''Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli'' is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in

Udine, Italy Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

. It has the largest readership in

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_t ...

. The Monday edition is called ''Messaggero del Lunedì''.

History and profile

It was founded in 1946 when

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia ...

was still part of

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

and

Venezia Giulia Venezia Giulia, traditionally called Julian March ( Serbo-Croatian, Slovene: ''Julijska krajina'') or Julian Venetia ( it, Venezia Giulia; vec, Venesia Julia; fur, Vignesie Julie; german: Julisch Venetien) is an area of southeastern Europe w ...

was claimed by the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

. It 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 1998. The paper has its headquarters in Udine. ''Messaggero Veneto'' had a circulation of 51,393 copies in 2008.Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008
''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa''. The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 44,300 copies in 2014.

References

External links

Official Website
* 1946 establishments in Italy Italian-language newspapers GEDI Gruppo Editoriale Mass media in Udine Newspapers established in 1946 Daily newspapers published in Italy {{Italy-newspaper-stub