Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Caltagirone Editore |
Publisher | Il Messaggero S.p.A. |
Editor | Massimo Martinelli |
Founded | 1878 |
Political alignment |
Liberal conservatism Formerly: Fascism ( 1925–1944) Anti-communism |
Language | Italian |
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]
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]
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]