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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Confindustria |
| Founder(s) | Ferdinando di Fenizio Libero Lenti Roberto Tremelloni |
| Editor-in-chief | Fabio Tamburini |
| Founded | 9 November 1965; 59 years ago (1965-11-09) |
| Political alignment | Liberalism[1] |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
| Circulation | 177,000 (2017) |
| ISSN | 0391-786X |
| Website | www |
Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian:[ilˈsoːleˌventiˈkwattroˈoːre]; English: "The Sun 24 Hours") is the Italian financialnewspaper of record, owned byConfindustria, the Italianemployers' federation.Il Sole 24 Ore is the leading financial daily in Italy.[2][3]
Il Sole 24 Ore was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger betweenIl Sole ("The Sun"), founded in 1865,[4] and24 Ore ("24 Hours"), founded in 1933.[5] The latter was established by young economists, including Ferdinando di Fenizio, Libero Lenti andRoberto Tremelloni, on 15 February 1933.[6] The owner ofIl Sole 24 Ore is Confindustria.[5][7][8]
In 2006, it was reported thatIl Sole 24 Ore had Europe's highest circulation for a financial daily.[9]
Il Sole 24 Ore has its headquarters in Milan,[10] more precisely in Sarca Avenue 223, and is published inbroadsheet format.[11] The paper reports on business, politics, developments in commercial and labour law, corporate news and features. Extensive share and financial product listings are provided in its daily supplement,Finanza e Mercati.
Weekly supplements include:
Irregular supplements are also produced with a focus on a specific issue such as a particular business sector.
The 1988 circulation ofIl Sole 24 Ore was 320,000 copies.[7] In 1997 it was the fifth best-selling Italian newspaper with a circulation of 368,652 copies.[12]
The paper sold 520,000 copies in 2000[13] and 414,000 copies in 2001.[11] In 2004 the paper had a circulation of 373,723 copies, making it the fourth best-selling newspaper in Italy.[14] Its circulation was 334,076 copies in 2008.[15] The print and digital circulation in 2017 was nearly 177,000 copies. In the course of 2017, its circulation increased again in the ranking of national newspapers with the highest diffusion from fourth to third place. (Source Budget 2017)
The printed newspaper is presented as part of an integrated information system which includes:
Il Sole 24 Ore is published by 24 ORE Group. The group has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 6 December 2007.
Every year it publishes theUrban Ecosystem report, edited byLegambiente andAmbiente Italia. The report evaluates 105 Italian provinces in 5 macro areas: air, water, waste, mobility and environment.[18] More specifically, it also publishes a list of the 107 Italianprovince with the best quality of life (which is evaluated through a panel of 90 indicators).[19]
Italy's best-selling financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore
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