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| Headquarters | Rome, Naples , Italy |
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Area served | National, metropolitan |
Key people | Luca Lani, Fernando Diana – company founders Krzysztof K. Wasielewski – CTO |
| Website | citynews |
Citynews is an Italian newspaper group founded in 2010 by Luca Lani and Fernando Diana. The company prepares forty-seven local editions, one national edition, and one international edition. For several consecutive years, it has been one of the third most popular Italian newspapers.[ citation needed ]
Citynews was founded in January 2010 by Luca Lani and Fernando Diana as a journalistic start-up. [1] In 2011, after the opening of FoggiaToday, it joined the company with a first round of investment of 3 million Euros, followed by other acquisitions of digital publications such as, LeccePrima, RomagnaOggi and AgrigentoNotizie. [2] By the end of 2011, Citynews was the publisher of thirty newspapers with fifty-six journalists working in total. [3]
In 2012, Citynews and opened newspapers in Monza, Treviso, Venice, Trento, and Udine. In March, the national newspaper Today was established. [4]
In 2013, a second investment round of 1.5 million euros was signed by venture capital: Citynews became a joint-stock company, reaching a balanced budget in June. [5] In the same year, they released the new App for iOS and Android. [6]
In 2014, Citynews acquired the Brindisi-based BrindisiReport and the main online newspaper in Trieste, TriestePrima. [7] By the end of 2014, Citynews was running solely on advertising income.[ citation needed ] Prior to this, their advertising partners were Fox Network and Fox International Channels. They have opened several offices with focal points in Rome and Milan.
In 2015, CityNews established a newspaper in Avellino, closing the year with forty-two newspapers. [2] [8] They were accepted to join Audiweb. [4] The next year, all newspapers were redesigned and Walter Bonanno became General Manager of the Editorial Group. [9] [10] In 2017, CityNews revealed a new logo and released [11] mobile apps for each of their newspapers. [12] QuiComo, FrosinoneToday and CasertaNews were acquired.
In the same year, CityNews launched EuropaToday, in order to cover the European Parliament in Italy. [13] At the end of the year, they had 47 newspapers and 200 journalists. [14] At the end of 2017, Citynews was ranked the third in the comScore ranking of national online publications. [15] [16]
In April 2018, Citynews was ranked the second in the Comscore among the national online publications based on views, with almost 21 million visitors, ahead of Corriere della Sera , but behind la Repubblica . [17] In July 2018, Citynews went down in ranking to the 4th position among online publications. [18] In the same month, Citynews launches TerniToday. [19] In August 2018, Citynews ranked as the 2nd most popular online publication based on view count. [20]
The company is present in the Sole24ore ranking 216 among 350 Italian companies with the highest growth rate. [21]
Citynews publishes forty-seven local editions and five national editions. Their editorial team consists of 250 people, including company employees and freelancers. The Citynews editorial group includes the following editions: [22]
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