''Il Giorno'' is an
Italian-language national daily newspaper
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, based in
Milan
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,
Italy
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; it has numerous local editions in
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History and profile
''Il Giorno'' was founded by the Italian businessman
Cino Del Duca
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Biography
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on 21 March 1956,
[ with the ]journalist
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Gaetano Baldacci, to challenge ''Corriere della Sera
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'', also a daily newspaper published in Milan. Later, because of a financial crisis, Italian public administrator Enrico Mattei
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and the state-owned
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oil company Eni
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publishing company
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. The paper maintains a liberal political stance.
In 1959, Del Duca sold his stake to Eni and Italo Pietra became the newspaper's editor. One of the former contributors of the paper was Adolfo Battaglia.
In 1997, Eni sold ''Il Giorno'' to the Italian publishing company Poligrafici Editoriale, which also owns two other Italian newspapers ('' il Resto del Carlino'' and '' La Nazione'') under the ''Quotidiano Nazionale'' network.
In 2000, ''Il Giorno'' switched from a broadsheet
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format.[ In 2009, the paper began to publish a new sports supplement.
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Circulation
The 1988 circulation of ''Il Giorno'' was 290,000 copies.[ In 1992 it had a circulation of 170,000 copies.]
Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa.
See also
* List of newspapers in Italy
* Mass media in Italy
References
External links
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1956 establishments in Italy
Publications established in 1956
Newspapers published in Milan
Italian-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Italy