La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Front page, 4 July 2009
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Antonio Angelucci |
| Publisher | Edisud |
| Founded | 1 November 1887 |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Bari, Italy |
| Circulation | 31,000 (2013) |
| Website | [1] |
Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno is an Italian daily newspaper, founded in 1887 in Bari, Italy. It is one of the most important newspapers published in Southern Italy with most of its readers living in Apulia and Basilicata[citation needed].
History and profile
Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno was first published on 1 November 1887 in Bari, Italy[1] by the magazine editor Martino Cassano to fill the niche for a local newspaper in Bari despite Apulia's high rate of illiteracy; it measured at 70% in 1905.[citation needed] Originally published as the Corriere delle Puglie, its current title began to be used by editor Raphael Gorjux on 26 February 1928.[1]
The editor-in-chief of Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno is Giuseppe de Tomaso.[1] Since the 1990s the paper has objectively covered the news on migration to Italy.[2]
The 2008 circulation of Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno was 48,275 copies.[3] It was 30,000 copies in 2013.[1]
Local editions
Seven different local editions are published,[1] assuming different names in accordance with the locale:
- La Gazzetta di Bari, for the Province of Bari;
- La Gazzetta di Brindisi, for the Province of Brindisi;
- La Gazzetta di Capitanata, for the Province of Foggia;
- La Gazzetta di Lecce, for the Province of Lecce;
- La Gazzetta di Matera, for the Province of Matera;
- La Gazzetta del Nord Barese, for the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani and the municipality of Corato;
- La Gazzetta di Potenza, for the Province of Potenza;
- La Gazzetta di Taranto, for the Province of Taranto.
There are separate editorial offices in Bari, Foggia, Lecce, Matera, Barletta, Potenza, Taranto.
References
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