''Il Venerdì'' (full name: ''Il Venerdì di Repubblica''), first published in October 1987, is a weekly supplement of ''
la Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...
'' which deals with
news
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,
culture
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,
politics
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and
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
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* Current Affairs, former name for Behi ...
.
Its interior features services and dossier of various kinds along with regular columns by
Curzio Maltese ("Contromano"),
Michele Serra
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Biography
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("For mail"),
Natalia Aspesi Natalia may refer to:
People
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Music and film
* ''Natalia'' (film), a 198 ...
("Matters of the heart"),
Ascanio Celestine ("The Sheep black "),
Diego Bianchi (" The dream of Zoro "),
Piero Ottone Piero is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:
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*Piero Barucci (born 1933), Italian academic and politician
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*Piero de ...
(" Vices & virtues "),
Stefano Bartezzaghi (" Lexicon and clouds "),
Francesco Piccolo
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Life and career
Piccolo was born at Casert ...
(" critical zone "),
Corrado Augias
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Biography
Born in Rome, Augias became popular in Italy ...
(" My Babel "),
Richard Iacona ("In 50 lines"),
Dario Vergassola
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Career
He has worked with all the main Italian television broadcasters and is known for his participation as a comedia ...
("Is there life on Earth?"),
Federico Grappling ("Analysis") and other important journalists of the Republic.
For several years
Eugenio Scalfari
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had its own space where responded to letters from readers. Since the autumn of 2007, the heading of the letter is held by
Michele Serra
Michele Serra (born 10 July 1954) is an Italian writer, journalist, and satirist.
Biography
Serra was born in Rome, but moved to Milan in 1959. In 1975 he started working for ''L'Unità'', then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Par ...
. Even
Giorgio Bocca
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Biography
Bocca was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, the son of teachers, an ...
wrote for years under the heading "Facts ours" until 2011, the year of his death.
Circulation
From January to August 2003 ''Il Venerdì'' sold 602,000 copies. Its 2004 circulation was 618,000 copies. It was the best-selling news magazine in Italy in 2007 with a circulation of 566,270 copies. In 2010 the circulation of the magazine was 522,858 copies.
See also
*
List of magazines in Italy
In Italy there are many magazines. Following the end of World War II the number of weekly magazines significantly expanded. From 1970 feminist magazines began to increase in number in the country. The number of consumer magazines was 975 in 1995 ...
References
External links
Official website
1987 establishments in Italy
Italian-language magazines
Magazines established in 1987
Magazines published in Rome
Newspaper supplements
News magazines published in Italy
Weekly magazines published in Italy
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