''Il Piccolo'' is the main daily

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. Its name derives from the paper's original ''small'' format.

History and profile

''Il Piccolo'' was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881. He was also the owner and

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of the paper. Mayer and other people who were instrumental in the establishment of the paper were

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pro-Italians. Mayer supported the idea that Trieste was part of Italy. One of its contributors was

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who was a supporter of this view. ''Il Piccolo'' ceased publication at the beginning of

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and was relaunched in 1919. Following the beginning of the Fascist rule in Italy the paper declared its adherence to the Fascist ideology in 1923. Until the end of

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the paper was edited by those with

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political leaning. ''Il Piccolo'' is based in Trieste and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA which has been a subsidiary of

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since 1998. Local editions for the towns of

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and

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and for the region of

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(Croatia) are also printed. It has a progressive political stance.

Circulation

The circulation of ''Il Piccolo'' was 40,231 copies in 2008. The paper had a circulation of 31,302 copies in 2013. The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 28,800 copies in 2014.

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