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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | GEDI Gruppo Editoriale |
| Publisher | GEDI Gruppo Editoriale |
| Editor | Andrea Malaguti |
| Founded | 1 February 1867; 158 years ago (1867-02-01) |
| Political alignment | Social liberalism Progressivism Formerly: Fascism (1925–1945) Anti-communism |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Via Marenco 32,Turin, Italy |
| Circulation | 256,203 (2012) |
| Sister newspapers | la Repubblica (since 2017) |
| ISSN | 1122-1763 |
| Website | www |
La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italiandaily newspaper published inTurin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023.[1] Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.[2] Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the country underwent a nationalization process,La Stampa andCorriere della Sera were not real national daily newspapers, as their geographical area of circulation was mostly limited toPiedmont forLa Stampa andLombardy forCorriere 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.[3]La Stampa has "historically" been Turin'snewspaper of record.[4] It is considered one of Italy's leading national newspapers alongsideCorriere della Sera ,la Repubblica,Il Sole 24 Ore, andIl Messaggero.[5]
The paper was founded by Vittorio Bersezio, a journalist and novelist, in February 1867,[2][6] with the nameGazzetta Piemontese.[7] In 1895, the newspaper was bought and by then edited byAlfredo Frassati (father ofPier Giorgio Frassati), who gave it its current name and a national perspective.[7] For criticizing the 1924 murder of the socialistGiacomo Matteotti, he was forced to resign and sell the newspaper toGiovanni Agnelli, who cofounded the automobile manufacturerFiat.[8][7] The financierRiccardo Gualino also took a share.[9] The paper is now owned byGEDI Gruppo Editoriale,[10] and has acentrist stance.[11] The former contributors ofLa Stampa include Italian novelistAlberto Moravia.[12] In 2004,Angelo Agostini [it] categorizedLa Stampa as an institution daily (quotidiano-istituzione), alongsideCorriere della Sera, in contrast to the agenda daily (quotidiano-agenda) such asla Repubblica, and the activist daily (quotidiano-attivista) such asIl Foglio,Libero, andl'Unità.[13][14]
La Stampa, based in Turin,[15] was published inbroadsheet format,[16] until November 2006, when the paper began to be published in theBerliner format.[17][18][19] It launched awebsite in 1999.[6]La Stampa also launched a project, calledVatican Insider, run by the daily newspaper and has among its staff severalVatican affairs analysts.[20] Since 26 May 2006, it has published the monthly magazineSpecchio+. From 26 January 1996 to 7 April 2006, it was calledSpecchio, which was published as a weekly supplement, a general interest magazine.[21] In September 2012,La Stampa moved to its new headquarters in Turin, leaving its historical editorial building.[6]Mario Calabresi was theeditor-in-chief of the daily.[22][23][24]
On 9 April 2013, an explosive device was sent by aninsurrectionary anarchist group, theInformal Anarchist Federation, to the offices ofLa Stampa;[25] it did not detonate.[25] In June 2017, during the celebration for its 150 years of activity,La Stampa hosted the international conference "The Future of Newspaper", where many great actors of the news industry discussed about the future prospects for the news agencies. Among themJohn Elkann (editor ofLa Stampa),Jeff Bezos fromThe Washington Post, Louis Dreyfus CEO ofLe Monde, andMark Thompson CEO ofThe New York Times.[26] In April 2020,Maurizio Molinari was appointed as new editor ofla Repubblica and was replaced by Massimo Giannini (former journalist ofla Repubblica andRadio Capital). Under his guide,La Stampa moved to a more markedcentre-left position.[27]
The 1988 circulation ofLa Stampa was 560,000 copies.[10] In 1997, the paper had a circulation of 376,493 copies.[15] Its circulation was 399,000 copies in 2000,[28] and 409,000 copies in 2001.[16] The circulation of the paper was 330,000 copies in 2003,[11] and 345,060 copies in 2004.[29] Its 2007 circulation was 314,000 copies.[30] In 2012, the circulation of the paper was 256,203 copies.[31]
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