''l'Adige'' is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...
. It is sold in
Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
and is the most read newspaper in the region, along with its main rivals
Corriere del Trentino
''Corriere del Trentino'' is an Italian local newspaper owned by RCS MediaGroup and based in Trento, Italy. It was launched in 2003 in Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous provinc ...
and
Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
.
History and profile
''l'Adige'' was founded in 1945 as the weekly '' Il Popolo Trentino''. In started to be published in 1946 as a daily under the direction of
Flaminio Piccoli
Flaminio Piccoli ( Kirchbichl, 28 December 1915 – Rome, 11 April 2000) was an Italian politician. He was a member of Christian Democracy until its dissolution in 1994, then a member of the United Christian Democrats and finally of the R ...
, editor in chief from 1946 until 1977.
Until 1981, the newspaper politically supported the
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
, which was also one of the stakeholders of the publisher.
The circulation of ''l'Adige'' was 26,515 copies in 2008.
[Data for average ]Newspaper circulation
Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication. The number of copies of a non-periodical publication (such as a book) are usually called print run. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulat ...
(''Diffusione media (Italia + Estero)'') from the ''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa'' (Ads) survey on 2008 in Italy
References
External links
Official website(in Italian)
1945 establishments in Italy
Newspapers established in 1945
Italian-language newspapers
Daily newspapers published in Italy
Mass media in Trento
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