statement, Mediaset reports that Borja Prado has presented “his resignation as president and member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. at the meeting of this body” held on the morning of Tuesday, December 19.
The document includes words from the still president of the company, who defines the business movements carried out during the year as “the culmination of a long period of service for the Mediaset Group, to which I have always provided my help, defense and collaboration since, more than 23 years, I was appointed advisor”.