''Libero'' (English: "Free"), known also as ''Libero Quotidiano'', is an Italian

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...

published in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

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History and profile

''Libero'' was first published in July 2000. The founder is the journalist

Vittorio Feltri Vittorio Feltri (Bergamo, born 25 June 1943) is an Italian journalist and editor in chief of daily ''Libero''. Biography Feltri was born in Bergamo, Italy. He graduated with a degree in Political Science and then started his career as journali ...

. The owner and publisher of the paper is Editoriale Libero S.r.l. ''Libero'' has a

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and m ...

and liberal stance. In February 2007 some members of the New Red Brigades were arrested on a charge of wanting to fire-bomb the ''Libero'' editorial offices in Milan. The paper has been edited by Maurizio Belpietro since August 2009.

Circulation

''Libero'' has higher circulation in Lombardy. The 2008 circulation of the paper was 125,215 copies.Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008
. Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa. The paper had a circulation of 113,628 copies in 2009 and 105,123 copies in 2010.

References

External links

Official website
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