This is a list of newspapers in Italy. The number of daily print

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

was 107 in 1950, whereas it was 78 in 1965. It has further declined since and 74 are listed in this article: 21 national newspapers, 50 regional or local newspapers (some of which have a larger circulation than most national ones) and 3 sports newspapers. The total circulation (both in print and digital) of the 56 newspapers tracked by ''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa'' (ADS) was 1,947,230 in January 2022, down from 2,292,549 for 57 newspapers in January 2020. ''

Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

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, has the largest circulation — more than 250,000 on average —, and has more than 500,000 digital subscribers.https://www.corriere.it/cronache/22_dicembre_14/corriere-500-mila-abbonati-digitali-b2685a5e-7bf3-11ed-a244-0877c18473f0.shtml

National

Listed according to circulation, updated to October 2022.

Regional/local

Listed according to circulation, updated to October 2022.

Sports

Listed according to circulation, updated to October 2022.

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GEDI Gruppo Editoriale GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy. History In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...

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La Repubblica ''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...

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La Stampa ''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. History and profile The paper was fou ...

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Il Secolo XIX ''Il Secolo XIX'' ( ) is an Italian newspaper published in Genoa, Italy, founded in March 1886, subsequently acquired by Ferdinando Maria Perrone in 1897 from Ansaldo. It is one of the first Italian newspapers to be printed in colour. On 16 J ...

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Il Piccolo ''Il Piccolo'' is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original ''small'' format. History and profile ''Il Piccolo'' was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881. He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the ...

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Gazzetta di Mantova ''Gazzetta di Mantova'' is an Italian language local daily newspaper published in Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, ...

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Il Mattino di Padova ''Il Mattino di Padova'' is an Italian newspaper published in Padua, Italy. The newspaper, which was first published in 1978, is part of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale and specifically GEDI News Network, controlling ''La Repubblica'', ''La Stampa'', '' ...

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La Provincia Pavese ''La Provincia Pavese'' is an Italian language regional daily newspaper and is the main paper of the province of Pavia. History and profile ''La Provincia Pavese'' is part of the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., fo ...

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La Tribuna di Treviso ''La Tribuna di Treviso'' is an Italian language regional daily newspaper published in Treviso, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1978. History and profile ''La Tribuna di Treviso'' was started in 1978. The paper is based in Treviso. Grupp ...

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La Nuova Venezia ''La Nuova Venezia'' (full title:''La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre'') is an Italian language regional daily newspaper published in Venice, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1984. History and profile ''La Nuova Venezia'' was first published in ...

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Corriere delle Alpi GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy. History In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...

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RCS MediaGroup RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, ne ...

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La Gazzetta dello Sport ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018). History and profile ''La ...

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Caltagirone Editore Caltagirone Editore S.p.A. is an Italian publisher, based in Rome, Italy, founded in July 1999 (following the purchase of the newspapers ''Il Messaggero'' and ''Il Mattino'' in 1999). Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is the founder of the company ...

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Il Mattino ''Il Mattino'' (meaning ''The Morning'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Naples, Italy. History and profile ''Il Mattino'' was first published on 16 March 1892 by the journalists Edoardo Scarfoglio and Matilde Serao. The pa ...

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Il Gazzettino ''Il Gazzettino'' is an Italian daily local newspaper, based in Mestre, Italy. It is the main newspaper in the Northeast Italy and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Profile ''Il Gazzettino'' has the following eight local editions: #Veni ...

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Corriere Adriatico ''Corriere Adriatico'' is an Italian regional newspaper which is one of the oldest publications in Italy and had been in circulation since 1860. The headquarters of the paper is in Ancona. History and profile ''Corriere Adriatico'' was establi ...

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Il Tirreno ''Il Tirreno'' (English: "The Tyrrhenian") is a regional Italian newspaper, printed in Livorno and serving the Tuscany region. ''Il Tirreno'' also features sixteen local editions around the whole region. History It was founded in 1877 under th ...

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Gazzetta di Reggio ''Gazzetta di Reggio'' is an Italian language daily newspaper published in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It has been in circulation since 1860. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Reggio'' was founded in 1860. The paper serves for the Emilia-Romagna regio ...

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Gazzetta di Modena ''Gazzetta di Modena'' is a morning daily newspaper that serves the city of Modena and its similarly named province in Italy. History and profile ''Gazzetta di Modena'' was established in 1981. It is part of the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso G ...

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Il Resto del Carlino ''il Resto del Carlino'' is an Italian newspaper based in Bologna, and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Its rather evocative name means "the change you get from a ''carlino''", which the smallest part of the Papal ''baiocco'' (no longer ...

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La Nazione ''La Nazione'' is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy, and was established on 8 July 1859. The paper is based in Florence. History and profile ''La Nazione'' was founded by Bettino Ricasoli, interim head of the Tuscan government. The ...

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Corriere dello Sport – Stadio ''Corriere dello Sport'' is an Italian national sports newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It is one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers and has the largest readership in central and southern Italy, the fourth most read throughout the co ...

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Tuttosport ''Tuttosport'' is an Italian sport newspaper published in Turin, Italy. History and profile ''Tuttosport'' was first published on 30 July 1945. Renato Casalbore (who later died in the 1949 Superga air disaster alongside the Il Grande Torino fo ...

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L'Arena ''L'Arena'' is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in Verona, Italy. History and profile Founded in 1866, shortly before the annexation of Veneto into the Kingdom of Italy, ''L'Arena'' is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy and the most p ...

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Il Giornale di Vicenza ''Il Giornale di Vicenza'' is an Italian newspaper published in Vicenza, Italy. The newspaper, which was first published in 1915 as ''La Provincia di Vicenza'' and has since been the leading one in Vicenza and its province, is controlled by Athesis ...

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L'Adige ''l'Adige'' is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in Trento. It is sold in Trentino and is the most read newspaper in the region, along with its main rivals Corriere del Trentino and Trentino. History and profile ''l'Adige'' was founded in ...

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