L'Unione Sarda

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L'Unione Sarda
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Front page, 4 July 2009
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)L'Unione Editoriale
PublisherL'Unione Sarda
Founded13 October 1889;135 years ago (1889-10-13)
Political alignment Centrism
Conservatism
LanguageItalian
Headquarters Cagliari, Italy
Circulation 68,332 (2008)
OCLC number 751755237
Website L'Unione Sarda

L'Unione Sarda is a daily newspaper for the island of Sardinia. It is the oldest newspaper in Sardinia still publishing.

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History and profile

L'Unione Sarda was first published on 13 October 1889. [1] In its initial phase Raffa Gazia was the publisher of the paper. [2] It was a radical publication and Antonio Gramsci was among the contributors. [2] He published his first article in the paper. [3]

L'Unione Sarda is based in Cagliari [4] and owned by the Italian businessman Sergio Zuncheddu. Its publisher is L'Unione Sarda SPA. [4] The paper has four editions. [5] It has been the first European newspapers with its own website, launched in 1994. [6]

On its 120th anniversary of the establishment a commemorative stamp was published by the post of Italy on 13 October 2009. [1]

In 2004 the circulation of L'Unione Sarda was 66,700 copies. [7] The paper had a circulation of 68,332 copies in 2008. [8]

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