''il Centro'' is an

Italian language Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 m ...

local daily newspaper based in

Pescara, Italy Pescara (; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated ci ...

History

''il Centro'' was founded in 1986 and the first issue was published on 3 July. Its headquarters is in Pescara and the paper was published by Finegil Editoriale. The newspaper was part of

Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy. History In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...

. It was acquired in 1993. After a merger, the parent company is now known as

GEDI Gruppo Editoriale GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy. History In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...

. ''il Centro'' has an independent political stance. The editorial office of the paper in

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...

was severely damaged during the earthquake in 2009. ''il Centro'' had a circulation of 24,265 copies in 2008.Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008
Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso claimed a circulation of 19,041 copies for the paper in 2013. The company reported that the circulation of the paper was 17,500 copies in 2014.

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* 1986 establishments in Italy Newspapers established in 1986 Italian-language newspapers GEDI Gruppo Editoriale Mass media in Pescara Daily newspapers published in Italy {{Italy-newspaper-stub