Giornale di Sicilia
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| Type | National daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Giornale di Sicilia Editoriale Poligrafica |
| Editor | Antonio Ardizzone |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Political alignment | Centrism |
| Headquarters | Palermo, Italy |
| Circulation | 67,332 (2008) |
Giornale di Sicilia is an Italian daily national newspaper for the island of Sicily. It is based in Palermo,[1] and is the best-selling newspaper in Sicily.[2]
History and profile
Giornale di Sicilia was founded in 1860, immediately following the Expedition of the Thousand headed by Giuseppe Garibaldi; it was first published on 7 June of that year under the name "Giornale Officiale di Sicilia" with Girolamo Ardizzone as its first editor-in-chief.
The paper played a significant role in nationalizing the Italian rural women in Sicily at the beginning of the 1900s.[3]
It is published in ten different local versions, one for each province of Sicily plus another one for the city of Palermo.
Giornale di Sicilia had a circulation of 67,216 copies in 2004.[4] The circulation of the paper was 67,332 copies in 2008.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Data for average readers in 2006 from "Audipress"
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008 Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa
External links
- (Italian) Official website
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- 1860 establishments in Italy
- Italian-language newspapers
- Media in Palermo
- Newspapers published in Italy
- Publications established in 1860
- 1860 establishments in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
