il Giornale (English:"the Newspaper"), known from its founding in 1974 until 1983 asil Giornale nuovo (English:"the new Newspaper"), is an Italian-language daily newspaper published inMilan with an average circulation of 28,933 in May 2023.[1] In 2006, it was considered one of Italy's main national newspapers.[2][3][4]
The newspaper was founded in 1974 by the journalistIndro Montanelli,[5][6] together with the colleaguesEnzo Bettiza,Ferenc Fejtő,Raymond Aron, and others, after some disagreements with the new pro-left-wing editorial line adopted by the newspaperCorriere della Sera, where Montanelli had been one of the most important contributors. Montanelli leftCorriere della Sera in 1973.[5] The newspaper was first published on 25 June 1974 asil Giornale nuovo,[6][7] with Montanelli as editor and member of the publishing company board of directors, which included an editorial office composed of 59 journalists. The paper holds conservative and right-wing stances.[8][9] The paper's headquarters is in Milan.[10]
In 1977, Montanelli, who was in financial difficulties, accepted an offer bySilvio Berlusconi, who became the new owner.[11] In 1983, the paper was renamed asil Giornale.[6] When Berlusconi entered politics in December 1993, Montanelli left fearing for his own independence, and went on to found the short-lived daily newspaperLa Voce.[12] In 1992, Berlusconi left the role of the owner ofil Giornale to his brother,Paolo Berlusconi.[11]Vittorio Feltri replaced Montanelli as editor.[13] As of 2003[update], the publisher of the newspaper, Società Europea di Edizioni,[14] was owned by Paolo Berlusconi (58.3%) andArnoldo Mondadori Editore (41.7% directly and indirectly).[15] Until May 2005, the paper was published inbroadsheet format,[16] when it switched totabloid format.[14] In May 2005,il Giornale also started its online version.[17] In 2007, the monthly business magazineEspansione became asupplement of the paper.[18][19] As of 2016, Società Europea di Edizioni was still partially owned by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore directly for 36.90%,[20] which is a listed company that majority owned byFininvest. It was reported that byRoberto Amodei [it], the owner of several sports newspaper of Italy, had interested to subscribe the capital increase of Società Europea di Edizioni.[21]
In 1997,il Giornale was the seventh best-selling Italian newspaper, with a circulation of 218,741 copies.[23] The paper had a circulation of 235,000 copies in 2000.[24] The circulation of the paper was 228,198 copies in 2001, and it was 219,363 copies in 2002.[15] The circulation of the paper was 216,000 copies in 2003,[16] and 208,407 copies in 2004.[25] In 2008, the paper had an average circulation of 192,667 copies.[26][27] The circulation of the paper was 184,882 copies in 2009 and 183,923 copies in 2010.[27] In 2012,il Giornale sold 79,125,210 copies.[28] By 2015, the circulation of the paper was about 68,000 copies.[9]
il Giornale della Libertà was a free weekly political, headed byMichela Vittoria Brambilla, and attached toil Giornale. It was severely criticized by its editorial staff, who later went on strike, which was the second time after the departure of Montanelli.[29] The last issue was published in May 2008.[30]
The weekly columns published inil Giornale are as follows:
Monday:La lente sulla casa (by Corrado Sforza Fogliani),Radiogiornale (by Paolo Giordano),Il Gervaso di Pandora-Aforismi in Libertà (by Roberto Gervaso) andIl Punto Serie A (by Tony Damascelli);
Wednesday:Teledico (by Laura Rio) andUna macchina chiamata corpo (by Corrado Bait, only in Salute specials);
Thursday:La mostra della Settimana (by Carlo Franza),Strisce pedonali (by Massimo Ghenzer),FuoriSerie (by Matteo Sacchi) andMalati e Malattie (by Gloria Saccani Jotti);
Friday:Retrobottega (by Andrea Cuomo),Mercati che fare (by Leopoldo Gasbarro),Teledico;
Saturday:Zuppa di Porro (by Nicola Porro),Qui e Ora (by Karen Rubin),Rosso Malpelo (by Paolo Guzzanti),Lo Spillo (unsigned),La vite è una cosa meravigliosa (by Andrea Cuomo, in the supplement),#lavitaèsoltantounaquestionedistile (by Marchesa d'Aragona, in the supplement),Un posto a teatro (by Stefania Vitulli);
Sunday:L'articolo della domenica (by Francesco Alberoni),Il consiglio utile (by Oscar Grazioli),Biblioteca Liberale (by Nicola Porro),Tagli di Piombo (by Massimo Piombo),Il quadro di Sgarbi (by Vittorio Sgarbi),La bacchettata (by Giovanni Gavezzeni),L'arte della Tv (by Luca Beatrice).
^abLuigi Bruti Liberati (2011). "Witch-hunts and Corriere della Sera. A conservative perception of American political values in Cold War Italy: The 1950s".Cold War History.11 (1):69–83.doi:10.1080/14682745.2011.545599.
^"Si ricomincia da quì"(PDF).Il Giornale della Libertà. 16 May 2008. pp. 1–16. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 February 2009. Retrieved28 June 2023.
