Il Messaggero

Il Messaggero was founded in December 1878.{{cite book|author=Thomas Simpson|title=Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IaXGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31|access-date=27 February 2015|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-11653-5|page=31}}{{cite web|title=Il Messaggero|url=http://www.prime-int.co.uk/media-search/media-item/59/|work=Prime Media|access-date=4 March 2015|archive-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820105142/http://www.prime-int.co.uk/media-search/media-item/59/|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|author=Francesco Fattorello|title=A Short Historical Survey of the Italian Press

|journal=International Communication Gazette|date=February 1965|volume=11|issue=1|pages=1–11

|doi=10.1177/001654926501100101

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|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/001654926501100101|url-access=subscription}} On 1 January 1879, the first issue of Il Messaggero was published, under the management of Luigi Cesana.{{cite web|title=Kodak's reliability serving daily newspapers|url=http://www.adcomms.co.uk/resources/6885/Il%20Messaggero_English.pdf|work=Kodak|access-date=24 March 2015|location=Amsterdam|date=27 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115412/http://www.adcomms.co.uk/resources/6885/Il%20Messaggero_English.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} The paper aimed at being the newspaper of newspapers and at providing its readers with all opinions and all events. The first four copies of the paper were delivered as free samples to the subscribers of the newspaper, Il Fanfulla. One of the early editors-in-chief of Il Messaggero was Alberto Cianca,who resigned from the post due to political reasons.{{cite web|title=Alberto Cianca|url=https://www.anpi.it/donne-e-uomini/1548/alberto-cianca

|publisher=ANPI|access-date=23 January 2022|language=Italian}}

Since its inception, Il Messaggero has been owned by different companies. One of the former owners is Montedison through the Ferruzzi Group.{{cite news|author=Clyde Haberman|title=Newspaper Deal in Italy Stirs Debate over Press Freedom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/24/business/the-media-business-newspaper-deal-in-italy-stirs-debate-over-press-freedom.html|access-date=7 June 2015|work=The New York Times|date=24 April 1989|location=Rome}} In 1996 the paper was acquired by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone. He founded the Caltagirone Editore in 1999. The company is the majority owner of the paper{{cite web|author1=Donatella della Porta|author1-link=Donatella della Porta|author2=Manuela Caiani|title=The Transformation of Political Mobilisation and Communication in European Public Spheres|work=Europub|access-date=22 March 2015|url=http://europub.wzb.eu/Data/reports/WP6/WP6%20CR/D6-2%20WP6%20CR%20IT.doc|format=Report|date=2 June 2004|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110130/https://europub.wzb.eu/Data/reports/WP6/WP6%20CR/D6-2%20WP6%20CR%20IT.doc|url-status=dead}} which has its 90%. Its leaders include Azzurra Caltagirone, the partner of the political leader Pierferdinando Casini, on its board. The company also owns Corriere Adriatico{{cite web |title=2006 Annual Results|url=http://www.caltagironeeditore.com/english/download.php?file_id=114|work=Caltagirone Editore S.p.A.|access-date=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195935/http://www.caltagironeeditore.com/english/download.php?file_id=114|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}} and Il Mattino. The publisher of the daily is Il Messaggero S.p.A.

Il Messaggero is published in broadsheet format{{cite book|editor1=Jostein Gripsrud|editor2=Lennart Weibull|title=Media, Markets & Public Spheres: European Media at the Crossroads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGJEfrbPoaMC&pg=PA53|year=2010|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-84150-305-9|page=53}}{{cite news |author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|access-date=5 February 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}} and is based in Rome.{{cite book

|author=Matthew Hibberd|title=The Media in Italy: Press, Cinema and Broadcasting from Unification to Digital |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9JEBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|date=1 December 2007|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education (UK)|isbn=978-0-335-23516-2|page=96}} In addition to its national edition the paper has 12 local editions, including those for the regions of Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo and Tuscany.

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The 1988 circulation of Il Messaggero was 370,000 copies.{{cite book|author=Peter Humphreys|title=Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe|date=1996|publisher=Manchester University Press|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vlTzbOGhdIC&dq=media+and+magazines+in+central+europe&pg=PR6|access-date=29 October 2014}} It was the sixth best-selling Italian newspaper in 1997 with a circulation of 256,400 copies.{{cite web|author1=Jose L. Alvarez |author2=Carmelo Mazza |author3=Jordi Mur |title=The management publishing industry in Europe |url=http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |work=University of Navarra |access-date=27 April 2015 |format=Occasional Paper No:99/4 |date=October 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630042406/http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/OP-99-04-E.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2010 |df=dmy-all }} The paper had a circulation of 288,000 copies in 1999.{{cite news|title=Top 100 Dailies 1999|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/38958/|access-date=12 February 2015|work=campaign|date=24 November 2000}}

In 2000 the circulation of the paper was 292,000 copies.{{cite news|title=Top 100 dailies 2000|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/49276/|access-date=2 March 2015|work=campaign|date=16 November 2001}} Its circulation was 293,000 copies in 2001{{cite news|author=Adam Smith|title=Europe's Top Papers|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/164161/|access-date=18 April 2015|work=campaign|date=15 November 2002}} and 258,538 copies in 2002.{{cite web|author=David Ward|title=A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries|url=http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|work=Dutch Media Authority|access-date=11 February 2015|year=2004|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203318/http://77.87.161.246/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Mapping-Study-of-Media-Concentration-and-Ownership-in-Ten-European-Countries.pdf|url-status=dead}} The circulation of the paper was 252,000 copies in 2003{{cite web|title=World Press Trends|url=http://www.wan-press.org/ecrire/upload/wpt2004.pdf|work=World Association of Newspapers|access-date=8 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}} and 240,778 copies in 2004.{{cite web|title=European Publishing Monitor. Italy|url=http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-du/gda/07/med-ind-italy_en.pdf|work=Turku School of Economics and KEA|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411085843/http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-du/gda/07/med-ind-italy_en.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2015|url-status=dead}} The paper had a circulation of 230,697 copies in 2005.[http://cmt.primaonline.it/allegati/file122710229698874.xls Data for average number of paid-for copies. Survey on 2005 newspapers sales in Italy.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310234913/http://cmt.primaonline.it/allegati/file122710229698874.xls |date=10 March 2007 }} (Excel file). Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa. Its circulation was 216,000 copies in 2007.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin |display-authors=etal |title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact |url=http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20&%20MediaFact%202008.pdf |work=ZenithOptimedia |access-date=10 April 2015 |date=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131709/http://conan.lib.muohio.edu/ebooks/Western_Europe_Market_MediaFact_2008/Western%20Europe%20Market%20%26%20MediaFact%202008.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

In 2012 Il Messaggero sold 91,012,767 copies.{{cite web|title=Daily newspapers: national circulation (2012)|url=http://www.agcom.it/documents/10179/1628538/RA14_Eng_Annex/aecfeb2e-4923-4b8e-8ade-c5de0bc04d0a|publisher=Agcom|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727151719/https://www.agcom.it/documents/10179/1628538/RA14_Eng_Annex/aecfeb2e-4923-4b8e-8ade-c5de0bc04d0a|url-status=dead}}

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