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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Poligrafici Editoriale(since 1997) |
| Founder(s) | • Cino Del Duca • Gaetano Baldacci |
| Editor | Giuliano Molossi |
| Founded | 21 March 1956 |
| Political alignment | Conservatism Centrism |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
| Circulation | 69,000 (2008) |
| ISSN | 1124-2116 |
| OCLC number | 759765507 |
| Website | ilgiorno.it |
Il Giorno is adaily newspaper based in the city ofMilan, Italy. It has numerous local editions in Lombardy.
Il Giorno was founded by the Italian businessmanCino Del Duca on 21 March 1956,[1] with the journalistGaetano Baldacci, to challengeCorriere della Sera, also a daily newspaper published in Milan. Later, because of a financial crisis, Italian public administratorEnrico Mattei and thestate-ownedoil companyEni[2] bought part of the publishing company. The paper maintains a liberal political stance.[3]
In 1959, Del Duca sold his stake to Eni andItalo Pietra became the newspaper's editor. One of the former contributors of the paper wasAdolfo Battaglia.[4]
In 1997, Eni soldIl Giorno to the Italian publishing companyPoligrafici Editoriale, which also owns two other Italian newspapers (il Resto del Carlino andLa Nazione) under theQuotidiano Nazionale network.
In 2000,Il Giorno switched from abroadsheet to atabloid format.[5] The paper was published in tabloid format until 2003 when it adopted again broadsheet format.[5] In 2009, the paper began to publish a new sports supplement.
The 1988 circulation ofIl Giorno was 290,000 copies.[2] In 1992 it had a circulation of 170,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 75,601 copies in 2004.[6] In 2008 the newspaper had a circulation of approximately 69,000 copies.[7]
