''L'Arena'' is an Italian local

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, based in

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History and profile

Founded in 1866, shortly before the annexation of

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into the

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, ''L'Arena'' is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy and the most popular newspaper in Verona. The owner and publisher of the daily is Società Athesis. Carlo Terron,

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and

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, worked for the newspaper at the beginning of the 1940s.

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* 1866 establishments in Italy Newspapers established in 1866 Italian-language newspapers Mass media in Verona Daily newspapers published in Italy {{Italy-newspaper-stub