In
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
there are many
magazines
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. In the late 1920s there were nearly one hundred literary magazines. Following the end of
World War II
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the number of weekly magazines significantly expanded. From 1970 feminist magazines began to increase in number in the country.
The number of consumer magazines was 975 in 1995 and 782 in 2004. There are also
Catholic
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magazines and newspapers in the country.
A total of fifty-eight Catholic magazines was launched between 1867 and 1922.
From 1923 to 1943, the period of the
Fascist Regime, only ten new Catholic magazines was started.
In the period from 1943 to the end of the
Second Vatican Council
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thirty-three new magazines were established.
[ Until 2010 an additional eighty-six Catholic magazines were founded.][
The magazines had 3,400 million euros ]revenues
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in 2009, and 21.5% of these revenues were from advertising
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.
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Italy. They are published in Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
or other languages.
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* '' 30 Days''
* '' 900, Cahiers d'Italie et d'Europe''
A
* '' ABC''
* '' Abitare''
* '' Affari Esteri''
* ''Agora
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* '' AIPC Magazine''
* '' Airone''
* '' L'ala d'Italia''
* '' alfabeta''
* '' Alter''
* '' Altreragioni''
* '' Amica''
* '' Anna''
* ''Annabella
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* '' L'Approdo''Arena
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* '']Arte
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* '' Artribune''
* '' L'Asino''
* '' Asso di bastoni''
* ''L'Audace
''L'Audace'' (Italian language, Italian for "The Bold") was a weekly children and comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1944.
History and profile
Founded by Lotario Vecchi in January 1934, the magazine was published by S.A.E.V, except f ...
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* '' Aut Aut''
* ''L'Avventuroso
''L'Avventuroso'' ( Italian for "The Adventurer") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1943. It was the first Italian comics magazine which explicitly aspired to have a more mature audience than infancy, and it is regarded ...
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* '' L'Azione Coloniale''
B
* '' Il Balilla''
* '' Il Baretti''
* '' Il Bargello''
* '' Il Becco Giallo''
* '' Belfagor''
* '' Bellezza''
* '' Bertoldo''
* '' Bianco e Nero''
* '' Byoblu Informazioni Classificate''
* '' Blow Up''
* ''Blue
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* '' Bolero Film''[
* '' Il Borghese''
* '' Botteghe Oscure''
* '' Brera''
* '' Broom: An International Magazine of the Arts''
* '' Buscadero''
* '' Butchered from Inside''
]
C
* ''Il Caffè
''Il Caffè'' (Italian, 'The Coffeehouse') was magazine headquartered in Milan between 1764 and 1766. It was the most significant publication of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment period in the country.
History and profile
''Il Caffè'' wa ...
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* ''Il Caffè
''Il Caffè'' (Italian, 'The Coffeehouse') was magazine headquartered in Milan between 1764 and 1766. It was the most significant publication of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment period in the country.
History and profile
''Il Caffè'' wa ...
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*'' Calcio 2000''
*'' Il Calcio Illustrato''
*'' Il calendario del popolo''
*'' Campo di Marte''
*'' Candido''
*'' Cannibale''
*'' Cantachiaro''
*'' Casabella''
*'' Chi''
*'' Ciao 2001''
*'' Ciak''
*''Cinema Nuovo
''Cinema Nuovo'' was a left-leaning Italian film magazine existed between 1952 and 1996. It was headquartered in Milan, Italy.
History and profile
''Cinema Nuovo'' was established by film critic Guido Aristarco in 1952. The first issue was pub ...
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*'' Cipria''
*'' Circoli''
*''Class
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*'' Classe Operaia''
*'' Collezioni''
*''Colors
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*'' Comunità''
* ''Il Conciliatore
''Il Conciliatore'' was a progressive bi-weekly scientific and literary journal, influential in the early Risorgimento. The journal was published in Milan from September 1818 until October 1819 when it was closed by the Austrian censors. Its writ ...
''
* '' Confidentiel''
* '' Il Convegno''
D
* '' Diario''
* '' La Difesa della Razza''
* '' Diva e Donna''
* '' Divisare''
* '' Dlui''
* ''Domus
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* '' Don Basilio''
* '' La Donna''
* '' Donna Moderna''
* '' Dottrina fascista''
E
* '' Easy Milano''
* '' Edizioni Oriente''
* '' Effe''
* '' Emporium''
* '' Epoca''
* '' Espansione''
* '' Espero''[
* '']L'espresso
() is an Italian progressive weekly news magazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies; the other is the conservative magazine . Since 2022, it has been published by BFC Media. From 7 August 2016 to 10 September 2023, it was ...
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* '' Eurasia, Rivista di Studi Geopolitici''
* '' Eureka''
* '' L'Europeo''
* ''Eva''
F
* '' Famiglia Cristiana''
* '' Fenomeno Inter''
* '' La Fiera Letteraria''
* '' Figli d'Italia''
* '' Il Fischietto''
* ''Flash Art
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* ''Focus
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* Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in East Australia Film
*Focus (2001 film), ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based on the Arthur Miller novel
*Focus (2015 ...
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* '' For Men''
* '' Forza Milan''
* ''Frigidaire
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''
* '' Il Frontespizio''
* '' Frusta letteraria''
G
* '' Gambero Rosso''
* '' Game Pro''
* ''The Games Machine
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History
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* '' Gente''
* '' Gerarchia''
* '' Giochi per il mio computer''
* '' Gioia''
* '' Giornale per i bambini''
* '' Giornale dei Ragazzi''
* '' Il Giornalino''
* '' Il giornalino della Domenica''
* '' Il Giorno dei Ragazzi''
* '' Gioventù Fascista''
* '' Grand Hotel''
* ''Grazia
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''
* '' Guerin Meschino''
* '' Guerin Sportivo''
H
* '' Hebdomada Aenigmatum''
* '' Hurrà Juventus''
I
* '' L'Illustrazione Italiana''
* '' L'Illustrazione Vaticana''
* '' Industrial Engineering News Italia''
* '' Internazionale''
* '' Interni''
* '' Intrepido''
* '' IO Donna''
J
* '' Jack''
* '' Journal de Bordighera''
* ''Jumbo
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K
* '' Klat''
L
* ''L'Italia settimanale
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''
* '' L'Italiano''
* '' L'Italia futurista''
* '' Lanciostory''
* '' Lapis''
* '' Lavoro Politico''
* '' Le Arti''
* '' Leggere Donna''
* '' Lei''
* '' Leonardo''
* '' Lettres de Rome''[
* '' Lidel''
* '' Limes''
* '' Linus''
* '' Lo Sport Fascista''
* '' Lombard''
* '' La Lupa''
]
M
* '' Madrigale''[
* '' Il Mago''
* '' Malafemmina''
* '' Marc'Aurelio''
* '' Margherita''
* '' Il Male''
* '' Il Marzocco''
* '']Max
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* Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE)
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* ''Memoria
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* '' Il Menabò di letteratura''
* '' Mente''
* '' Meridiano di Roma''
* '' Messenger of Saint Anthony''
* '']Micron
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* '' MicroMega''
* ''Millionaire
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* '' Il Mio Papa''
* '' Il Mondo''
* '' Mondoperaio''
* '' Il Monello''
* '' Il Mucchio Selvaggio''
* '' Il Mulino''
* '' Musica Jazz''
N
* '' Neural magazine''
* '' Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale''
* '' Noi: Rivista d’arte futurista''
* '' Noi donne''
* '' Noi Ragazzi''
* '' Noi Testarde''
* '' Novella 2000''
* '' Nuovi Argomenti''
* '' Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano''
* '' La Nuova Italia''
O
* '' Occidente''Orient Express
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* ''Orpheus
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* '' L’Orsaminore''
P
* '' Paesaggio Urbano''
* ''Panorama
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* ''Paperino e altre avventure
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''
* '' Pattuglia''
* '' Pègaso''
* '' Perini Journal''
* '' Piemonte Parchi''
* '' Il Pioniere''
* '' Platform Architecture and Design''
* ''Playmen
''Playmen'' was an Italian adult entertainment magazine. It was founded in 1967 by a mother of three, Adelina Tattilo, achieving fame as Italy's version of ''Playboy'' magazine.
The magazine was published monthly and featured photographs of nude ...
''
* ''PlayStation
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* '' La Plebe''
* '' Poesia''
* '' Il Politecnico''
* '' Politica''
* '' Il Ponte''
* '' Popoli''
* '' Presenza''
* '' Progetto Babele''
* '' Protecta''
Q
* '' Quaderni piacentini''
* '' Quaderni Rossi''
* '' Quadrante''
* ''Quarto Stato
''Quarto Stato'' (Italian: ''Fourth State'') is an Italian political review (1946–1950), closely associated with the Partito Socialista Italiano, the Italian Socialist Party.
History and profile
''Quarto Stato'' was first published in Mi ...
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* '' Quattroruote''
* '' Qui Touring''
R
* '' La Raccolta''
* ''Radiocorriere
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* '' Il Regno''
* '' Rinascita''
* '' Il Rinnovamento''
* '' Rivista Italiana Difesa''
*'' La Rivoluzione Liberale''
* '' Rockerilla''
* '' La Ronda''
* '' Rosso e Nero''
S
* '' Il Saggiatore''[
* '' Sapere''
* '' Der Schlern''
* '' Le Scienze''
* '' Lo Scolaro''
* '' Il Selvaggio''
* '' Sette''
* '' Settimana Incom''
* '' La Settimana Enigmistica''
* '' La Sibilla''
* '']Sigma
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* '' Silhouette Donna''
* '' Al Siyassa Al Musawwara''
* '' Skorpio''
* '' Società''
* '' Soft Revolution''
* '' Sogno''Lo Stato
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History and profile
''Lo Stato'' was sta ...
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* '' Strapaese''
* ''Sud
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T
* ''Tango
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* '' La Tavola Rotonda''
* ''Tempo
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''
* '' Tempo Presente''
* '' This is a magazine''
* ''Topolino
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* '' Il Travaso delle idee''
* '' I Treni''
* '' Tribana Illustrata''
* '' Tu Style''
* '' Tuttestorie''[
* '' TV Sorrisi e Canzoni''
]
U
* '' Unitalia Film''
* '' L'Universale''[
* '']Urania
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* '' Urbanistica''[
]
V
* '' Valori plastici''
* ''Velvet
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* '' Il Venerdì''
* '' La Verità''
* '' Il Vernacoliere''
* ''Il Verri
''Il Verri'' is a quarterly literary magazine, which has been published since 1956. The magazine is based in Milan, Italy.
History and profile
''Il Verri'' was started by Luciano Anceschi in Milan in 1956. The magazines is published quarterly ...
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* '' Vie Nuove''
* '' Vita e pensiero''
* '' Il Vittorioso''
* '' La Voce''
* '' Vogue Italia''
* '' Al Volante''
* '' Volare''
X
* '' Xbox Magazine Ufficiale''
Y
*''Yamato
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See also
* List of newspapers in Italy
This is a list of newspapers in Italy, ordered according to category/scope and circulation.
The daily print newspapers in Italy were 107 in 1950, whereas there were 78 in 1965. It has further declined since and 76 are listed in this article: 22 ...
* Media of Italy
References
{{Europe topic, List of magazines in
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
Magazines
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Magazines
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