Corriere della Sera

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Template:Lang (Template:IPA; Template:Lit) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023.<ref>Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa, May 2023.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> First published on 5 March 1876, Template:Lang is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, clericalism, and Giovanni Giolitti, who was willing to compromise with those forces during his time as prime minister of Italy. Albertini's opposition to the Italian fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925.<ref>Niek Nelissen, "The Template:Lang and the Rise of the Italian Nationalist Association." European History Quarterly (1982) 12#2 pp: 143-165.</ref><ref>Paul Devendittis, "Luigi Albertini: Conservative Liberalism in Thought and Practice", European History Quarterly (1976) 6#1 pp: 139–146</ref>

A representative of the moderate bourgeoisie,<ref name="Brändle et al. 2021, p. 136">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Lang has always been generally considered centre-right-leaning, hosting in its columns liberal and democratic Catholic views. In the 21st century, its main competitors are Rome's Template:Lang and Turin's Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the country underwent a nationalization process, Template:Lang and Template:Lang were not real national daily newspapers, as their geographical area of circulation was mostly limited to Lombardy for Template:Lang and Piedmont for Template:Lang; 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Lang is considered the Italian national newspaper of record.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Lang is the "major daily" and one of the main national newspapers in Italy, alongside Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, and Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History and profile

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The paper headquarters in Milan

Template:Lang was first published on Sunday, 5 March 1876,<ref name=esi>Template:Cite web</ref> by Template:Ill.<ref name="a1ca">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1899, the paper began to offer a weekly illustrated supplement, La Domenica del Corriere ("Sunday of the Courier").<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the 1910s and 1920s, under the direction of Luigi Albertini, Template:Lang became the most widely read newspaper in Italy, maintaining its importance and influence into the present century.<ref name="a1ca" /> It was Template:Lang that introduced comics in Italy in 1908 through a supplement for children, namely Corriere dei Piccoli ("Courier of the Little Ones").<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The newspaper's headquarters has been in the same buildings since the beginning of the 20th century, and therefore it is popularly known as "the Via Solferino newspaper", after the street where it is still located. As the name indicates, it was originally an evening paper. During the Fascist regime in Italy, Template:Lang funded the Mussolini Prize, which was awarded to the writers Ada Negri and Emilio Cecchi, among the others.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Mario Borsa, a militant anti-fascist, was appointed the editor-in-chief of Template:Lang in May 1945;<ref name="lblib" /> the next year, the paper was relaunched as Il Nuovo Corriere della Sera, a name that it kept until 1959, to distance itself from its support of Fascism.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Borsa was fired because of his political leanings in August 1946 and was replaced by Guglielmo Emanuel, a right-wing journalist.<ref name="lblib" /> Emanuel served in the post until 1952.<ref name="lblib" />

In the 1950s, Template:Lang was the organ of the conservative establishment in Italy and was strongly anti-communist and pro-NATO.<ref name="lblib" /> The paper was functional in shaping the views of the Italian upper and middle classes during this period.<ref name="lblib">Template:Cite journal</ref> The owners of the Template:Lang, the Crespi family,<ref name="nyt83" /> sold a share to the RCS MediaGroup in the 1960s and was listed in the Italian stock exchange. Its main shareholders were Mediobanca, the Fiat group, and some of the biggest industrial and financial groups in Italy. In 1974, the RCS Media moved on to control the majority of the paper.<ref name="anrep">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The 1980s and 1990s

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The newspaper was heavily affected by the P2 scandal started in 1981; it would regain its lost readers only in 1989.

During the early 1980s, Alberto Cavallari was the editor-in-chief of the paper.<ref name="nyt83">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1981, the newspaper was laterally involved in the Propaganda Due scandal when it was discovered that the secret Freemason lodge had the newspaper's editor Franco Di Bella and the former owner Angelo Rizzoli on its member lists. In September 1987, the paper launched the weekly magazine supplement Sette, which is the first in its category in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From 1987 to 1992, the editor-in-chief of Template:Lang was Ugo Stille.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The 1988 circulation of Template:Lang was 715,000 copies, making it the second most read newspaper in Italy.<ref name="phum">Template:Cite book</ref> The paper started its Saturday supplement, IO Donna, in 1996.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1997, Template:Lang was the best-selling Italian newspaper with a circulation of 687,000 copies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The 21st century

Template:Lang had a circulation of 715,000 copies in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2002, it fell to 681,000 copies.<ref name="anrep" /> In 2003, its then editor Ferruccio de Bortoli resigned from the post.<ref name="esi" /> The journalists and opposition politicians stated that the resignation was due to the paper's criticism of Silvio Berlusconi.<ref name="esi" />

In 2004, Template:Lang launched an online English section focusing on Italian current affairs and culture. That same year, it was the best-selling newspaper in Italy with a circulation of 677,542 copies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In May 2007, the paper's website was listed 15th among the top 30 brands of the month in Italy, with over 4 million unique visitors, and behind only Template:Lang among daily newspapers;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> during the same month, the paper had sold about 594,000 copies compared to the circa 566,000 copies of Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its circulation in December 2007 was 662,253 copies;<ref name="esi" /> excluding digital copies, its circulation in December 2013 was 99,145 copies.<ref>Circulation data. Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa (in Italian). 7 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2023.</ref> By 2015, the paper had the country's highest circulation at about 308,000 copies.<ref name="Brändle et al. 2021, p. 136" /> One of the most visited Italian-language news websites, attracting over 2.4 million readers every day in July 2019,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the online version of the paper was the thirteenth most visited website in the country in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2004, Template:Ill categorized Template:Lang as an institution daily (Template:Lang), alongside Template:Lang, in contrast to the agenda daily (Template:Lang) like Template:Lang, and the activist daily (Template:Lang) like Template:Lang, Template:Lang, and Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 24 September 2014, Template:Lang changed its broadsheet format to the Berliner format.<ref name="9sep">Template:Cite news</ref> On 7 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Template:Lang leaked a draft decree to put into lockdown several northern provinces particularly affected by the virus. The leaked news sparked a panic exodus to the south, and the threat of further contagion led to COVID-19 lockdowns in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Content and sections

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Template:Lang journalists interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2015

Terza pagina ("Third Page"), a one page-survey dedicated to culture, used to feature the main article "Elzeviro" (named after the House of Elzevir font originally used), which over the years published contributions from all the editors, as well as major novelists, poets, and journalists. On Monday, Corriere della Sera is published alongside L'Economia ("The Economy"), a weekly finance and business magazine. On Thursday, it is published with Sette ("Seven"), a current events magazine. On Sunday, it is published along with la Lettura ("The Reading"), a weekly literary supplement.