This is a list of the most important newspapers in Italy that have web sites.

When
reading these publications it is important to keep in mind who or what group owns
the paper, which can often account for a certain bias.
•
Corriere della Sera (English)
For those who do not read Italian this may be the most helpful
newspaper. For this reason it tops our list. Unfortunately Corriere della
Sera, which is Italy's most prominent newspaper, no longer furnishes a
column in English to the International Herald Tribune published in Italy.
However this link will take you to a series of articles , written in English.
They are a few days old but better than nothing. A good place to start
for up-to-date information about Italy in English. (Daily except Sunday)
http://www.corriere.it/english

• Easy Milano
Published twice a month in English in print and on the web this free
publication carries free classified ads in 35 categories. Sell, buy, and
exchange. "http://www.easymilano.it/"
• ANSA
Not a newspaper but Italy's premiere wire service, furnishing breaking
news and features to publications all over Italy. http://www.ANSA.it/

• Adn Kronos
Another premiere wire service for Italy. http://www.adnkronos.it/

• Alto Adige
This newspaper, started on May 24, 1945 in a basement in Bressanone
by members of the Resistance, moved to Bolzano and is the leading
newspaper in the area. Two pages a day are published in German as
this part of northern Italy was once part of the Austro-Hungarian
empire. Today 55% of the shares are controlled by the group that owns
La Repubblica and the weekly L'Espresso. http://www.altoadige.it/

• L'Arena
One of the oldest newspapers in the area of the three Venices in
northeastern Italy, the first issue was published October 12, 1866 just
before Italian troops entered Verona, chasing out the Austrians. (It's
easy to forget that once part of northern Italy belonged to Austria.) The
paper was named after the famous Roman area in Verona and
published by the owners of a local printing press.
http://www.larena.it/

• Avvenire
The newspaper was born from a fusion between two Catholic dailies,
"L'Italia" from Milan and "L'Avvenire d'Italia" in Bologna. In 1989 a
group of bishops and Catholic industrialists joined to create a dialog
between the ecclesiastical and business worlds. The paper is published
in Milan. http://www.avvenire.it

• Corriere Adriatico
Published in Ancona, on the Adriatic sea, this newspaper made its
debut in 1860 under the name Corriere delle Marche to promulgate
government decrees by the newly unified Italy. Today it is one of the
most popular newspapers in the area.

• Corriere della Sera

Italians like to compare Corriere della Sera to the New York Times,
considering it the most "national" and prestigious newspaper in Italy.
Corriere is also controlled by the Agnelli (Fiat) family.
 • Corriere delle Alpi
The original paper, called Alto Adige (for the area in northern Italy) was
first published in May of 1945 by a group of journalists who were part of
the resistance, with news they got from the radio. Published in Italian
(many of the area's residents are German speakers), it moved to
Bolzano and replaced the fascist newspaper that had been published.
Today it is the leading newspaper of the area.
http://www.corrierealpi.it/
There are so many magazines published in Italy (there are over ten weekly
women's magazines alone) that it would be impossible to list them all. Here is
• Corriere dello Sport/Stadio
a sample.
One of the two daily Italian newspapers dedicated primarily to sport,
the paper was first published three days a week in 1924, becoming a
daily in 1927. Published in Rome, it is distributed throughout Italy.
http://www.corrieredellosport.it

• Gazzetta dello Sport

The portal of the daily newspaper dedicated to sports.
http://www.gazzetta.it
• Gazzetta del Sud http://www.gazzettadelsud.it
Half of this newspaper's issues are sold in Messina, Sicily, and the other
half across the straits of Messina in Calabria. One of the leading papers
in the region, it has always been on the cutting edge of technological
advances in publishing. http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/

• Gazzetta di Mantova
The newspaper began life with a few sheets in 1664 as broadsheets, by
January of 1689 it had become the "Gazzetta di Mantova." In 1989 it
became part of the L'Espresso group.
http://www.gazzettadimantova.it

• Gazzetta di Reggio
The newspaper began in 1860 as a series of legal announcements from
police headquarters in Reggio Emilia. Today it is owned by the
L'Espresso group. http://www.gazzettadireggio.it/

• Giornale di Brescia
The paper was published for the first time April 27, 1945 when Italy was
liberated from the Germans. It is considered the leading daily in the
area. http://www.numerica.it/giornaledibrescia/

• Giornale di Sicilia
Giornale di Sicilia has the largest circulation of any paper in Sicily and
in published in seven editions with a lot of attention to local news. It
was founded in June of 1870. http://www.gds.it

• Il Centro
Il Centro is based in Pescara, in Abruzzo, and has served the
surrounding area with regional editions since 1986. Local issues are
extensive covered as well as sports. It is partly owned by the Caracciolo
(L'Espresso) group. http://www.ilcentro.it

• Il Foglio
Il Foglio is a newspaper reduced to the essence with almost no
advertising. It is edited by the imposing Giuliano Ferrari. You must
register to consult the archives. The day's edition can be downloaded
(and printed if you wish) in the Adobe Acrobat form. www.ilfoglio.it

• Il Gazzettino
The leading newspaper of Venice. Founded in 1887 by Gian Piero
Talamini, the paper today has nine editions in the Veneto area and is
owned by a group of industrialists including Benetton and luxury
shoemaker Rene' Fernando Caovilla. http://www.gazzettino.it/
• Il Giornale di Vicenza
Published in the northern industiral city of Vicenza, it is the leading
newspaper, with careful attention to local affairs.
http://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it
• Il Giorno
Founded in 1956, Il Giorno was quite revolutionary at its time, with
• eight vertical collumns instead of nine, short attention-getting
Subscriptions
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facts offering
right subscriptions
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2001 magazines
it switched to
such as Marie Claire, Starbene (health), Sale
tabloid format. One of Milan's leading dailies. e Pepe (food), Grazia
http://www.ilgiorno.itand
Donna (women's), Panorama (weekly newsmagazines), Ciak (movies),
• and Topolino (Disney comics, a good way to learn vernacular
Il Golfo
Italian). http://www.abbonamentionline.com
The newspaper of Ischia, the island near Naples.
http://www.ischiaonline.it/ilgolfo
• Abitare http://www.abitare.it
• Very sophisticated magazine, aimed at architects and interior designers
Il Manifesto
A daily paper with decidedly leftist leanings published in Rome. It has
• Amica http://www.rcs.it/amica
always been very political and is currently undergoing financial
This former weekly
difficulties. women's magazine is now a monthly, aimed at a
http://www.ilmanifesto.it
sophisticated audience with emphasis on fashion
• Il Mattino
• Anna
The most http://www.rcs.it/anna
important newspaper of Naples. It belongs to the
One of Italy's many
Caltagirones, weekly
who also own magazines for women,
Rome's popular daily Il with fashion, advice,
Messagero.
beauty, some culture, targed to a middle-income audience
http://www.ilmattino.it

• Brava Casa
Il Mattino http://www.rcs.it/bravacasa
di Padova
Published in Padua. http://www.mattinopadova.it
• Capital http://www.rcs.it/capital
• Slick monthly magazine for businessmen with articles about
Il Messaggero
personalities,
Il Messagero isfashion,
the mosthow-to, thedaily
popular first newspaper
in its field in Rome.
http://www.ilmessaggero.it
• Carnet http://www.rcs.it/carnet
• Dedicated to cultural events, this monthly has extensive listings along
Il Piccolo http://www.ilpiccolo.it
with related articles
• Il Resto del Carlino
• Class
One of http://www.class.it
the most respected newspapers in Italy, published in Bologna.
http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it
• Computer Inter@ctive http://www.mondadori.com/interactive
• A copy ofXIX
Il Secolo Capital which preceded it, Class is also targeted to the
businessman
Published in Genoa. http://www.ilsecoloxix.it

• @Computerworld
Il Sole 24 Ore Italia http://www.idg.it/computerworld
The Italian version
country's leadingof the U.S.
daily Computer
finnacial World the Sunday edition has
newspaper,
a special arts section, detailed and complete. The newspaper is owned
• D
byDonna di La Repubblica
the Confindustria, equivalent of the National Association of
D Donna di La Repubblica
Manufacturers in the United is States.
a weekly women's
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to comes
be
with the Saturday edition of
independent, but just so you know. the daily newspaper La Repubblica.
http://www.sole24ore.it
http://www.dweb.it
• Il Tempo
• Donna
A daily Moderna a very
traditionally snappy weekly
conservative magazine,
newspaper combination
published in Rome.of
general interest and woman http://www.-donnamoderna.it
http://www.iltempo.it/

• Famiglia
Il Tirreno Cristiana Moderna http://www.stpauls.it
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Published inthe largest
Livorno selling
(also weekly
called magazine
Leghorn) on theinwestern
Italy, the general
coast of Italy.
interest publication was
http://www.iltirreno.it originally sold on the church steps after Mass
on Sunday
• Italia Oggi
• Gente Viaggi
Italia Oggi http://www.genteviaggionline.it
is dedicated mostly to economic, financial, and judicial news.
One
It wasoffounded
several lavish magazines
in November dedicated
of 1986. to travel,
It is owned both Panerai's
by Paolo in Italy and
abroad, which often features texts by well-known authors.
Class Editori and published in Milan. The day's edition can be Some
articles
downloaded (and printed if you wish) in the Adobe Acrobat form. In
and photographs are available in the archives ("archivio").
Italian.
http://www.italiaoggi.it

• Glamour
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• GQ (Gentlemen's
La Gazzetta dello Quarterly)
Sport   the Italian version of the U.S.
magazine
Born in 1896, this is one of thefilm,
includes articles on threesport,
dailymotors, nightlife, sport,
sports newspapers hi
in Italy,
tech and other subjects.
published in eight cities on pink newsprint. The web has detailed
information of sporting events. Demo versions of sports videogames
• Il canGiornalino
be downloaded. http://www.stpauls.it
On Saturdays a color magazine, Sport Week, with
unseen and exclusive photographs, comes with the newspaper.
• Il Mondo
http://www.gazzetta.it
Il Mondo, published by Rizzoli which is one of Italy's largest publishing
• houses,
La Nazione is a weekly business magazine. The web features an index of
articles
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is Florence's most important newspaper and is also
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In the early years
La Italia http://www.idg.it/macworld
broadcasting
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Published
in the post war years the innascent
Sardinia. http://www.lanuovasardegna.it
television industry found itself dealing with high costs for sets and
• Max http://www.rcs.it/max
other necessities. The ordinary family was also beset by high costs to enjoy this new wonder. On top
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of actually TV a television people had to pay hefty subscription fees to actually watch programs.
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http://www.nuovavenezia.it
television• toMilano
enjoy theFinanza http://www.milanofinanza.it.
popular shows of the day, including imports like the Western-
La Padania
themed•Bonanza. In those timeshttp://www.leganordsen.it/
televisions were mostly purchased by the rich and owners of bars
• Mondoerre is a monthly magazine devoted to the world of children with
and it was because of the high cost of watching TV that doing so, in those early days, became a
• subjects
social event La Provincia
within
including
Pavese
Italian communities.
music, sport, news, nature, and a monthly poll for
participation. http://www.mondoerre.it
Serving the province of Pavia. http://www.laprovincia.pv.
n the 1950s La Italy
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and a relatively high in
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number in partnership
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with
http://www.lasicilia. its publisher Mondadori its the
web site is full of information, photographs, and
war and the first traces of the economic boom were beginning to be visible on the links
horizon. Lahttp://www.panorama.it
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schoolsdiweren't
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Treviso is the center of the north-east area, one of the most productive
the population
• PC spoke onlyhttp://www.jackson.it
Magazine their local dialect, but television opened up a whole new
and richest in Italy. http://www.tribunatreviso.it
world. People who had never travelled beyond their own towns now suddenly had a
window PC
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• PCthe Week
most http://www.mondadori.com/pcweek
complete sites of an Italian newspaper, it provides continuous
Italian and discover more about the world around them, expanding minds and changing
the Italian news,
culturearticles about soccer,jokequotes from the Italian stock market, the by
• PC Worldforever.
newspaper, Italia A common in Italy
http://www.idg.it/pcworld
possibility
was that the country
of constructing a personal web, weather, art,
wasn't united
Garibaldi, but by television host Mike Buongiorno.
news from 40 Italian cities, free e-mail, used cars and news about
• Prima Comunicazione http://www.primaonline.it
automobiles, an open forum, and Katalogo, an Italian search engine.
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only ofItalian magazine
broadcasting (monthly)
television dedicated
developed to Italian
a hold on themedia,
hearts mostly
and minds
www.repubblica.it
the printed press. For those who read Italian it's full
of Italians that it has still not relinquished. For decades now TV has been the main, of information on and
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the people
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often only, source of news, entertainment and opinions for a large number of Italians. In
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Brunetti. heard on television was a handy way to
the Agnelli family, who also control the city's biggest
end--and win--any argument. Television and the opinions gained from it were seen to be
industry, Fiat
automobiles. Need we say more? www.lastampa.
a sort of Rivista
• Holy GrailArcheologica Italiana
not easily disputed. Italian Archelogical Magazine,
http://www.archeomedia.it
• L'Eco di Bergamo
One of Italy's traditions is the Catholic newspaper, of which there were
• Tutto http://www.athena2000.it/tutto
26 in 1893. L'Eco di Bergamo is one of the three remaining, and had
the same editor, Monsignor Spada, from 1938 to 1989 and who is now
• Tuttomoto http://www.tuttomoto.com
the director of the editorial page. http://www.eco.bg.
All about motorcycles
 • Libertà
• Viaggi e Sapori http://www.viaggiesapori.it
Since 1883 the paper has been considered an institution by the citizens
Launched in 2002, this lavish magazines can be enjoyed even if you
of Piacenza, a city in northern Italy near Milan. It's read not only in
don't read Italian. Although most of the features are about places in
Piacenza but in many surrounding areas. The Espresso Group is a minor
Italy, sometimes they venture abroad. Each issue is packed with at
shareholder. http://www.liberta.it
least 450 photographs, 32 small maps created by their own
cartographer, and at least 350 addresses of hotels, restaurants, and
• L'Osservatore Romano
Due to theshops,
strongespecially
tradition ofthose
Italianfeaturing artisanal
theater the products.
first Italian Gastronomic
television programs were
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fascinatingweekends
experiments are in
featured
creating along
a newwith lists of One
language. art exhibits,
can argue flea
thatmarkets,
the beginning
Vatican. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/home_ita.htm
fairs, and other items of cultural interest.
years of Italian television were the most inventive and original ones. Between the 1950s
• L'Unione
and 1960s formats wereSardacreated that are still used today by an industry that now has an
• Ville & Casali http://www.villeecasali.com
Theofmost
evident lack important
originality paper of the island
andliving
inventiveness of Sardinia.
when compared withpublishes
the early years.
For lovers of good in the country, this monthly spreads
http://www.unionesarda.it
with lavish photos on some of the most beautiful country residences in
In the years since
Italy, its inception
along with ads television in Italy
for properties onhas become
sale, one ofan increasingly
which important
is chosen for a
• L'Unità
part of the"makeover"
For the moment this historic organ of the Italian communist party has and
nation's culture. Not only does TV entertain, but it also shapes opinions
culture. From
ceasedtalk to
shows andon
publish sports
paperto but
soapcan
operas and spettacoli
be found like the annual San
online. http://www.unita.
• Weekend Viaggi http://www.quantum.it/weekend/home.htm
Remo Music Festival, television has changed the face of Italy.
•• Nuova Gazzetta di Modena
Zerouno http://www.zerouno.mondadori.com
Born in 1859 the newspaper has undergone various ownerships but has
List of nownationwide
found a voice television stations
dedicating itself to the affairs of this industrious city,
home of, among other important industries, the Ferrari racing and
street car. http://www.gazzettadimodena.it/

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it was born in 1954 as the primary station of RAI, the

national public service broadcasting network, with both
public and commercial financing. It is a generalist
1 Rai 1 channel, mainly focused on shows, great events and RAI 24 hours
festivals, entertainment, movies, Italian fiction, news
and public service; its direct competitor is Mediaset's
Canale 5. Also on digital satellite.

it was founded in 1961 as the second nationwide public

2 Rai 2 channel. It is focused on shows, tv series, news, RAI 24 hours
infotainment. Also on digital satellite

it started in 1979 as the third public station focused on

regional issues. Its programs are typically oriented to
3 Rai 3 information, rather than entertainment, and they look RAI 24 hours
for a qualitative approach, instead of seeking higher TV
ratings. Also on digital satellite.

it is the third commercial station belonging

to Mediaset group. It was founded in 1982
by Mondadori group. It was the third channel to join
Berlusconi's Canale 5 network in 1984 in order to
4 Rete 4 Mediaset 24 hours
create a three-network-broadcasting-system able to
compete to Rai's three channel block. It focuses on
movies, sports, tv series and information. Also on digital
satellite.
 the major private television channel in the country
owned by Mediaset. It was founded in 1978 as
Canale Telemilano Canale 58 but started to have a national
5 Mediaset 24 hours
5 range in 1980. It's Rai 1's direct competitor and focuses
on variety shows, reality shows, Italian fictions, news,
movies and game shows. Also on digital satellite.

it is the second commercial television channel owned

by Mediaset. It is oriented mainly at young people. It
was launched in 1982 by Rusconi group but soon
merged with Berlusconi's Canale 5 in order to create a
6 Italia 1 Mediaset 24 hours
strong commercial franchise previously known as
Finivest group and later called Mediaset. It is focused
on American Tv series, cartoons, light entertainment,
movies, sports. Also on digital satellite.

it is the main station owned by Telecom Italia Media,

considered as the third major network in the country. It
was founded in 2001 (it was previously known as TMC).
It is a private channel focused on information, politics,
cultured-oriented programs, news and also Telecom
7 La7 24 hours
entertainment. Its ratings are increasing due to the Italia Media
arrival of the most popular anchorman in Italy, Enrico
Mentana, as the editor-in-chief of the channel's news Tg
La7. Also on digital satellite (encrypted on Sky Italia pay
tv platform).

it is a free-to-air channel dedicated to music and youth

entertainment. It is the Italian version of the popular
American 24hour music channel. It is available since
Telecom
8 MTV 1997 and airs tv series, cartoons, music shows, 24 hours
Italia Media
realities, light entertainment programs focused on
young target. Also on digital satellite (encrypted on Sky
Italia pay tv platform).

it was launched in 2009 replacing All music channel, Gruppo

Deejay
9 and focuses on music and light entertainment shows. Editoriale 24 hours
Tv
Also on digital satellite. L'Espresso

it is the only private nationwide station based in the

Television
Reteca south of the country. It was founded in 1982 and
10 Broadcastin 24 hours
pri focuses on commercial programs, classical movies and
g System
tv series.