''La Nuova Sardegna'' is an Italian regional daily newspaper for the island of
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
.
History and profile
''La Nuova Sardegna'' was founded in 1891 by Enrico Berlinguer, grandfather and namesake of
Enrico Berlinguer
Enrico Berlinguer (; 25 May 1922 – 11 June 1984) was an Italian politician, considered the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), which he led as the national secretary from 1972 until his death during a tense period in Ital ...
, national secretary of the
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy.
The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ...
. The paper has its headquarters in
Sassari.
[ ''La Nuova Sardegna'' was acquired by ]Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso
GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A., formerly known as Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A. is an Italian media conglomerate. Founded in 1955, it is based in Turin, Italy.
History
In 2009, the group L'Espresso created an online advertising consortium ...
in 1980.
The 2008 circulation of ''La Nuova Sardegna'' was 59,819 copies.Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008
''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa''. The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 42,300 copies in 2014.
References
External links
Official Website
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1891 establishments in Italy
GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
Italian-language newspapers
Mass media in Sassari
Newspapers established in 1891
Daily newspapers published in Italy
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