''L'Unione Sarda'' is an Italian regional

daily 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, sports a ...

for the island of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. It is the oldest newspaper in Sardinia still publishing.

History and profile

''L'Unione Sarda'' was first published on 13 October 1889. In its initial phase Raffa Gazia was the publisher of the paper. It was a radical publication and

Antonio Gramsci Antonio Francesco Gramsci ( , , ; 22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics. He was a ...

was among the contributors. He published his first article in the paper. ''L'Unione Sarda'' is based in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

and owned by the Italian businessman Sergio Zuncheddu. Its publisher is L'Unione Sarda SPA. The paper has four editions. It has been the first European newspapers with its own website, launched in 1994. On its 120th anniversary of the establishment a commemorative stamp was published by the post of Italy on 13 October 2009. In 2004 the circulation of ''L'Unione Sarda'' was 66,700 copies. The paper had a circulation of 68,332 copies in 2008.Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008 in Italy
''Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa''.

References

External links

''L'Unione Sarda'' Official website

''L'Unione Sarda'' historical front pages
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unione Sarda 1889 establishments in Italy Daily newspapers published in Italy Italian-language newspapers Mass media in Cagliari Newspapers established in 1889