Citynews (Italy)

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Citynews
Headquarters
Rome, Naples
,
Italy
Area served
National, metropolitan
Key people
Luca Lani, Fernando Diana – company founders
Krzysztof K. Wasielewski – CTO
Website citynews.it

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 ]

Contents


History

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  [ it ] 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]

Structure

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]

Metropolitan editions

  • Agrigentonotizie
  • AnconaToday
  • ArezzonoToday
  • AvellinoToday
  • BariToday
  • BolognaToday
  • BresciaToday
  • BrindisiReport
  • CasertaNews
  • CataniaToday
  • CesenaToday
  • ChietiToday
  • FirenzeToday
  • FoggiaToday
  • ForliToday
  • FrosinoneToday
  • GenovaToday
  • ilPescara
  • ilPiacenza
  • LatinaToday
  • Lecceprima
  • LeccoToday
  • MilanoToday
  • ModenaToday
  • MonzaToday
  • NapoliToday
  • NovaraToday
  • Padovaoggi
  • PalermoToday
  • ParmaToday
  • PerugiaToday
  • PisaToday
  • Quicomo
  • RavennaToday
  • RiminiToday'
  • RomaToday
  • SalernoToday
  • SondrioToday
  • TerniToday
  • TorinoToday
  • TrentoToday
  • TrevisoToday
  • Triesteprima
  • UdineToday
  • VeneziaToday
  • VeronaSera
  • VicenzaToday

National and thematic editions

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  2. 1 2 "Lani (City News): "Editoria online, vi spiego perché il modello di business ora funziona"". Economyup. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "politicamentecorretto.com – Citynews, partecipata Banzai S.p.A fondata da Luca Lani e Fernando Diana annuncia l'acquisizione di LeccePrima". politicamentecorretto.com.
  4. 1 2 "Citynews apre una sua concessionaria interna per la raccolta nazionale ed entra in Audiweb". Prima Comunicazione (in Italian). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Kranenburg, Hans van (2017). Innovation Policies in the European News Media Industry: A Comparative Study. Springer. ISBN   9783319452043.
  6. ↑ "Nascono le nuove applicazioni Citynews per iPhone e smartphone con sistema Android". Prima Comunicazione (in Italian). 18 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "New entry nel network Citynews: arriva BrindisiReport.it – Engage.it". Engage | News and views sul marketing pubblicitario (in Italian). 27 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Citynews acquisisce il 100% di LeccePrima e RomagnaOggi – Engage.it". Engage | News and views sul marketing pubblicitario (in Italian). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Walter Bonanno è il nuovo direttore generale di Citynews. Tra i primi compiti dovrà riunire la gestione dalla raccolta pubblicitaria nazionale con quella locale". Prima Comunicazione (in Italian). 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Walter Bonanno direttore generale di CityNews". DailyOnline (in Italian). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nuovo logo istituzionale per il Gruppo Editoriale Citynews con True Company". Pubblicità Italia (in Italian). 14 April 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Citynews lancia 42 App in 42 città e punta su un nuovo formato native – Engage.it". Engage | News and views sul marketing pubblicitario (in Italian). 26 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Citynews lancia 42 App in 42 città e punta su un nuovo formato native – Engage.it". Engage | News and views sul marketing pubblicitario (in Italian). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Citynews, giro d'affari di 8 milioni nel 2017; Diana: "Sei nuove testate nel 2018"". Engage | News and views sul marketing pubblicitario (in Italian). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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  16. ↑ "Il Gruppo Editoriale Citynews chiude il 2017 sopra i 10 milioni, a +26,7%". DailyOnline (in Italian). 29 May 2018.
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  19. ↑ "Citynews lancia TerniToday e allarga la copertura in Umbria". Prima Comunicazione (in Italian). 12 July 2018.
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