(English: "The Press") is an Italian

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published in

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with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the country underwent a nationalization process, and were not real national daily newspapers, as their geographical area of circulation was mostly limited to

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for and

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for ; 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. has "historically" been Turin's

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. It is considered one of Italy's leading national newspapers alongside , , , and .

History and profile

The paper was founded by Vittorio Bersezio, a journalist and novelist, in February 1867, with the name ''Gazzetta Piemontese''. In 1895, the newspaper was bought and by then edited by Alfredo Frassati (father of

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), who gave it its current name and a national perspective. For criticizing the 1924 murder of the socialist

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, he was forced to resign and sell the newspaper to

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, who cofounded the automobile manufacturer

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. The financier

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also took a share. The paper is now owned by

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, and has a

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stance. The former contributors of include Italian novelist

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. In 2004, categorized as an institution daily (), alongside , in contrast to the agenda daily () such as , and the activist daily () such as , , and . , based in Turin, was published in

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format, until November 2006, when the paper began to be published in the

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format. It launched a

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in 1999. also launched a project, called ''Vatican Insider'', run by the daily newspaper and has among its staff several Vatican affairs analysts. Since 26 May 2006, it has published the monthly magazine ''Specchio+''. From 26 January 1996 to 7 April 2006, it was called ''Specchio'', which was published as a weekly supplement, a general interest magazine. In September 2012, moved to its new headquarters in Turin, leaving its historical editorial building. Mario Calabresi was the

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of the daily. On 9 April 2013, an explosive device was sent by an

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group, the Informal Anarchist Federation, to the offices of ; it did not detonate. In June 2017, during the celebration for its 150 years of activity, 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 them

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(editor of ),

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from ''

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'', Louis Dreyfus CEO of ''

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''. In April 2020, Maurizio Molinari was appointed as new editor of and was replaced by Massimo Giannini (former journalist of and

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). Under his guide, moved to a more marked

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position.

Circulation

The 1988 circulation of was 560,000 copies. In 1997, the paper had a circulation of 376,493 copies. Its circulation was 399,000 copies in 2000, and 409,000 copies in 2001. The circulation of the paper was 330,000 copies in 2003, and 345,060 copies in 2004. Its 2007 circulation was 314,000 copies. In 2012, the circulation of the paper was 256,203 copies.

Contributors

Editors * Massimo Giannini (editor) * Massimo Gramellini (vice-editor) * Roberto Bellato (vice-editor) * Umberto La Rocca (vice-editor) * Federico Geremicca (vice-editor, Rome) Columnists and journalists * Massimo Gramellini (columnist) * Barbara Spinelli (columnist) * Mario Deaglio (columnist) * Lucia Annunziata (columnist) *

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(columnist) * Mina (columnist) * Maurizio Molinari (journalist) * Stefania Miretti (columnist) * Roberto Beccantini (columnist) * Altiero Scicchitano (columnist) * Fiamma Nirenstein (columnist) Former journalists * Giovanni Arpino * Adolfo Battaglia * Enzo Bettiza *

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* Antonio Carluccio * Carlo Fruttero *

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* Lorenzo Soria *

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Journalists

20th century

* Giovanni Arpino * Mario Bassi * Enzo Bettiza *

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* Ugo Buzzolan * Carlo Casalegno * Alberto Cavallari *

* Giuseppe Depanis * Rinaldo De Benedetti, noto come Didimo *

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* Enrico Emanuelli * Carlo Fruttero * Virginio Gayda *

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* Emanuele Macaluso * Igor Man *

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* Leo Pestelli * Guido Piovene * Sandro Sandri * Luisa Macina Gervasio, known as Luigi di San Giusto * Alberto Savinio * Barbara Spinelli * Anacleto Verrecchia

21st century

* Flavia Amabile * Lucia Annunziata * Marco Ansaldo * Riccardo Barenghi * Roberto Beccantini * Enzo Bettiza * Piero Bianucci * Alberto Bisin * Franco Bruni * Mimmo Càndito * Alessandra Comazzi *

* Maria Corbi * Maurizio Cucchi * Mario Deaglio * Mattia Feltri * Fabrizio Ferrari * Paolo Gallarati * Franco Garelli * Federico Geremicca * Massimo Gramellini (until 2017) * Carlo Federico Grosso * Jacopo Iacoboni * Francesco La Licata * Luigi La Spina * Stefano Lepri *

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(from 2018) * Cesare Martinetti * Fabio Martini * Anna Masera * Paolo Mastrolilli * Alberto Mattioli * Maria Teresa Meli (until 2015) * Maurizio Molinari * Gianluca Nicoletti * Emanuele Novazio * Francesca Paci * Vittorio Emanuele Parsi * Walter Passerini * Flavia Perina * Giorgio Pestelli * Domenico Quirico * Antonella Rampino * Carla Reschia * Luca Ricolfi (until 2014) * Gian Enrico Rusconi * Linda Laura Sabbadini * Claudio Sabelli Fioretti * Fabio Scuto * Marcello Sorgi * Lorenzo Soria (until 2020) * Giordano Stabile * Federico Varese

References

External links

*
Radio Nostalgia
— ''La Stampa''-owned local radio station
''Archivio La Stampa''
— historical archives of
''La Stampa Sportiva''
— paper archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Stampa 1867 establishments in Italy Daily newspapers published in Italy Fiat Italian-language newspapers Italian news websites Liberal media Newspapers published in Turin Newspapers established in 1867