''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' (lit. "Gazette of the

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") is an Italian daily newspaper, founded in 1887 in

Bari, Italy Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

. It is one of the leading newspapers published in

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, with most of its readers living in

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and

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. ''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' suspended its publication temporarily on 1 August 2021 due to financial crisis and court proceedings against its owner, Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo. The newspaper resumed publications on 19 February 2022.

History and profile

''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' was first published on 1 November 1887 in

, by the magazine editor Martino Cassano to fill the niche for a local newspaper in Bari despite Apulia's high rate of illiteracy; it measured at 70% in 1905. Originally published as the ''Corriere delle Puglie'', its current title began to be used by editor Raphael Gorjux on 26 February 1928. The editor-in-chief of ''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' was Giuseppe de Tomaso until 2021. Since the 1990s the paper has objectively covered the news on migration to Italy. On 11 November 2021, Oscar Iarussi was appointed the editor-in-chief of ''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.'' The 2008 circulation of ''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' was 88,275 copies. It was 110,000 copies in 2016. After its suspension, the bankruptcy receivers for ''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' filed an appeal against the former manager of the newspaper, Ledi srl for the trademark ''La Nuova Gazzetta di Puglia e Basilicata,'' which is to be used in an upcoming newspaper of the company, citing potential confusion with the name ''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno''. Finally, the newspaper resumed publications on 19 February 2022.

Local editions

Seven different local editions are published, assuming different names in accordance with the locale: * ''La Gazzetta di Bari'', for the

Province of Bari The Province of Bari ( it, provincia di Bari, nap, pruvincia 'e Bari, nap, label= Barese, provinge de Bare) was a province in the region of Apulia, Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari. It has an area of , and a total population of 1,594,10 ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Brindisi'', for the

Province of Brindisi The Province of Brindisi ( it, Provincia di Brindisi) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Brindisi. It has an area of and a total population of 401,652 (2013). Geography The Province of Brindisi is situated in ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Capitanata'', for the

Province of Foggia The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy. This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Lecce'', for the

Province of Lecce The Province of Lecce ( it, Provincia di Lecce; Salentino: ) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy whose capital is the city of Lecce. The province is called the "Heel of Italy". Located on the Salento peninsula, it is the second most-p ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Matera'', for the

Province of Matera The province of Matera ( it, Provincia di Matera; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. T ...

; * ''La Gazzetta del Nord Barese'', for the

Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani The Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is a province of Italy in the Apulia region. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010. It was created from 10 municipalitie ...

and the municipality of

Corato Corato ( Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Italy. It is located in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, in southeastern Italy. Founded by the Normans, it became subject to Alfonso V, king of Aragon, at the end of the 15th century, and later ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Potenza'', for the

Province of Potenza The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza. Geography It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There a ...

; * ''La Gazzetta di Taranto'', for the

Province of Taranto The province of Taranto ( it, provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: ; Salentino: ), previously known as the province of the Ionian, is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto. It has an area of , and a total popul ...

. There are separate editorial offices in

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

Matera Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a comple ...

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory belong ...

Potenza Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one ...

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

References

External links

Official Website
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