Il Messaggero

Last updated

Il Messaggero
Il Messaggero.svg
Ilmessaggero rome.jpg
Front page (Rome edition), 3 October 2008
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Caltagirone Editore
PublisherIl Messaggero S.p.A.
EditorMassimo Martinelli
Founded1878;146 years ago (1878)
Political alignment Liberal conservatism
Formerly:
Fascism (1925–1944)
Anti-communism
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Country Kingdom of Italy (1878–1946)
Italy (since 1946)
Circulation 91,012 (2012)
Sister newspapers Corriere Adriatico
Il Mattino
ISSN 1126-8352
Website Il Messaggero

Il Messaggero (English: "The Messenger") is an Italian daily newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1878. It is one of the main national newspapers in Italy. [1]

Contents

History and profile

The headquarters of Il Messaggero in Rome Ilmessagaroatnight (1 of 1).jpg
The headquarters of Il Messaggero in Rome

Il Messaggero was founded in December 1878. [2] [3] [4] On 1 January 1879, the first issue of Il Messaggero was published, [2] under the management of Luigi Cesana. [5] The paper aimed at being the newspaper of newspapers and at providing its readers with all opinions and all events. [2] The first four copies of the paper were delivered as free samples to the subscribers of the newspaper, Il Fanfulla . [2] One of the early editors-in-chief of Il Messaggero was Alberto Cianca,who resigned from the post due to political reasons. [6]

Since its inception, Il Messaggero has been owned by different companies. [5] One of the former owners is Montedison through the Ferruzzi Group. [7] [8] In 1996 the paper was acquired by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone. [5] He founded the Caltagirone Editore in 1999. [5] The company is the majority owner of the paper [9] which has its 90%. [10] Its leaders include Azzurra Caltagirone, the partner of the political leader Pierferdinando Casini, on its board. The company also owns Corriere Adriatico [11] and Il Mattino . [9] The publisher of the daily is Il Messaggero S.p.A. [12]

Il Messaggero is published in broadsheet format [13] [14] and is based in Rome. [7] [15] In addition to its national edition the paper has 12 local editions, including those for the regions of Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo and Tuscany. [5]

Circulation

The 1988 circulation of Il Messaggero was 370,000 copies. [7] It was the sixth best-selling Italian newspaper in 1997 with a circulation of 256,400 copies. [16] The paper had a circulation of 288,000 copies in 1999. [17]

In 2000 the circulation of the paper was 292,000 copies. [18] Its circulation was 293,000 copies in 2001 [19] and 258,538 copies in 2002. [10] The circulation of the paper was 252,000 copies in 2003 [12] and 240,778 copies in 2004. [20] The paper had a circulation of 230,697 copies in 2005. [21] Its circulation was 216,000 copies in 2007. [22]

In 2012 Il Messaggero sold 91,012,767 copies. [23]

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Corriere della Sera</i> Italian daily newspaper (founded 1876)

Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, Corriere della Sera is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, clericalism, and Giovanni Giolitti, who was willing to compromise with those forces during his time as prime minister of Italy. Albertini's opposition to the Italian fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925.

<i>il manifesto</i> Daily newspaper

il manifesto is an Italian-language daily newspaper published in Rome. While calling itself "communist" and broadly left-wing, it is not connected to any political party.

<i>la Repubblica</i> Italian daily newspaper

la Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo, and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore as a leftist newspaper, which proclaimed itself a "newspaper-party". During the early years of la Repubblica, its political views and readership ranged from the reformist left to the extraparliamentary left. Into the 21st century, it is identified with centre-left politics, and was known for its anti-Berlusconism, and Silvio Berlusconi's personal scorn for the paper.

<i>La Stampa</i> Italian daily newspaper (founded 1867)

La Stampa is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the country underwent a nationalization process, La Stampa and Corriere della Sera were not real national daily newspapers, as their geographical area of circulation was mostly limited to Piedmont for La Stampa and Lombardy for Corriere della Sera; thus, both papers shared a readership that was linked to its place of residence and its social class, mostly from the industrialist class and financial circles. La Stampa has "historically" been Turin's newspaper of record. It is considered one of Italy's leading national newspapers alongside Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, and Il Messaggero.

<i>lUnità</i> Italian leftist daily newspaper

l'Unità is an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the Left, and, from October 2007 until its closure in 2017, the Democratic Party.

<i>La Gazzetta dello Sport</i> Italian sports newspaper

La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy.

il Giornale, known from its founding in 1974 until 1983 as il Giornale nuovo, is an Italian-language daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 28,933 copies in May 2023. In 2006, it was considered one of Italy's main national newspapers in Italy.

<i>Il Sole 24 Ore</i> Italian financial daily newspaper

Il Sole 24 Ore is the Italian financial newspaper of record, owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation. Il Sole 24 Ore is the leading financial daily in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone</span> Italian businessman

Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is an Italian businessman. He controls the holding company Caltagirone S.p.A. with interests in cement manufacturing, real estate, construction and publishing.

<i>Il Mattino</i> Italian daily newspaper

Il Mattino is an Italian daily newspaper published in Naples, Italy.

<i>Leggo</i> Italian newspaper

Leggo is an Italian newspaper and was the first free daily newspaper published in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caltagirone Editore</span> Italian publisher

Caltagirone Editore S.p.A. is an Italian publisher, based in Rome, Italy, founded in July 1999. Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is the founder of the company which has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since December 2000.

<i>Il Tempo</i> Italian newspaper

Il Tempo is a daily Italian newspaper published in Rome, Italy.

<i>Italia Oggi</i> Italian newspaper

Italia Oggi is an Italian political, financial, legal and fiscal daily newspaper, started in 1991. The paper is owned by the financial publishing company Class Editori. The paper was formerly part of the Ferruzzi Group. Italia Oggi Editore is the publisher of the paper, which has its headquarters in Milan.

<i>Il Giorno</i> (newspaper) Italian newspaper

Il Giorno is an Italian-language national daily newspaper, based in Milan, Italy; it has numerous local editions in Lombardy.

<i>Il Resto del Carlino</i> Italian newspaper

il Resto del Carlino is an Italian newspaper based in Bologna, and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Its rather evocative name means "the change you get from a carlino", which the smallest part of the Papal baiocco : a sheet of local news was given out in shops to make up for the change owing after buying a cigar.

<i>Il Gazzettino</i> Italian daily local newspaper

Il Gazzettino is an Italian daily local newspaper, based in Mestre, Italy a borough of Venice. It is the main newspaper in the Northeast Italy and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.

Corriere Adriatico is a regional newspaper, one of the oldest publications in Italy. It has been in circulation since 1860. The headquarters of the paper is in Ancona.

<i>Il Mondo</i> (newspaper) Defunct daily newspaper in Italy (1922–1926)

Il Mondo was an Italian afternoon political newspaper with headquarters in Rome. Founded in 1922, it was one of the last independent newspapers to be suppressed by the Fascist Regime in October 1926.

References

  1. ↑ "Italy media guide". BBC News Online . 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Thomas Simpson (15 November 2010). Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 31. ISBN   978-0-230-11653-5 . Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Il Messaggero". Prime Media. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Francesco Fattorello (February 1965). "A Short Historical Survey of the Italian Press". International Communication Gazette. 11 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1177/001654926501100101. S2CID   144185837.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kodak's reliability serving daily newspapers" (PDF). Kodak. Amsterdam. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alberto Cianca" (in Italian). ANPI. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Peter Humphreys (1996). Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 90. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Clyde Haberman (24 April 1989). "Newspaper Deal in Italy Stirs Debate over Press Freedom". The New York Times. Rome. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 Donatella della Porta; Manuela Caiani (2 June 2004). "The Transformation of Political Mobilisation and Communication in European Public Spheres". Europub. Archived from the original (Report) on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  10. 1 2 David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "2006 Annual Results". Caltagirone Editore S.p.A. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. 1 2 "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Jostein Gripsrud; Lennart Weibull, eds. (2010). Media, Markets & Public Spheres: European Media at the Crossroads. Intellect Books. p. 53. ISBN   978-1-84150-305-9.
  14. ↑ Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Matthew Hibberd (1 December 2007). The Media in Italy: Press, Cinema and Broadcasting from Unification to Digital. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). p. 96. ISBN   978-0-335-23516-2.
  16. ↑ Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 Dailies 1999". campaign. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  19. ↑ Adam Smith (15 November 2002). "Europe's Top Papers". campaign. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  21. ↑ Data for average number of paid-for copies. Survey on 2005 newspapers sales in Italy. Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Excel file). Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa.
  22. ↑ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Daily newspapers: national circulation (2012)". Agcom. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.