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| Type | National daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Giornale di Sicilia Editoriale Poligrafica (Gazzetta del Sud) |
| Editor | Antonio Ardizzone |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Political alignment | Centrism |
| Headquarters | Palermo, Italy |
| Circulation | 67,332 (2008) |
Giornale di Sicilia is an Italian daily national newspaper for the island of Sicily. It is based in Palermo, [1] and is the best-selling newspaper in Sicily. [2] Since 2017, it is owned by the daily newspaper of Messina, Gazzetta del Sud. [3]
Giornale di Sicilia was founded in 1860, immediately following the Expedition of the Thousand headed by Giuseppe Garibaldi; it was first published on 7 June of that year under the name "Giornale Officiale di Sicilia" with Girolamo Ardizzone as its first editor-in-chief.
The paper played a significant role in nationalizing the Italian rural women in Sicily at the beginning of the 1900s. [4]
It is published in ten different local versions, one for each province of Sicily plus another one for the city of Palermo.
Giornale di Sicilia had a circulation of 67,216 copies in 2004. [5] The circulation of the paper was 67,332 copies in 2008. [6]
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