Lagardere followed up their headline sales report for 2016 with fuller details, adding information on profits and other granular breakdowns. Group recurring EBIT came in at €395 million versus €378 million in 2015, and publishing EBIT of €208 million was up €10 million — comprising over half of the group’s profits. The release notes, “The increase results from three factors: profitability gains in the US underpinned by strict cost discipline; a good performance from Partworks in Japan and Spain; and the one-off impact of new titles such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts in the UK, […]