''Il Tempo'' (English: "The Time")
is a
daily newspaper
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based in the city of Rome, Italy.
History and profile
''Il Tempo'' was founded in Rome by Renato Angiolillo in 1944.
[ At the initial phase the newspaper was a conservative publication and had an ]anti-communist
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stance.[ The paper publishes the Rome edition (available nationally) and other five local editions ( Latina, ]Frosinone
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, northern Lazio
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, Abruzzo
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, and Molise
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).
In 1996 the former owner, 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 compan ...
, sold the newspaper to the Italian builder Domenico Bonifaci. On 4 October 2007 the paper switched from broadsheet
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format to Berliner.
Editors
* Renato Angiolillo (4 June 1944 – 16 August 1973)
** Leonida Repaci (co-editor, June 1944 – December 1944)
* Gianni Letta
Giovanni "Gianni" Letta (born 15 April 1935) is an Italian journalist and politician. He was a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and is a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International.
Biography
After graduating in law, he star ...
(17 August 1973 – 17 April 1987)
* Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei (18 April 1987 – 30 May 1989)
* Franco Cangini (1 June 1989 – 20 March 1991)
* Marcello Lambertini (21 March 1991 – 6 March 1993)
* Gianni Mottola (February 1995 – 15 September 1996)
** ''acting'' Gian Paolo Cresci (16 September 1996 – 21 October 1996)
* Maurizio Belpietro
Maurizio Belpietro (born 10 May 1958) is an Italian journalist and television presenter.
Career
Belpietro was born in Castenedolo, near Brescia, but he grew up in the town of Palazzolo sull'Oglio. He started his career as a journalist writing ...
(22 October 1996 – 19 March 1997)
* Giampaolo Cresci (20 March 1997 – 8 October 1999)
* Mauro Trizzino (9 October 1999 – 2 May 2000)
* Giuseppe Sanzotta (3 May 2000 – 1 August 2001)
* Mino Allione (2 August 2001 – 1 December 2002)
* Franco Bechis (2 December 2002 – 31 January 2006)
* Gaetano Pedullà (1 February 2006 – 11 May 2007)
* Giuseppe Sanzotta (12 May 2007 – 7 December 2008)
* Roberto Arditti (8 December 2008 – 7 February 2010)
* Mario Sechi (8 February 2010 – 9 January 2013)
* Sarina Biraghi (10 January 2013 – September 2013)
* Gian Marco Chiocci (September 2013 – 18 November 2018)
* Franco Bechis (19 November 2018 – 28 February 2022)
* Davide Vecchi (1 March 2022 – 29 February 2024)
* Tommaso Cerno (1 March 2024 – ''currently'')
See also
* List of newspapers in Italy
This is a list of newspapers in Italy, ordered according to category/scope and circulation.
The daily print newspapers in Italy were 107 in 1950, whereas there were 78 in 1965. It has further declined since and 76 are listed in this article: 22 ...
References
External links
Official website
1944 establishments in Italy
Daily newspapers published in Italy
Italian-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Rome
Newspapers established in 1944
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Conservative media in Italy
Conservative media
Right-wing newspapers