The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an

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daily

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published in

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with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner

Luigi Albertini Luigi Albertini (19 October 1871–29 December 1941) was an influential Italian newspaper editor, member of the Parliament, and historian of the First World War. As editor of one of Italy's best-known newspapers, ''Corriere della Sera'' of Mila ...

, between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, of clericalism, and of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti who was willing to compromise with those forces. Albertini's opposition to the Fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925. Today its main competitors are Rome's ''

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'' and

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's '' La Stampa''.

History and profile

''Corriere della Sera'' was first published on Sunday 5 March 1876 by

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. In 1899 the paper began to offer a weekly illustrated supplement, ''

La Domenica del Corriere ''La Domenica del Corriere'' was an Italian weekly newspaper which ran from 1899 to 1989. It came out every Sunday free with ''Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper publishe ...

'' ("Sunday of the Courier"). In the 1910s and 1920s, under the direction of

, ''Corriere della Sera'' became the most widely read newspaper in Italy, maintaining its importance and influence into the present century. It was ''Corriere della Sera'' which introduced comics in Italy in 1908 through a supplement for children, namely ''

Corriere dei Piccoli The ''Corriere dei Piccoli'' (Italian for "Courier of the Little Ones"), later nicknamed ''Corrierino'' ("Little Courier"), was a weekly magazine for children published in Italy from 1908 to 1995. It was the first Italian periodical to make a re ...

''. The newspaper's headquarters has been in the same buildings since the beginning of the 20th century, and therefore it is popularly known as "the Via Solferino newspaper" after the street where it is still located. As the name indicates, it was originally an

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. During the

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in Italy ''Corriere della Sera'' funded the Mussolini Prize which was awarded to the writers Ada Negri and Emilio Cecchi among the others. Mario Borsa, a militant anti-fascist, was appointed the

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of ''Corriere della Sera'' in May 1945. He was fired because of his political leanings in August 1946 and was replaced by Guglielmo Emanuel, a right-wing journalist. Emanuel served in the post until 1952. In the 1950s ''Corriere della Sera'' was the organ of the conservative establishment in Italy and was strongly anti-communist and pro-

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. The paper was functional in shaping the views of the Italian upper and middle classes during this period. The owners of the ''Corriere della Sera'', the Crespi family, sold a share to RCS Media in the 1960s and was listed in the

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. Its main shareholders were

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, the Fiat group and some of the biggest industrial and financial groups in Italy. In 1974 the RCS Media moved on to control the majority of the paper. Alberto Cavallari was the editor-in-chief of the paper during the early 1980s. In 1981 the newspaper was laterally involved in the P2 scandal when it was discovered that the secret Freemason lodge had the newspaper's editor Franco Di Bella and the former owner

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on its member lists. In September 1987 the paper launched a weekly magazine supplement, '' Sette'', which is the first in its category in Italy. From 1987 to 1992 the editor-in-chief of ''Corriere della Sera'' was Ugo Stille. The 1988 circulation of ''Corriere della Sera'' was 715,000 copies, making it the second most read newspaper in Italy. The paper started its Saturday supplement, ''

IO Donna ''IO Donna'' (Italian: ''Me Woman'') is a weekly women's magazine and Saturday supplement of the Italian daily newspaper ''Corriere della Sera''. The magazine is the first supplement of a daily which focuses on women readers. It is based in Milan ...

'', in 1996. In 1997 ''Corriere della Sera'' was the best-selling Italian newspaper with a circulation of 687,000 copies. ''Corriere della Sera'' had a circulation of 715,000 copies in 2001. In 2002 it fell to 681,000 copies. In 2003, its then editor Ferruccio de Bortoli resigned from the post. The journalists and opposition politicians claimed the resignation was due to the paper's criticism of

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. In 2004, ''Corriere della Sera'' launched an online English section focusing on Italian current affairs and culture. The same year it was the best-selling newspaper in Italy with a circulation of 677,542 copies. Its circulation in December 2007 was 662,253 copies. It is one of the most visited

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news websites, attracting over 2,4 million readers every day. The online version of the paper was the thirteenth most visited website in the country. On 24 September 2014 ''Corriere della Sera'' changed its broadsheet format to the Berliner format. On 7 March 2020, during the

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, ''Corriere della Sera'' leaked a draft decree to put into lockdown several northern provinces particularly affected by the virus. The leaked news sparked a panic exodus to the south, and the threat of further contagion led to a nationwide lockdown.

Content and sections

The "Third Page" (a one page-survey dedicated to

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) used to feature a main article named ''Elzeviro'' (named after the font originally used), which over the years has published contributions from all the editors as well as major novelists, poets and journalists. On Monday, Corriere is published along with "L'Economia", a weekly finance and business magazine. On Thursday, it is published with "Sette", a current events magazine. On Sunday, it is published along with "la Lettura", a weekly literary supplement.

Contributors past and present

The Italian

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Dino Buzzati Dino Buzzati-Traverso (; 14 October 1906 – 28 January 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for ''Corriere della Sera''. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel ''The Tartar Ste ...

was a journalist at the ''Corriere della Sera''. Other notable contributors include

Adolfo Battaglia Adolfo Battaglia (born 10 February 1930) is an Italian journalist who served as the minister of industry, commerce and craftsmanship between 1987 and 1991 in three successive cabinets. He was a long-term member of the Chamber of Deputies. Biog ...

Eugenio Montale Eugenio Montale (; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. Life and works Early years Montale was born in Genoa. His family were che ...

Curzio Malaparte Curzio Malaparte (; 9 June 1898 – 19 July 1957), born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy due to his works ''Kaputt'' (1944) and ''La pelle'' (1949). The f ...

, Gabriele D'Annunzio,

Enzo Bettiza Vincenzo Bettiza (7 June 1927 – 28 July 2017) was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavian-born Dalmatian Italians, Italian novelist, journalist and politician. Biography Bettiza was born in Dalmatia, then part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia ...

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the '' Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the ''Cosmicomi ...

Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his de ...

Amos Oz Amos Oz ( he, עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onw ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

, Guido Piovene, Giovanni Spadolini,

Oriana Fallaci Oriana Fallaci (; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. A partisan during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution ...

, Alessandra Farkas, Lando Ferretti, Brunella Gasperini,

Enzo Biagi Enzo Biagi (; 9 August 1920 – 6 November 2007) was an Italian journalist, writer and former partisan. Life and career Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career as a journalist in Bologna. In 1952, he worked on the screenpla ...

Indro Montanelli Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (; 22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute. A volunte ...

Giovanni Sartori Giovanni Sartori (; 13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist who specialized in the study of democracy, political parties and comparative politics. Biography Born in Florence in 1924, Sartori graduated in Political and So ...

, Paolo Brera,

Francesco Alberoni Francesco Alberoni (born 31 December 1929, in Borgonovo Val Tidone, Piacenza) is an Italian journalist and a professor of sociology. He was a board member and senior board member (chairman) of RAI, the Italian state television network, from 200 ...

Tracy Chevalier Tracy Rose Chevalier (born 19 October 1962) is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'', which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Personal backgr ...

Goffredo Parise Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in Vicenza – 31 August 1986 in Treviso) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 for his novel ''Il padrone'' ''(The Boss)'' and the Strega Prize in 1982 for ''S ...

Sergio Romano Sergio Romano may refer to: * Sergio Romano (writer) Sergio Romano (born 7 July 1929) is an Italian diplomat, writer, journalist, and historian. He is a columnist for the newspaper ''Corriere della Sera''. Romano is also a former Italian ambassad ...

, Sandro Paternostro, Arturo Quintavalle, Roberto Gervaso,

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Tommaso Landolfi Tommaso Landolfi (9 August 1908 – 8 July 1979) was an Italian writer, translator and literary critic. His numerous grotesque tales and novels, sometimes on the border of speculative fiction, science fiction and realism, place him in a unique a ...

, Alberto Ronchey, Maria Grazia Cutuli,

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, Marida Lombardo Pijola and

Paolo Mieli Paolo Mieli (born 25 February 1949) is an Italian journalist who has been editor of Italy's leading newspaper, ''Corriere della Sera''. Born in Milan, Mieli debuted as journalist at 18 for ''L'Espresso'', where he remained for some 20 years. As ...

. Editors *Luciano Fontana (Editor-in-chief) *Barbara Stefanelli (Vice Editor-in-chief) * Massimo Gramellini (Deputy Editor "ad personam") *Federico Fubini (Deputy Editor "ad personam") *Daniele Manca (Deputy Editor) *Venanzio Postiglione (Deputy Editor) *Giampaolo Tucci (Deputy Editor) Columnist and journalists *

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(Columnist) *Pierluigi Battista (Journalist) * Giovanni Bianconi (Journalist) *Francesca Bonazzoli (journalist) *Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti (journalist) *

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(Columnist) *Goffredo Buccini (Journalist) *

Sabino Cassese Sabino Cassese (born 20 October 1935) is an Italian Professor of Administrative Law and a former judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy. Education and career Cassese graduated (October 1956) ''summa cum laude'' in law from the University o ...

(Columnist) *Aldo Cazzullo (Journalist) *Lorenzo Cremonesi (Journalist) *Ferruccio de Bortoli (Columnist, former Editor-in-chief) *Dario Di Vico (Journalist) *Michele Farina (journalist) *Luigi Ferrarella (Journalist) *Antonio Ferrari (Journalist) *Massimo Franco (Journalist) *Davide Frattini (Jerusalem correspondent) * Milena Gabanelli (Journalist) *Massimo Gaggi (New York correspondent) *Ernesto Galli della Loggia (Columnist) *Mario Gerevini (Journalist) *

Francesco Giavazzi Francesco Giavazzi (born 11 August 1949 in Bergamo) is an Italian economist who is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, and a regular visiting professor at MIT. Biography Giavazzi graduated in electrical engineering from the Politecnico ...

(Columnist) *Aldo Grasso (Columnist) *Marco Imarisio (Journalist) *Luigi Ippolito (London correspondent) *Paolo Lepri (Journalist) *

Claudio Magris Claudio Magris (born 10 April 1939) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He was a senator for Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1996. Life Magris graduated from the University of Turin, where he studied German studies, and has been a ...

(Columnist) * Dacia Maraini (Columnist) * Viviana Mazza (Journalist) *

Paolo Mereghetti Paolo Mereghetti (born 28 September 1949) is an Italian film critic. Born in Milan, Mereghetti graduated in philosophy with a thesis about Orson Welles.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Mereghetti, Paolo". ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio ...

(Columnist) *

(Columnist, former Editor-in-chief) *Stefano Montefiori (Paris correspondent) *Guido Olimpio (Journalist) *Angelo Panebianco (Columnist) * Mario Pappagallo (Columnist) *Magda Poli (journalist) *Antonio Polito (Columnist) *Maurizio Porro (journalist) *

(Columnist) *Arianna Ravelli (journalist) *Nicola Saldutti (Journalist) *Guido Santevecchi (Beijing correspondent) *Giuseppe Sarcina (Washington correspondent) *Fiorenza Sarzanini (Journalist) *

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(Journalist) *Lina Sotis (columnist) *Gian Antonio Stella (Journalist) *Danilo Taino (Journalist) *Paolo Valentino (Berlin correspondent) *Chiara Vanzetto (journalist) *Franco Venturini (Columnist) *Francesco Verderami (Journalist)

Supplements

* ''L'Economia'' (on Monday); * ''Buone Notizie'' (on Tuesday); * ''ViviMilano'' (on Wednesday, only in the

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); * '' Sette'' (on Thursday); * ''Liberi Tutti'' (on Friday); * ''

'' (on Saturday); * ''La Lettura'' (on Sunday); * ''Corriere della Sera Style'' (monthly); * ''Corriere Innovazione'' (monthly).

Local editions

* ''Corriere della Sera Brescia'' (in the

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); * ''Corriere della Sera Bergamo'' (in the Province of Bergamo); * ''Corriere della Sera Milano'' (in the

); * ''Corriere della Sera Roma'' (in the Province of Rome); * ''Corriere della Sera Torino'' (in the Province of Turin); * ''Corriere di Verona'' (in the Province of Verona); * ''Corriere del Veneto'' (in

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); * ''

Corriere del Trentino ''Corriere del Trentino'' is an Italian local newspaper owned by RCS MediaGroup and based in Trento, Italy. It was launched in 2003 in Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous provinc ...

'' (in

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); * ''Corriere dell'Alto Adige'' (in

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); * ''Corriere di Bologna'' (in the Province of

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); * ''Corriere Fiorentino'' (in

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); * '' Corriere del Mezzogiorno'' (in Apulia,

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and Basilicata).

References

External links

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