''Il Venerdì'' (full name: ''Il Venerdì di Repubblica''), first published in October 1987, is a weekly supplement of ''
la Repubblica
(; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...
'', which deals with
news,
culture
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
,
politics
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and
current affairs.
Its interior features services and dossier of various kinds along with regular columns by
Curzio Maltese ("Contromano"),
Michele Serra ("For mail"),
Natalia Aspesi ("Matters of the heart"),
Ascanio Celestine ("The Sheep black"),
Diego Bianchi ("The dream of Zoro"),
Piero Ottone ("Vices & virtues"),
Stefano Bartezzaghi ("Lexicon and clouds"),
Francesco Piccolo ("critical zone"),
Corrado Augias ("My Babel"),
Richard Iacona ("In 50 lines"),
Dario Vergassola ("Is there life on Earth?"),
Federico Grappling ("Analysis") and other important journalists of the Republic.
For several years
Eugenio Scalfari had its own space where responded to letters from readers. Since the autumn of 2007, the heading of the letter is held by
Michele Serra. Even
Giorgio Bocca wrote for years under the heading "Facts ours" until 2011, the year of his death.
Circulation
From January to August 2003 ''Il Venerdì'' sold 602,000 copies. Its 2004 circulation was 618,000 copies. It was the best-selling news magazine in Italy in 2007 with a circulation of 566,270 copies. In 2010 the circulation of the magazine was 522,858 copies.
See also
*
List of magazines in Italy
References
External links
Official website
1987 establishments in Italy
Italian-language magazines
Magazines established in 1987
Magazines published in Rome
Newspaper supplements
News magazines published in Italy
Weekly magazines published in Italy
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